sam taylor—johnson is the director. her husband aaron taylor—johnson stars in it. movie, but she has sort of suggested it wasn't the greatest time, professionally, for her working on that film. this feels like a reaction to that. this feels like her saying, "actually, i can make really intense, personal character studies" because that is what it is. and aaron taylor—johnson, as someone in rehab, as someone with addiction problems, gives this remarkable warts—and—all performance. it really is bruised and battered throughout. so a tough watch but, because of the performances in it, that's why it's impressive. james, great to have you with us. thank you so much. thank you. james king there. and that is it for this week. from both of us, thank you so much for watching. goodbye. hello, there. fairly quiet conditions out there through the night and into the morning, plenty of cloud around, a few spots of rain and drizzle in the morning rush hour, not to chili, temperatures clear of a frost, mounted in the west but the wind picking up by dawn. northern ireland, heavy rain

sam taylor—johnson is the director. her husband aaron taylor—johnson stars in it.es of grey — big hit movie, but she has sort of suggested it wasn't the greatest time, professionally, for her working on that film. this feels like a reaction to that. this feels like her saying, "actually, i can make really intense, personal character studies" because that is what it is. and aaron taylor—johnson, as someone in rehab, as someone with addiction problems, gives this remarkable warts—and—all performance. it really is bruised and battered throughout. so a tough watch but, because of the performances in it, that's why it is impressive. james, great to have you with us. thank you so much. thank you. james king there. and that is it for this week. from both of us, thank you so much for watching. goodbye. hello, after the weekend we have some calmer weather going into next week. we will see widespread gills star in the country and at times we could see damaging gust of wind in the north—west. generally mild in the north—west. generally mild in the first half of the week befor

aaron taylor—johnson, as someone in rehab with addiction, problems gives this remarkable warts—and—allhout. a tough watch, but because of the performance in it, that's why it is impressive. good have you with us, james king. that is it that this week. from both of us, thank you watching, goodbye. good evening. today brought some of the brightest weather of the year so far for many parts of the uk. quite a lot of sunshine once this cloud clears foster behind me, more cloud, that will be rolling into effect some of us through the weekend. in the grip of some chilly air, it will be a relatively chilly night. in shetland, we are likely to see some snow, even to quite low levels, still windy on a farm north of scotland as well. outbreaks of rain in the north and west of mainland scotland and the northern isles. quite a lot of cloud in northern ireland. further east and south, where we have clear spells, chilly night, some spots in southern england could get all the way down to freezing to start saturday morning. high pressure down to the south, frontal systems rolling around the top of that

aaron taylor—johnson, as someone in rehab with addiction problems gives this remarkable warts and allnd battered throughout. a tough watch but because of the performance and neck, that's why it is impressive. good have you with us, james king. that is it that this week. from both of us, thank you watching, goodbye. good evening. for many parts of the uk, today has brought some of the brightest weather of the year so far. we have seen a decent amount of sunshine, some showers as well. i can't promise it will stay that bright for all of us through the weekend because behind me you can see an area of cloud that is heading oui’ see an area of cloud that is heading our way. it will particular your vet northern and western parts through the weekend. for the time being, we are in the grip of some relatively cold air. turning colder through the day, particular chilly on the far north of scotland. still quite windy here as well. with that cold air in place, showers across shetland could fall as snow, even all the way down to sea level. showers continuing through the night in scotland, turning

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sam taylor—johnson is the director. her husband aaron taylor—johnson stars in it.of suggested it wasn't the greatest time, professionally, for her working on that film. this feels like a reaction to that. this feels like her saying, "actually, i can make really intense, personal character studies" because that is what it is. and aaron taylor—johnson, as someone in rehab, as someone with addiction problems, gives this remarkable warts—and—all performance. it really is bruised and battered throughout. so a tough watch but, because of the performances in it, that's why it is impressive. james, great to have you with us. thank you so much. thank you. james king there. and that is it for this week. from both of us, thank you so much for watching. goodbye. hello, this is breakfast with sally nugent and rogerjohnson. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. donald trump has warned that 52 sites in iran will be hit "very hard" if tehran retaliates over the death of its senior military commander, qasem soleimani. the president's tweets followed

