sees this as a political investigation by don't trump not merely a legal investigation in the scott morrison should be distancing himself from what is essentially a domestic political issue a way to beat the labor party here with morrison was much too close to us president still morrison was in the us on a state visit last week one state he was on stage with the us president what looked like a campaign rally in ohio so already a lot of disquiet here in australia that scott morrison is much too close to the trunk and this only feeds into that. the inquiry inquiry has to do with russian and to ference into the 2016 election so why is this cheney being asked about it. good question well in a sense it all began with an australian diplomat alex to down a list alexander downer who was a former foreign minister of australia but by 2016 was a strain is essentially ambassador he was the high commissioner to the united kingdom he was in london and got invited to a meeting at a wine ball with george puppet openness so at the time was working on the trump campaign trump hadn't won the nomination of the

another one published reports say that the president reached out to australian prime minister scott morrison for help looking into how the investigation into russian election interference got started and he's not alone his attorney general william bar reportedly did the same with the united kingdom and italy if true this would be unprecedented u.s. officials asking allies to help them investigate u.s. intelligence agencies and the congressional investigation into the ukrainian controversy is speeding ahead on monday new subpoenas for trump's confidant rudy giuliani's documents and his dealings with ukraine giuliani responded saying he might testify but is still claiming he is trump's lawyer which could imply attorney client privilege but analyst jeff hauser says giuliani has publicly said something very different rudy giuliani has said that he is not actually transpersonal attorney he is doing essentially emissary work on behalf of trump as an individual on the trump campaign and that does not provide any sort of privilege which would protect his documents from going to congress the presiden

in some ways through this investigation but also straight its involvement and here is scott morrison the study's prime minister say that he will do what he can to help donald trump those inquiries we've got a lot more to come here including a leadership crisis and harry find out why the country now has 2 presidents at least one person is killed in haiti as protests demand the president's resignation . how it is not the end of the wet season for japan for south korea or indeed for china this massive cloud here is a tropical cyclone mark todd currently pounding the east coast of china heading up towards shanghai during the next 24 hours it will be wind but more especially rain is the problem and then its course takes it toward south korea there will be some spin off rain for japan of course in japan and south korea less so eastern china flooding has been a big thing surat the season so the potential for more flooding is going to be realized as you can see wet and windy and yes we're now in october but that might be the end of it for mainland china because we see now for days on end qui

they're saying is basically the tribe called up a few weeks ago the prime minister of australia scott morrison and asked him to help his attorney general william barr look into the origins of the russian bust occasion so there's the one thing that the impeachment is focused on which is the ukraine controversy this has to do with what has been bothering the president since he wanted action when it came out that the intelligence community had been looking at whether or not his campaign colluded with the russian government to interfere in the 2016 election so when he got his attorney general in william barr he said he wanted to investigation into how the investigation started and so now we know that the president himself reads out to the australian prime minister and now there are other reports that it didn't end there that william barr personally went over and asked the u.k. united kingdom for help and the people in italy these intelligence community and so why is this a big deal well it would be unprecedented think about this this is an attorney general the highest law enforcement officer in th

mushrooming the australian government has confirmed that trump recently urged prime minister scott morrison to help him discredit the miller inquiry another instance of trump pushing his own personal political interests with a foreign leader. the new york times reports that the wise has then restricted access to the call a breach of convention also used to conceal trump's call with the ukrainian president. well let's bring in the washington correspondent of a cellar to unpack today's events of a welcome public opinion finally seems to have shifted about half an hour support the impeachment inquiry what's behind that you think. well we've seen a steady search here since last week where numbers went up 8 percent so nearly every 2nd american now supports an impeachment inquiry against president trump that was a pretty much different just a couple weeks ago and so what began of very much as a political risk full of the democratic party looks like a successful path at least until now because what the democrats also know is that they eventually will have very difficult to pass to impeach the pres

for scott morrison rather play down that claim the australian government has always been ready to assist and cooperate with efforts to help shed further light on matters under investigation the prime minister confirmed this readiness once again in conversation with the president the service of political commentator chadwick moore believes the navy or the new york story has no substance to it. media is basically like a dog with the stick and wherever the democrats throw this stick the media will go and now it's just get the attention off biting and keep trying to get this russia investigation going i mean it's dead there's nothing there there's absolutely nothing there but the media will keep biting as long as the democrats want them to they are completely biased and they're trying to make a story where there isn't one so and all you have all relies upon is that word press what does it mean to press another foreign leader. to put a high level coersion or were they simply having you know normal diplomatic talks about about any number of issues and if the president did ask prime minister mo

