to answer and perhaps the report won because robert muller pointed the audience repeatedly back to the report i do think that democrats quoted more extensively from the report appeared to be better prepared and discussed in detail instances of obstruction of justice that they wanted to bring the attention of the american public to and i think they did succeed in that republicans hammered repeatedly on the issues of the origins of the investigation the steel dose which they incorrectly claimed repeatedly was the origin of the investigation the report makes clear that the still dosey is not and i don't know if they really scored a lot of points in taking that line so what was the point of all of this clearly 3 hours of testimony what did we learn oh did we learn anything new. i don't think we really learned anything new the essential point for democrats is the fact that robert mueller said very clearly that he did not exonerate the present president of obstruction of justice however there was some confusion with regard to section one of the report which i expect will be discussed more in

special counsel robert muller has insisted again that he did not exonerate president donald trump of obstruction of justice and he said trump could be prosecuted once he's out of office well has spent the last few hours testifying at 2 different hearings in congress about his investigation into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election this is the 1st time he's had questions publicly since the inquiry. is it correct that if you had concluded that the president committed the crime of obstruction you could not publicly state that in your report were here today the statement would be that you would not indict and you would not indict because under the oil see opinion a sitting president cannot be indicted be unconstitutional so you could not state that because of the u.s.c. opinion if that would be your opinion. with some guide yes but under d.o.j. under department of justice policy the president could be prosecuted for obstruction of justice crimes after he leaves office is correct. or let's now speak to our white house correspondent campbell. as we all know. to be subpoen

muller say anything that we didn't already know robert muller said everything that was already in the report which is exactly what he said he would say going into this testimony today he was not going to stray beyond the report he said is on the record as saying the report the report is my testimony i won't go beyond what democrats are trying to get him to eliminate those thoughts illuminate those things and one of his one of the most common phrases today was go back to the text i refer back to the text he only wants to go by the written statement by the written report if it was in the written report he said then that's the fact and that's where i stand. he didn't want to testify today i mean he's known as a man of few words in hey but ultimately he did come forward so why now well he was subpoenaed which of course legally obligates him to appear before congress under threat of a penalty of possible jail time or fines so yes he. an extremely tight lipped you know 10 years 12 years as f.b.i. director appeared many times in front of congress has never never been one of his most favorite

muller there so a clear response from robert weller when republican lawmakers pressed him on the probes core issues of collusion let's bring in our team coverage of this news developing at this hour we have joining us from washington our correspondent oliver salat and we also have here in the studio william grew cuckoo croft who is going to be part of our team coverage but 1st let's hear from robert miller. is it true the evidence gathered during your best to goshen did not establish that the president was involved in the underlying crime related to russian election interference as stated in volume one page 7 we fell into fish and didn't. the president called culpability. so that would be a yes without. b. yes yes thank you. and as we mentioned oliver salat is joining us from washington william growth lou croft is here in the studio we have team coverage of this testimony before congress and all of our i'd like to begin with you because we know that robert mueller he is known as as a man of many words as we are seeing playing out actually today he did not want to testify several times h

muller say anything that we didn't already know robert muller said everything that was already in the report which is exactly what he said he would say going into this testimony today he was not going to stray beyond the report he said is on the record as saying the report the report is my testimony i won't go beyond that democrats are trying to get him to eliminate those thoughts illuminate those things and one of his one of the most common phrases today was go back to the text i refer back to the text he only wants to go by the written statement by the written report is that it was in the written report he said then that's the fact and that's where i stand. he didn't want to testify today i mean he's known as a man of few words in hey but ultimately he did come forward so why now well he was subpoenaed right which of course legally obligates him to appear before congress under threat of a penalty of possible jail time or fines so yes he. an extremely tight lipped you know is 10 years a sorry 12 years f.b.i. director appeared many times in front of congress has never never been one o

there was no defense of what robert muller was trying to defend it all fairness to robert ball or whether his performance was a bad one or a good one i think everybody understands that i think everybody understands what's going on there was no defense for this ridiculous hoax this witch hunt that's been going on for. a long time. and mike would be here he said a have gone some way to costing a spotlight on this investigation and president trumps calling dots for those in the u.s. that might not have read the report. well that is something certainly that the democrats are very much hoping for and i must one mention one impact health these hearings in the course of the day and that is a new phrase is trending on twitter that phrase is i take your question which is interpreted as saying go away get out of my face certainly that is something that is trending widely on trips in the course of the day but the democrats have just held a news conference with the speaker of the house nancy pelosi along with the 2 chairs off the judiciary and the intelligence committee they had a post today which ou

out of the edu on october 31st no ifs or buts and in the us a former special counsel robert muller has wrapped up his testimony to congress over his probe into russian interference in the 2016 election he said there was insufficient evidence that trucks and the campaign conspired with moscow but he did not exonerate truong destructing the investigation. you're watching the wife of from berlin after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day stick around for that. every journey begins with the 1st step and every language the 1st word can call me coaxing germany to find germany. why not permit helen farage. to suffer in simple line on your mobile and free. t.w. zingy learning course. german made easy. robots are still in the development phase. but what's going to happen when they grow more . humans and machines able to piecemeal co-exist. or are we on the verge of a remarkable life. if we just bumble into this totally unprepared with our heads in the sand fusing to think about what could go wrong then let's face it it's probably going to be the biggest mistake in human histor