sam taylor—johnson is the director.em. so, sam's last film was 50 shades of grey — a big hit movie, but she has suggested it wasn't the greatest time, professionally, for her working on that film. this feels like a reaction to that. this feels like her saying, actually, "i can make really intense, personal character studies" because that is what it is. and aaron taylor—johnson, as someone in rehab with addiction, gives this remarkable warts—and—all performance, it really is bruised and battered throughout. so a tough watch but, because of the performance in it, that's why it is impressive. good have you with us, james king. thank you so much. james king there. that is it that this week. from both of us, thank you watching. goodbye. hello. this is breakfast with charlie stayt and sally nugent. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the us president donald trump has defended his decision to have an iranian military leader killed in a us air strike. iran has warned that it will avenge the att

taylor: craig johnson of piper sandler, thank you for joining us.oming up, containing the coronavirus. will speak to the cofounder of one biotech company racing for a vaccine. if you like bloomberg news, check us out on the radio, the bloomberg app, bloomberg.com, and in the u.s., on sirius xm. this is bloomberg. ♪ named the andyas amd presidentthe to its board of directors. she is now the 11th member of cisco's board. the deadly coronavirus has killed at least 80 people in china and sickened more than 2700. researchers are frantic working to come up with remedies. one of the firms trying to do just that is inovio. last week, the philadelphia-based biotech firm received $9 million in funding joining us is the cofounder, dr. david weiner. he was named as one of the top 40 most influential vaccine scientists. talk about what you are doing with that $9 million grant to help find a vaccine. >> thank you so much. is in the -- is immediately working to set up a group, a coalition to work together to develop a vaccine candidate that can be moved into crime

the same day senators murphy and johnson visited kiev and met with president zelensky along with ambassador taylor. >> on september 5th i accompanied senators johnson and murphy during their visit to met w zelensky his first question to the senators was about the withheld security assistance. my recollection of the meeting is that both sens that sup brt for ukraine in washington was ukraine's most important strategic asset and that president zelensky should not jeopardize that bipartisan support by getting drawn in to u.s. domestic politics. i had been making and continue to make this point to all of my official ukrainian contacts but the odd push to make president zelensky publicly commit to investigations of burisma and alleged interference in the 2016 election showed how the official foreign policy of the united states was undercut by the regular efforts led by mr. giuliani. >> the senator sought to reassure president zelensky that there was bipartisan support in congress for providing the military aid. also on september 5th "the washington post" editorial board reported concerns that president

taylor: wonderful. craig johnson of piper sandler, thank you for joining us. and coming up, containing the coronavirus. we will speak to the cofounder of one biotech company racing to find a vaccine. all that next. and if you like bloomberg news, check us out on the radio,listen the bloomberg app, bloomberg.com, and in the u.s., on sirius xm. this is bloomberg. ♪ taylor: cisco has named amd ceo and president lisa su to its board of directors. su is now the 11th member of cisco's board. the deadly coronavirus has killed at least 80 people in china and sickened more than 2700. the illness has appeared in more than 15 countries around the world and researchers are frantic working to come up with remedies. one of the firms trying to do just that is inovio. last week, the philadelphia-based biotech firm received $9 million in funding from the coalition for epidemic preparedness innovation. joining us now from philadelphia is the cofounder, dr. david weiner. in 2014 he was named as one of the nation's top 40 most influential vaccine scientists. doctor, it is great t