roger what do we know about the phone call between donald trump and the australian prime minister scott morrison or not a lot of a few sentences for only a problem and this is the official spokesman here he said that morrison was asked to help president trying to escape the origins of what he called this damning report about russian interference in the 26000 election and other spokesmen camera said the government had always been ready to assist and call crate with efforts to help shape further light only matters under investigation and the plan is to confirm this region is once again in this conversation this phone call with the president this will expand it now this admission follows a report in new york times another american media which claims to trump us mr morris and to work with the u.s. attorney general william bought together information which might discredit special counsel robert knows investigation into allegations of interference in the last american election ok do we know if the australian government in fact complied and do we know what kind of information president trump was lookin

phone conversation to help dig up information on the probe but the spokesman for prime minister scott morrison has played down that plane merely saying that the subject was discussed and australia was always willing to help in the investigation . so that more conservative political commentator and journalist joins be on the line now welcome chadwick we just mentioned to that new york times claiming president discussion with prime minister scott morrison showed the president using high level diplomacy to advance person's personal political interests do you think there's anything to that story no i think it's complete nothing i mean 1st of all even had he even if this report is true it's nothing untoward it's nothing illegal the times can use the word pressed all they want to make it sound more frightening to make it sound there's something nefarious going on president trump gave a press conference. to a journalist and said as much that he would be speaking to officials in the u.k. in the ukraine and it also really had to figure out what was going on with this whole fake russian investigation an

but scott morrison has stressed that australian will always believe in the freedom of press, but no one is been the reaction from these organisations? they are out campaigning and making public state m e nts campaigning and making public statements in the news that is fit to print as you have shown looks more like this today than the length he reads about affairs of the nation. that is the campaign as it is presented visually. but no one, not of the media executives running this campaign is arguing that journalists are in fact above the law. they're just asking the police not go after them when they are merely the recipients and publishers of sensitive and sometimes classified information that comes oui’ classified information that comes our way. of course, classified information that comes ourway. of course, it classified information that comes our way. of course, it is all subject to editorial scrutiny before you reach the publication phase, so scott morrison's argument that no one is above the laws bit of a straw man you considered that no one has argued that journalists man you cons

has confirmed that in a recent phone call, president trump pressed australian prime minister, scott morrison, to help bill barr's investigation, into the origins of the russia probe. back in april, barr raised a lot of eyebrows when he testified he believed the trump campaign had been spied on. >> i think that spying did occur. yes, i think spying did occur. the question is whether it was adequately predicated. i'm not suggesting it wasn't adequately predicated. but i need to explore that. >> the white house has released a statement on the call to the prime minister. it was publicly announced months ago to uncover exactly what happened. the d.o.j. simply requested that the president provide introductions to facilitate that ongoing inquiry. and he did so, that's all. the australian spokesman says his country is always ready to assist with matters that help with an investigation. >>> mitch mcconnell says his hands will be tied and a senate impeachment trial will be the next step. >> if the senate rule related to impeachment, that could take 67 votes to change. i would have no choice but to tak

another one published reports say that the president reached out to australian prime minister scott morrison for help look into how the investigation into russian election interference got started and he's not alone his attorney general william barr reportedly did the same with the united kingdom and italy if true this would be. unprecedented u.s. officials asking allies to help them investigate u.s. intelligence agencies and the congressional investigation into the ukrainian controversy is speeding ahead on monday new subpoenas for trump's confidant rudy giuliani's documents and his dealings with ukraine giuliani responded saying he might testify but is still claiming he is trump's lawyer which could imply attorney client privilege but analyst jeff hauser says giuliani has publicly said something very different rudy giuliani has said that he has not actually trumped personal attorney is doing essentially emissary work on behalf of trump as an individual on the trump campaign and that does not provide any sort of privilege which would protect his documents from going to congress the presiden

efforts that help shed further light on the matters under investigation and the prime minister scott morrison confirmed this readiness once again in a conversation with the president so they've characterized that there merely as the prime minister of australia helping out the leader of a friendly country the us president in an ongoing investigation well the opposition party here in australia sees things very differently they think that this is scott morrison helping donald trump with what is essentially a political investigation into a political problem the miller investigation and they have said that his assistance is in disparate saying that mullah investigation and answer the elder naisi the leader of the opposition here has said that australia's prime minister has involved himself in what is essentially a domestic issue inside the united states and has a lot of explaining to do well australia is involved in a workplace because it was a conversation between an australian diplomat in london and an aide to the then crump campaign back in $26.00 saying that kick started the more inquiry georg

