he eee eee we eee e tiii—ee’eiéeif—r—e e— e ————r and a lobbyist. co nsulta nts, a history of working as political consultants, was not discussed. there are no allegations that rick gates or paul manafort colluded with russia to the outcome of russia to influence the outcome of the 2016 election, and the president was quick to underline this in a tweet last week. but as a leading figure at the centre of the campaign, mr gates could have information valuable to the special counsel, robert mueller. this part, robert mueller is bringing additional charges against paul manafort. the plea deal means his sentence will be much shorter than could have been. the question is what will he tell investigators in the meantime? president trump has repeated his call for teachers to be armed with guns. pressure is growing for action after the shooting at a school in florida last week in which 1a students and three members of staff were killed. meanwhile, florida's governor wants to restrict the sale of guns. our north america editor - staff and teachers return to th