. ♪ taylor: british prime minister boris johnson is hinting that he will not and while way from the country'snetworks. the u.s. has been pressuring the u.k. to ban the company from the country for national security reasons. johnson said that if they ban one supplier, they have to come up with an alternative. there is no shortage of tech related news. data privacy, antitrust, as well as trade. i am joined by steve case, aol cofounder and chairman and ceo of revolution. the first story, apple and fbi. a complicated story. a december 6 terrorist attack in a florida navy base. apple is a little bit hesitant to turn over the data. generally speaking, where you see tech as protecting people's data? steve: i think you framed it perfectly as a balance between individuals. five years ago with apple, there was a case in san bernardino and they wanted them to open up the phone. it went back and forth. we will see more of these cases in the years to come as technology and the internet becomes more embedded in everyday life that it will deal with a lot of issues in terms of what it enables on the positive

the hold on the military aid the same day senators murphy and johnson visited key as an visited with president zelensky with ambassador taylor>> ied accompany johnson's and murphy during their visit. when we met with president zelensky his first question to the senators about the withheld security assistance. my recollection of the meeting both senators stressed that bipartisan support for ukraine in washington was ukraine's most important strategic asset and president zelensky should not jeopardize that by getting drawn into us domestic politics. >> i have been making and continuing to make this point. but the odd push to make president zelensky to publicly commit to burisma it shows how the official policy was undercut by that your regular efforts led by mister giuliani. >> the senator sought to reassure president zelensky there was bipartisan support to provide military aid. also on september 5th the editorial board reported concerns at president trump was withholding the aid and athen a meeting to announce investigations for small political campaign they were reliably told the president had an agenda he's asking mister z

taylor comfrey ambassadors never comes up linking a a to an investigatio. then august 27 went ambassador -- most important late you got senators johnson and murphy meet with presidentskiy on september 5 at the senior u.s. officials all become convinced that this guy is the real deal, he's legit, a real reformer like he campaigned on. they convey that to the present and their two keith hall calls that happened between senator johnson and trump and senator portman on september 11 the date that aid was released he had with president. that's what changes. >> and one of the think i want to add to that, one of the thing that habit is the first week in september omb actually provides a report on the assistance from the european allies in terms of their support to ukraine. and so that report is released along with what congressman jordan was talking about, personal advocacy from a number of senators who have first and knowledge of their conversations with the president of the united states and then the aid was released. >> want to clarify speeders let me finish. also to the point about september 1 meeting i would prefer to ambassador taylor's transcript from his closed-doo

continuing hold on the military aid, the same day senators murphy and johnson visited kyiv and met with president zelensky along with ambassador taylor. >> on september 5 i accompanied senators johnson and murphy during their visit to kyiv when we met with president zelensky his first question to the senators was about the withheld security assistance. my recollection of the meeting is that both senators stressed that bipartisan support for ukraine in washington was ukraine's most important strategic asset and that president zelensky should not to jeopardize head that bipartisan support by getting drawn into u.s. the mystic politics. i have been making and continue to make this point in official ukrainian contacts but the odd push to make president zelensky publicly commit to investigations of the burisma and alleged interference in the 26 and election showed how official foreign policy of the united states was undercut by the irregular efforts led by mr. giuliani. >> the senators sought to reassure president zelensky that there was bipartisan support in congress for providing the military aid. also on september 5 "the washington pos

the same day, senators sur my and johnson visited kiev and met with president zelensky along with ambassador taylorators johnson and murphy during their visit to kiev. when we met with president zelensky, his first question to the senators was about the withheld security assistance. my recollection of the meeting is that both senators stressed that bipartisan support for ukraine in washington was ukraine's most important strategic asset and that president zelensky should not jeopardize that bipartisan support by getting drawn in to u.s. domestic politics. i had been making and continue to make the point to all of my official ukrainian contacts. the odd push to make president zelensky for investigations to burisma showed how the official foreign policy of the united states was undercut by the irregular efforts led by mr. guliani. >> the senators sought to re-assure president -- >> bret: respect crow continuing the case on the floor. senator john kennedy from louisiana told reporters just a short time ago, not a criticism directed at both sides but "view few souls are saved after the first 20 minutes

that same day, senators murphy and johnson met with president zelensky in kiev. ambassador taylor went with them, and he testified -- mr. taylor testified that president zelensky's, quote, first question to the senators, was about withheld security assistance. ambassador taylor testified that both senators, quote, stressed that bipartisan support for ukraine in wash was ukraine's most important strategic asset and that president zelensky should not jeopardize that bipartisan support by getting drawn into u.s. domestic politics. now, senator johnson and senator murphy later submitted letters where they explained that they sought to reassure president zelensky that there was bipartisan support in congress for providing ukraine with military assistance, and that they would continue to urge president trump to lift the hold. here is what they said in that letter. senator murphy said, senator johnson and i assured zelensky that congress wanted to continue this funding and would press trump to release it immediately. and senator johnson in the letter said, i explained that i had tried to