mushrooming the australian government has confirmed that trump recently urged prime minister scott morrison to help him discredit the miller inquiry another instance of trump pushing his own personal political interests with a foreign leader. the new york times reports that the white house then restricted access to the call a breach of convention also used to conceal trump's call with the ukrainian president nigerian police say they have freed 900 pregnant women and girls from a so-called baby factory the victims were allegedly abducted and then raped so their captors could sell their babies to women suspects were arrested in the raid and. women impregnated by their captors now free to tell their stories they were subjected to serious abuse. a woman gave me a drug suddenly labor started although i was only 7 months pregnant. i was in labor for 3 days and i did not deliver until police came to free us. the victims say they were tricked into coming to us by the promise of jobs us to mystic stuff poverty drove him to seek work far from their homes some are as young as 15 and they do a deal to

meant in may this year trump asked australian prime minister scott morrison to help discredit form a special counsel robert miller's russia investigation miller let the probe into trump's alleged ties to russian interference into 2016 u.s. presidential election it's alleged the transcript of the call of with australia's morrison was withdrawn as it was with another call from trump to ukraine's president followed him into selenski yes i know a. trump insists he's done nothing wrong medical corps was preferred when the whistleblower reported the very center of. this 2nd case of trump allegedly trying to enlist the help of a foreign leader for his own purposes can only add more fuel to the fire already being fanned by the democrats. on to sports of the world athletics championships in qatar yesterday 3 out of 6 gold medals went to athletes who took the top spot at the last event. undisputed leader of the pack of defending champions was russian high jumper maria unless it scana who won her 3rd straight gold medal. this one though as a neutral athlete as russia's track and field federatio

the president apparently asked scott morrison if he would help.on't forget, president trump set quite publicly that he helped the attorney general when looking into all of this would look into australia, would look into the u.k. and look into the ukraine and more. four days after the president said that, the australian ambassador to the united states joe hockey wrote a letter to the attorney general in which he said it, i referred to president trump's announcement on the 24th of may that you investigate the origins of the federal bureau of investigation's probe and the australian government will use his best endeavors to support efforts in this matter. so it would appear that that was an unsolicited offer by australia and scott morris had been following up on that. >> dana: at the time line would certainly suggest that. also this photo surfaced. this is joe biden and his son hunter on a golf course. why is this photograph perhaps significant? >> because the man on the far left of that photograph is a man named devon archer. he was on the board of

the new york times reported that trump pressured the australian prime minister, scott morrison, to work with attorney general william barr to discredit the mueller report, echoing the call with the ukrainian president. the president continues to use his power to investigate ad for terry's and how this works with the impeachment process is not clear but if the house is successful, the senate will have to put president trump on trial. >> under the senate rules, we are required to take it up if the senate goes down that path and we will follow the senate rules. >>> eric swalwell is holding a town hall on the impeachment process later today in the east bay and plans to update constituents about what is happening in washington and to answer questions about the path forward. swalwell sits on the intelligence committee that grilled the intelligence director last week about whistleblower complaint against the president. the town hall is that james logan high school in union city at 6:30 tonight. >>> the ninth circuit court of appeals in san francisco will reveal immigration policies this mornin

scott morrison denied that he was pressured by president trump .son said that he only asked for contact within the australian government, to help with the inquiry. mr. morrison has come under fire from opposition politicians at home, who question rather he granted special favors to president trump. running ason now planned for a new brexit agreement and his first keynote plans johnson warned the european union to compromise

scott morrison is coming from australia to the u.n. ja. they are all going to be prowling around. scott morrison the prime minister of australia bridis hunks of coal into the house of commons there were and held the pig you know here in d.c. with the snowballs and so on. things get so bad here in the u.s. that i think there's a tendency to think oh it's just us. this is a global context for something really scary is happening. in the death throes of this ideological projects of the urgency for the forces that really understand it's now or never that we have been given 11 years. now we see the sunrise and young people that have these t-shirts that say 12 years that they. up after that ipcc report came out. but it's 11 now. that report came out in sober. some of the over. by the time there's a new administration it will be 10. this is the thing about time, it marches on. so we just have to win and we have this really narrow pathway. we have got to get somebody coming out of these primaries who gets this, who really gets this. they have to have a track record of taking on very powerf