. >> that same day, senators murphy and johnson met with president zelensky in kiev. ambassador taylor went with them. and he testified, mr. taylor testified, that president zelensky's quote first question to the senators was about withheld security assistance. ambassador taylor testified that both senators quote stressed that bipartisan support sfoor i for ukraine and washington was ukraine's most important asset and president zelensky should not jeopardize that pi partisan 40 by getting dawn into u.s. politicles. now senior johnson and senator murphy later submitted letters, where they explained that they sought to reassure president zelensky that there was bipartisan support in congress for providing ukraine with military assistance and they would continue to urge president trump to lift the hold. here is with they said in that letter. >> senator murphy said, senator johnson and i assured sz that congress wanted to continue this funding and would press and senator johnson in the letter said i explained that i had tried to persuade the president to authorize me to announce the hold w

i'm taylor riggs in san francisco, with paul allen in sydney. u.k. prime minister boris johnsona clash with gus president trump after giving huawei the green light to build britain's 5g networks. it's a blow to the trump administration, which wanted johnson to impose a ban on the chinese tech giant due to concerns over u.s. national security risk. we have more on the news from london. >> after year of back-and-forth, britain has decided it will let huawei supply telecom equipment for its next-generation 5g network. forst johnson had encountered resistance from the u.s., saying the chinese firm is a major security risk. johnson is imposing major limitations. they will not be allowed to use huawei products in the core network and in the radioactive network, huawei will be restricted to 35% market share. it's a sensible compromise because telecom carriers were worried reduce competition would lead to price gouging by nokia and ericsson. u.k. residents can pick from three main suppliers. cauterize is the most sensitive parts of the network , and a law was introduced in china three y

johnson asked the president if there was any connection between security assistance and investigations. ed president answered, no way. i would never do that. who told you that? two witnesses ambassador taylor and tim morrison said they came to believe security assistance was linked to investigations. but both witnesses based this belief entirely on what they heard from ambassador sondland before ambassador sondland spoke to the president. neither taylor nor morrison ever spoke to the president about the matter. how did ambassador sondland come to believe that there was any connection between security assistance and investigations? again, the house managers didn't tell you. why not? in his public testimony ambassador sondland used variations of the words assume, presume, guess, speculate and belief over 30 times. here are some examples. >> that was my presumption, my personal presumption, that was my belief. >> that was my presumption, yeah. >> as i said i presume that might have to be down get the aid released. >> it was a presumption. >> i've been very clear when i was presuming and i was presuming on the aid. >> it would be pure, you know, guesswork on my part, speculation. i don't know.

johnson asked the president if there was any connection between security assistance and investigations, the president answered, no way. i would never do that. who told you that? two witnesses, the ambassador taylor and tim morrison said they came to believe security assistance was linked to investigations, but both witnesses based this belief entirely on what they heard from ambassador sondland before ambassador sondland spoke to the president. neither taylor nor morrison ever spoke to the president about the sonand come to believe that there was any connection between security assistance and investigations? again, the house managers didn't tell you. why not? it is public testimony that ambassador sondland used variations of the words assume, presume, guess, speculate, and belief over 30 times. here's some examples. >> that was my presumption, my personal preresumption, my beli. that i presume it might have to be done to get the aid released. it was presumption. i've been very clear to when i was presuming and i was pruchlipruch prooumiproou presuming, it would be speculation. that was the problem, mr. goldman. no one told me directly the aid was tied to anything. i was presuming it was. >> didn

johnson. vonnie: from new york, i'm vonnie quinn. this is "bloomberg markets." it's time for our weekly muni moment segment. tayloras more from san francisco on how the fed might impact muni. taylor: joining me is crisper brigati,is christopher head of municipals at advisors asset management. we talk a lot about negative rates overseas and the impact that's had on the u.s. treasury. what impact, if any, does that have on demand for u.s. munis? christopher: it's a relative value play. it offsets our domestic corporate data as well, so it is a better alternative than negative debt overseas. it makes sense for investors to be in this space. is any ofat pressure this having on the supply and demand dynamic that we continue to see? christopher: supply and demand is very interesting. starting off with the supply side, we are seeing less supply in the market, a decrease overall this year. 2015 to 2019, there was a proximally 369 million dollars in net new issuance over the course of the year. this year's expect it to be less $350 million. the demand side is really challenging because we are seeing net new inflows into mu

johnson. vonnie: from new york, i'm vonnie quinn this is "bloomberg markets." for our stock of the hour. here is tayloror: remy cointreau down across the board after a sales miss. they've had a pretty rough second half of 2019. the biggest issue analysts are citing is that the company is putting annual guidance on hold. they are waiting for an update in tune with new management to get new guidance. political unrest, issues with the coronavirus, and slowing u.s. sales really all to blame. again, we are waiting for general management to give us an update in just a few months. the one you're stuck there, i want to flip up the board and take a look at the fundamentals of this business. 11.3%, sales are up to double the drop analysts were expecting. course, you go to hong kong and see some of the big unrest over there, trying to mix up about pony percent of the profits over there. analysts say the coronavirus and the hong kong political conflict are very worrisome. they are waiting to get a little more detail on this virus come but they are very worried about the impact on sales. that is a look at your stoc

johnson. this is "bloomberg markets." let's turn our attention to the j.p. morgan health care conference. it continues today in san francisco. tayloranding by with another industry ceo. taylor. doesr: it certainly continue today, and today it is the eli lilly ceo dave ricks. thank you for joining me for the second year in arroyo. you are speaking late -- year in a row. you are speaking later today under pipeline. what can we expect from you? dave: there's never been a better time for innovation in pharmaceuticals for people with serious conditions. right now, we are a big player in diabetes and anabolic disease. we are seeing incredible things in our pipeline there. we have a late phase project combining two naturally occurring proteins to activate your metabolism and help people with diabetes lower their sugar and reduce weight. we've got earlier versions of that in the pipeline as well that could even bring more weight loss and more metabolic control to patients with type two diabetes. we know it is a huge problem around the world. lilly has been working in a new field called precision oncology, where we detect why your tumor is

that same day senators murphy and johnson met with president zelensky in kyiv. ambassador taylor was with them and he testified, mr. taylor testified president zelensky's quote first question to the senator was about withheld security assistance. ambassador taylor testified that both senator's quote stressed that bipartisan support for ukraine and washington was ukraine's most important strategic asset and president zelensky should not jeopardize that bipartisan support by getting drawn into u.s. domestic policy. senator johnson and senator murphy later submitted letters where they explained that they sought to reassure president zelensky that there was bipartisan support in congress providing ukraine with military assistance and that they would continue to urge president trump to lift the hold. here's what they said in that letter. senator murphy said senator johnson and i assured zelensky that congress wanted to continue this funding and what pressed trump to release it immediately and senator johnson and the letter said i explained that i tried to persuade the president to aut

that same day senators murphy and johnson met with president zelensky in kyiv. ambassador taylor was with them and he testified, mr. taylor testified president zelensky's quote first question to the senator was about withheld security assistance. ambassador taylor testified that both senator's quote stressed that bipartisan support for ukraine and washington was ukraine's most important strategic asset and president zelensky should not jeopardize that bipartisan support by getting drawn into u.s. domestic policy. senator johnson and senator murphy later submitted letters where they explained that they sought to reassure president zelensky that there was bipartisan support in congress providing ukraine with military assistance and that they would continue to urge president trump to lift the hold. here's what they said in that letter. senator murphy said senator johnson and i assured zelensky that congress wanted to continue this funding and what pressed trump to release it immediately and senator johnson and the letter said i explained that i tried to persuade the president to aut