has learned attorney general bill barr asked president trump to call australian prime minister scott morrison to help the justice department investigate the origins of the russia probe. the doj confirms they've asked president trump to contact several other countries about the matter. the white house also confirms the call with the australian prime minister and to the department of justice, requesting the president provide introductions to facilitate the ongoing inquiry >> mitch mcconnell confirmed today follow senate rules and hold a trial if the house passes articles of impeachment. we'll have the latest developments from washington starting at 4:30 a.m. tomorrow. >>> still ahead, our original series project home. can we sue our way out of the housing crisis? >> if the city is zoned for something, that's okay, you can build an apartment buildi ng here, and if someone comes and proposes something within the zoning, the city has to approve it. >> reporter: a populars restaurant in the mission is closeing its doors after 15 years in the neighborhood. it's the latest in a string of restaurants

justice department in may this year trump asked australian prime minister scott morrison to help discredit form a special counsel robert miller's russia investigation miller let the probe into trump's alleged ties to russian interference into 2016 u.s. presidential election it's alleged the transcript of the call of with australia's morrison was withdrawn as it was with another call from trump to ukraine's president followed him into selenski yes i'd only trump insists he's done nothing wrong i made a call who always preferred when the whistleblower report of the very center of. this 2nd case of trump allegedly trying to enlist the help of a foreign leader for his own purposes can only add more fuel to the fire already being fanned by the democrats. as get more from washington bureau chief alexandra welcome alexandra so how does this 2nd allegation of abuse of power feed into the impeachment inquiry that's already begun. for the democrats this is another example and now for evidence for the president hughes in his office using high level diplomacy talks to advance his personal political in

justice department in may this year trump asked australian prime minister scott morrison to help discredit form a special counsel robert miller's russia investigation miller let the probe into trump's alleged ties to russian interference into 2016 u.s. presidential election it's alleged the transcript of the call of with a straight yes morrison was withdrawn as it was with another call from trump to ukraine's president followed him into selenski potential yes i know only trump insists he's done nothing wrong and made a call the call was perfect when the whistleblower reported that he made sen. the 2nd case of trump allegedly trying to enlist the help of a foreign leader for his own purposes can only out of more fuel to the fire already being fanned by the democrats. and for more on this i'm joined by our washington bureau chief alexander phenomena good evening to you alexander so how does this 2nd allegation of abuse of power how does it feed into this impeachment process that is now under way. well for the democrats this is another example and other evidence showing the president using hi

mushrooming the australian government has confirmed that trump recently urged prime minister scott morrison to help him discredit the miller inquiry another instance of trump pushing his own personal political interests with a foreign leader. the new york times reports that the wife has then restricted access to the call a breach of convention also used to conceal trump's call with the ukrainian president germany's later i'm going back of is known as an international stateswoman but she is now halfway through her final term as chancellor and some say her influence on the global stage is waning critics accuse merkel and her party of running out of ideas and leaving others like the french president in mind on a call to fill the vacuum. halfway into her last term as german chancellor if anything aguilar machall is sounding more ready than ever to take on more global responsibility. we have the responsibility to solve the tensions between russia and ukraine unless libya is stabilized the whole region in africa will become unstable and that's why this is our task europe must leave a footprint as

reached out to the australian prime minister scott morrison as well as to other foreign leaders. to help find out how the russia investigation got started. hehes from probes centers around the fact that donald trump is accused of soliciting foreign interference for his personal political benefit namely by all skin the ukrainian president to dig up dirt on his political rival. joe biden let's illegal under us little front circles monty francis has this report for us. . us s secretary of stae mike pompeii was in rome tuesday but was fully engaged in a political fight back home in a letter to congress pompeii hosted five state department officials scheduled to appear before committees in the impeachment inquiry this week would not show up. calling the requests from democrats in attempt to bully and intimidate them. the refusal comes amid reports that pompey was on the july twenty fifth call b between prpresident trump andnd ukrainin president below demersal lylynskey. which trump asks the lynskey to dig up dirt on his politicall opponent and front runner joe biden while withholding

we know that when president trump met the australian prime minister scott morrison last week, words werederstand that mr trump asked for mr morrison's help. you have to remember as well that the mueller probe into alleged links between the trump campaign in russia was in part triggered by a former australian foreign minister and foreign diplomat by the name of alexander downer. a few years ago, he was australia's high commissioner serving in london, answering to australia in britain. and he reported a conversation he allegedly had stating that a member of the trump campaign team had knowledge of moscow's assertions or desire to discredit hillary clinton so it's a very murky political game that australia is being drawn into. just very briefly, is there a suggestion that mr morrison agreed to this request? we understand from a spokesperson for the australian government here in australia that the government in canberra is ready and willing to assist and co—operate. 0pposition politicians here in australia say no australians wa nt to here in australia say no australians want to see their pri