the same days senators murphy and johnson visited kyiv and met president zelensky along with ambassador taylorseptember 5th, i accompanied senators johnson and murphy during their visit to kyiv. when we met with president zelensky, his first question to the senators was about the withheld security assistance. my recollection of the meeting is that both senators stressed that bipartisan support for ukraine in washington was ukraine's most important strategic asset and that president zelensky should not jeopardize that bipartisan support by getting drawn into u.s. domestic politics. i had been making and continue to make this point to all of my official ukrainian contacts, but the odd push to make president zelensky publicly commit to investigations of burisma and alleged interference in the 2016 election showed how the official foreign policy of the united states was undercut by the irregular efforts led by mr. giuliani. >> the senator sought to reassure president zelensky that there was bipartisan support in congress for providing the military aid. also on september 5th, "the washington post"

johnson has used incendiary terms in the past. they will be hoping that is not the kind of attitude that is shown as we go into those talks. taylorjoining us on the ground, bloomberg's sebastian sa lek. the world's richest person just got a lot richer. billion toadded $8 his fortune after shares of amazon posted the best one-day gain since 2018. fourth-quarter results thanks to one-day shipping, prime membership, and growth in the clouds. amazon closed with a 999.9 plan logan dollars.9 market cap. coming up, social media market -- social media companies are trying to stop. raise from spreading. false storiestop from trending. if you like bloomberg news, check us out on the radio, the bloomberg app, bloomberg.com, and in the u.s., on sirius xm. this is bloomberg. ♪ the u.s. declared a public health emergency in response to the coronavirus outbreak in china, ordering a fort teen day quarantine for citizens returning from the province. then addition, flights from the u.s. to china will be restricted to seven airports. they have cut travel to and from the country. the actions announced friday by president trump's newly formed virus t

johnson. vonnie: from new york, i am vonnie quinn. this is the european close on bloomberg markets. let's go back to the j.p. morgan health conference in san francisco. taylor taylor: i am joined by none other than larry merlo. thank you for joining us. i want to start, as you continue to further integrate the aetna acquisition, analysts are excited about the solid execution. what is driving that? larry: we see the challenges for health care and the result of the emergence is more consumers in the health care. in june we laid out a detailed plan in terms of the near and long-term prospects, what we were going to do, how we were going to do it, and the value that would create. onhad an intense focus execution and we are beginning to put the proof points on the board. people are seeing the results of these companies coming together. taylor: you are an insurer, your health care risk company, you are a pharmacy benefits manager, given those who is your biggest competitor? larry: it is a great question. i think in the land of health care, you have multiple competitors. you have a lot of startups. you have the established organizations. our strategy is to put the

the same day, senators murphy and johnson visited kyiv and met with president zelensky along with ambassador taylor. >> on september 5th, i accompanied senators johnson and murphy during their visit to kyiv. when we met with president zelensky, his first question to the senators was about the withheld security assistance. my recollection of the meeting is that both senators stressed that bipartisan support for ukraine in washington was ukraine's most important strategic asset, and that president zelensky should not jeopardize that bipartisan support by getting drawn into u.s. domestic politics. i had been making and continue to make this point to all of my official ukrainian contacts. but the odd push to make president zelensky publicly commit to investigations of burisma and alleged interference in the 2016 election showed how the official foreign policy of the united states was undercut by the irregular efforts led by mr. giuliani. >> the senators sought to reassure president zelensky that there was bipartisan support in congress for providing the military aid. also on september 5th, the washingt

johnson asked the president if there was any connection between security assistance and investigations. the president answered no way. i would never do that. who told you that? two witnesses, ambassador taylored to investigations. but both witnesses based this belief entirely on what they heard from ambassador sondland before ambassador sondland spoke to the president. neither taylor nor morrison ever spoke to the president about the matter. how did ambassador sondland come to believe there was any connection between security assistance and investigations? again, the house managers didn't tell you. why not? in his public testimony, ambassador sondland used variations of the words assume, presume, guess, speculate and belief over 30 times. here's are some examples. >> that was my presumption, my personal presumption. that was my belief. that was my belief, yes. i presumed that might have to be done in order to get the aid released. it was a presumption. i have been very clear as to when i was presuming and i was presuming on the aid. it would be pure guesswork on my part, speculation. i don't know. that was the problem, mr. goldman, no one told me directly that the aid was tied to anything.

taylor and volker. the president has been crystal there. no quid pro quo of any kind. if you are skeptical of ambassador sondland testimony, it would cooperate by the statement of one of your alex. senator johnson. he also heard from ambassador sondland but the security assistance might be linked to the investigations. august 31, senator johnson asked the president directly. whether there was some kind of arrangement or ukraine would take some action and hold it. again, president trump answer was crystal clear. no way, i would never do that. who told you that? senator johnson wrote, i have accurately characterized his reaction is adamant and angry. they didn't tell you about senator johnson's letter. why not? the democrats entire pro quote series is based on nothing more than initial speculation of one person. ambassador sondland. that's speculation is wrong. despite the democrats hopes, the ambassador's mistaken belief does not become true merely because he repeated it. many times and apparently too many people. undersecretary of state david, toward kemp and ambassador boca testified there is no action whatsoever between security assistance and investigation. here is ambassador volker. >> you

taylor and volker. the president has been crystal there. no quid pro quo of any kind. if you are skeptical of ambassador sondland testimony, it would cooperate by the statement of one of your alex. senator johnson. he also heard from ambassador sondland but the security assistance might be linked to the investigations. august 31, senator johnson asked the president directly. whether there was some kind of arrangement or ukraine would take some action and hold it. again, president trump answer was crystal clear. no way, i would never do that. who told you that? senator johnson wrote, i have accurately characterized his reaction is adamant and angry. they didn't tell you about senator johnson's letter. why not? the democrats entire pro quote series is based on nothing more than initial speculation of one person. ambassador sondland. that's speculation is wrong. despite the democrats hopes, the ambassador's mistaken belief does not become true merely because he repeated it. many times and apparently too many people. undersecretary of state david, toward kemp and ambassador boca testified there is no action whatsoever between security assistance and investigation. here is ambassador volker. >> you

johnson asked the president if there was any connection between security assistance and investigations, the president answered no way, i would never do that, who told you that. two witnesses, ambassador taylororrison, said they came to believe security assistance was linked to investigations. but both witnesses base this belief entirely on what they heard from ambassador sondland before ambassador sondland spoke to the president. neither taylor nor morrison ever spoke to the president about the matter. how did ambassador sondland come to believe there was any connection between security assistance and investigations? again, the house managers didn't tell you. why not? in his public testimony, ambassador sondland used variations of the words, presume, assume, guess, speculate and belief over 30 times. here are some examples. >> that was my presumgts -- my personal presumption. that was my belief. that was my presumption, yeah. i assumed that had to be done. it was a presumption. i was presuming on the aid. it would be pure, you know, guess work on my part. speculation. i don't know. that was the problem, mr. goldman, no one told me directly that the aid was tried to anything. i was presuming

sam taylor—johnson is the director. her husband aaron taylor—johnson stars in it.to that. this feels like her saying, "actually, i can make really intense, personal character studies" because that is what it is. and aaron taylor—johnson, as someone in rehab, as someone with addiction problems, gives this remarkable warts—and—all performance. it really is bruised and battered throughout. so a tough watch but, because of the performances in it, that's why it is impressive. james, great to have you with us. thank you so much. thank you. james king there. and that is it for this week. from both of us, thank you so much for watching. goodbye. hello there. we have had a lot of dry weather today, but sunshine amounts have varied. the best of it has been across eastern areas, this is how it looked from a weather watcher. by further west, that was the scene. grey and gloomy conditions. you can see on the earlier a satellite image, a lot of cloud across the west. some breaks for north—east wales, the west midlands, certainly some breaks across eastern scotland and eastern en