justice department in may this year trump asked australian prime minister scott morrison to help discredit form a special counsel robert miller's russia investigation miller let the probe into trump's alleged ties to russian interference into 2016 u.s. presidential election it's alleged the transcript of the call of with australia's morrison was withdrawn as it was with another call from trump to ukraine's president followed him into selenski yes i can only trump insists he's done nothing wrong medical corps was preferred when the whistleblower reported that he raised senator. the 2nd case of trump allegedly trying to enlist the help of a foreign leader for his own purposes can only add more fuel to the fire already being fanned by the democrats. they tallied capital rome has been plagued by a garbage crisis in recent months trash is going on collected due to inefficiency and corruption but the city's transport authorities found a solution turning trash into tickets travelers can exchange 30 flacid bottles for a pass on rome's metro system recycling machines have been placed in 3 train sta

mushrooming the australian government has confirmed that trump recently urged prime minister scott morrison to help him discredit the miller inquiry another instance of trump pushing his own personal political interests with a foreign leader the new york times reports that the wife has then restricted access to the call a breach of convention also used to conceal trump's call with the ukrainian president did abuse all over salad has been covering the latest developments in washington and sent us this. the impeachment inquiry against president trump is coming under way quickly rudy giuliani president trump's private lawyer with subpoena over documents and is coming under fire for allegedly pressing ukrainian officials to interfere in the 2020 election and other revelations the new york times reports that president trump called the australian prime minister pressing him to launch investigations into the beginning of the moller probe later the transcript of the call disappeared just like after the ukraine phone call a common practice in president trumps wide held it seems but one that is incre

yes, we have heard from prime minister scott morrison here in australia, the defence secretary in thencerned that there may be a number of low—level attacks undertaken in southeast asia in response to the death of abu bakr al—baghdadi. the reason for this is that isis had a very significant impact on terrorist groups in southeast asia and also south asia. in the decade or so before we saw the establishment of the so—called caliphate, counterterrorism authorities in indonesia, malaysia, philippines, singapore and other effectively defeated those groups. they were either locked up, nullified or engaged in a peace process. this meant that there wasn't a place for people to train so they were able to find these, regroup their courses with isis. jacinta, i'd like tojump in here but are these governments in the asia—pacific sharing intelligence information to stop these attacks before they happen, cutting off the tactical learning and financial support? well, absolutely they are and there are some very good arrangements, particularly based around asean whether countries work together and al

the australian government has confirmed that donald trump asked the prime minister scott morrison tod the usjustice department says that the attorney general william barr's request that they —— donald trump has asked other countries for assistance. one of the best—known operatic sopranos of the 20th century, jessye norman, has died in new york. she was 7a. she sang in church from the age of four and made her opera debut in wagner's "tannhauser" in 1969, with a voice described as sumptuous and shimmering. she was the soloist at events including the bicentenary of the french revolution, bill clinton's second inauguration, and the unveiling in new york of two monumental columns of light, six months after the 9/11 attacks. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: in the saddle and not a horse in sight. the german cyclists bringing pedal power to jousting. in all russia's turmoil, it has never quite come to this. president yeltsin said the day would decide the nation's destiny. the nightmare that so many people had feared for so long is playing out its final act here. russians are killing

conversation to help dig up information on the mall a probe over a spokesman for the prime minister scott morrison has played down that claim merely saying the subject was discussed some australian was always willing to help an investigation conservative political commentator charge a bit more believes the new york times story has little substance to it. but the new york times is variously anti trump and we even saw last month information was leaked from one of their company wide meetings where they said that they they were shifting their attention away from russia gate to racism so they're already trying to decide what the news is before it's news you cannot trust the new york times whatsoever at all they are completely biased and they're trying to make a story where there isn't one so and all you have all relies upon is that word pressed what does it mean to press another foreign leader. to put a high level coersion or were they simply having you know normal diplomatic talks about about any number of issues and if the president did ask prime minister morrison to help find out if someone the aust

scott morrison becomes prime minister, so awareness of climate change doesn't necessarily translate into people voting. i think it's fair to say we have a finite pool of worries, right? we can only worry so much. if people are worrying about brexit, if people are worrying about the financial crisis in 2008,ow that the worry pool is full and people do noethink of climate cha as being a major thing to worry, but we are, i think, seeing a radical shift. i think the consciousness about the consequences isof the global warmin getting so common knowledge that we are seeing massing movements now. we have civic movements. we have the tinction rebellion being incredibly, interestingly, successful where they agree to make the world greater again and all the amazing ings happening, so i honestly do think that we have-- we will always have populism, nationalism, different kind of phobias-- xenophobia, homophobia-- popping up here and there. these are the headlines, but the greater trends, i think, are moving, not fast enough. the gonts are not signing up to the 1.5 degrees that they promised in pari

the australian prime minister scott morrison that he respected the right ofa morrison that he respectedaid it is fundamental to a liberal democracy such as australia. but he did say that he wasn't above the law and any other member of the australian public not above the law nor were any reporters. the government has set upa any reporters. the government has set up a parliamentary enquiry looking into the impact that these very straight national security laws do have on the media here. that parliamentary committee is due to hand down its report in the next few weeks. we have heard that intelligence officials have told that committee of mps that at times, highly secretive information must remain just highly secretive information must remainjust that, highly secretive information must remain just that, secret, highly secretive information must remainjust that, secret, because highly secretive information must remain just that, secret, because of australia's national security. as to what the australian public thinks, no doubt they will be many people who believe that the media has a right a

government has confirmed that trump recently urged prime minister scott morrison to help him discredit the miller inquiry another instance of trump pushing his own personal political interests with a foreign leader. the new york times reports that the white house then restricted access to the call a breach of convention also used to conceal trump's call with the ukrainian president it's to greece now where the new conservative government says it wants to return 10000 migrants to turkey by the end of next year that decision came at a crisis meeting of the greek government following a fire at an overcrowded migrant camp the death of one woman has been confirmed after that fire in the morea cab on the island of les mis. they left their homes in war torn syria for this the infamous maurya camp on the island of lesbos. sunday's fire has drawn attention to the desperate conditions here an estimated 12000 people in a camp built to hold a quarter as many. the fire broke out and spread through containers used to house residents many were upset because they thought the firefighters took too long

development, the australian government has confirmed that donald trump asked the prime minister, scott morrisondling in the 2016 election, and the usjustice department says at the attorney general william barr's request, the president has asked other countries for assistance. peter bowes, bbc news. two years on from catalonia's failed attempt at independence, the spanish region's president has told the bbc he plans to hold another referendum, despite the last one being declared illegal. in the coming days verdicts will be handed down on 12 jailed catalan politicians, with some facing up to 25 years in prison. jean mackenzie has travelled to catalonia, where tensions are high ahead of those verdicts. catalonia's quest for independence was stopped brutally in its tracks. those held responsible were put on trial. this man, jordi sanchez, was one of the activists who led the demonstrations. he faces up to 17 years in jail. one day you feel good and also that it's going to be all right, but the next day you feel depressed, and you think that he will never get out of jail. did you know that there was

for example, i met with scott morrison, the prime minister of australia even though is not part of the g-7. but i think the original question i got was turning it from the g-7 to a g-8. reporter: can he invite president putin? mr. mulvaney: yes, he can. reporter: would he consider doing that? mr. mulvaney: i think the conversation we've had about whether or not we turn frit the g-7 to g-8 that could be an intermediate step. reporter: you mentioned the president is willing to take the criticism on this, but what about the country itself. is there any value to sending a message to the world, especially given that all that's happened with foreign interference an attempts at foreign interference in our country that this president and this country is not open they are kind of self-dealing that happens in other countries is that not an important message to send when you're inviting the world to come here to the united states? . . mulvaney: no any last g-7 questions? >> why has no other g-7 ever been out there before? mr. mulvaney: they didn't go look at it. why do they have it at camp david

times first reporting last evening that president trump reached out to australian prime minister scott morrisonsee if he would be willing to look into the origin of the mueller report and work with attorney general william barr. it is just the latest in a series of questions for this administration about president trump's communications with global leaders. >> the japanese government finally raising the national consumption tax to 10% after twice postponing the move over concerns about its impact on the economy. >> tax hikes rarely popular anywhere in the world, so how are japanese consumers reacting to it so far? weekend, customers coming to dine in or by some of those big-ticket items ahead of the tax hike. one of the hottest selling items -- toilet paper. that's right, customers were going to shops and stocking up on toilet paper ahead of a tax hike and local shops were saying they are completely sold out. a sign consumers are thinking about the tax hike in some way or another. that said, economists expect the burden on consumers to be less compared to 2014 when the tax hike rose from 5% to