now to the united states where the former special counsel robert muller is due to appear before 2 separate congressional committees today it was spending 5 hours answering questions about his investigation which looked into whether president trump's campaign colluded with russia during the 26th election but muller is famously known as a man of few words words and it's unclear whether committee members will be finding out any more than what he's already stated in his report. this summer's biggest blockbuster might not be coming to a theater near you but the committee rooms on capitol hill robert muller is to testify before the house judiciary and intelligence committees republicans want to shut the door on the investigation democrats who control the hearings hope new details of donald trump's conduct could lead to impeachment or hurt his reelection efforts both the congress to respond to the crimes why and other wrongdoing of president no one not even the president is above the law mother a former f.b.i. director was in charge of the most extensive and most watched special investigation inv

you heard robert muller respond and he said donald trump was not exonerated that is one thing but he also said that he did not come to a verdict because of a guideline of the department of justice essentially not allowing him to indict a sitting president he also said then later that he could be sued after his presidency now we don't know what the outcome would be of such a trial but the democrats in the committees and across and outside of course they are convinced that there are enough enough examples in the model report that there is enough evidence for obstruction off just this one very prominent case and robert muller received lots of questions on that case is the one white house counsel dawn make. donald trump allegedly told him to fire a modeler and then later told him to not talk about that so those are all examples that are discussed here today. in front of running come or cameras in a live television firm that this happened that this was the case and that is exactly what the democrats are after here they are trying to get robert muller in front of the camera and essentially

we now know negotiated not to read sections of his report so they're not going to have robert muller like at you know somebody doing an audio version of their book providing written you know reading certain segments of that which would have been very powerful for t.v. and so all of that is gone and so what we've had is a somewhat bumbling occasionally lost. person testifying in congress rapid fire questions from committee members sometimes confusing and it's been sort of messy and i think in that i think the objectives that the democrats have had of creating a moment of theater that would explicate and show really outrageous behavior from the white house is just not turned out to be the kind of storytelling that they had hoped for and we're going to see is it more of the same in the hearing this just got under way how does this one differ from the house judiciary committee. well adam adam schiff whom i talk to many times about this is very obsessed with the russia dimensions what they did the malfeasance of the russian involvement and the really the shrug of the shoulders that that d

former special counsel robert muller has been testifying before a congressional committee about his probe into russian interference in the 2016 election and whether the trump campaign colluded with moscow he told lawmakers today the investigation found inadequate evidence to prove a conspiracy but he said once again his investigation did not clear trump of obstructing justice many are viewing bowler's testimony today as a last chance for democrats to build a case for impeaching the president. robert mueller who spent 2 years leading an investigation determining if president trump had colluded with russia did not look like he wanted to be there but for democrats and republicans in congress this was an opportunity to get their points across live on t.v. the report did not include he did not committed structure of justice. that is correct and what about total exoneration if you actually totally exonerate the present you know and in fact your reports expressly states that it does not exonerate the press it does democrats were disappointed that the miller report found no smoking gun but hope t

and in washington the former special counsel robert muller prepares to give 5 hours of testimony before congressional committees but will he go beyond the already known public findings of his russia trump report. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us oh britain will have a new prime minister by the end of the day boris johnson will be moving in to downing street at a crucial juncture for the nation as a prepares to leave the european union is set to head a probe wrecks a government but he'll have just a razor thin majority in parliament we'll get the very latest from london after this report. boris johnson is elected as the leader of the conservative think of. as a boy boris johnson one said he wanted to be world king now he's been crammed leader of britain's conservatives after a boisterous campaign his acceptance speech was full of his trademark upbeat just oh. the everybody thank you thank you you've been friendly you've been good make should you be the font of that cylinder ideas all of which i propose to steal. with . and above all i want to thank are going leader to resig

in washington the former special counsel robert muller prepares to give 5 hours of testimony before a congressional committees but will he go beyond the already known public findings of his russia trumped report. and europe braces for its 2nd record heat wave this summer especially france paris could see its hottest day on record for the mercury set to soar above 40 degrees celsius. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us. britain will have a new prime minister by the end of the day boris johnson will be moving into number 10 downing street at a crucial juncture for this nation as a prepares to leave the e.u. he set to head a probe rex's government but will have just a razor thin majority in parliament we'll get the very latest from london and from brussels after this report. boris johnson is elected as the leader of the conservative think of. as a boy boris johnson one said he wanted to be world king now he's being crowned leader of britain's conservatives after a boisterous campaign his acceptance speech was full of his trademark upbeat just oh. everybody thank you i see you'

and in washington former special counsel robert muller prepares to give 5 hours of testimony before congress committees but really go beyond the already known public mind ings of his russia from the court. i don't welcome i'm with that shima outgoing british prime minister to resign may has faced lawmakers questions in parliament for the last time before the policy changes hands to resume told m.p.'s she was pleased to be handing over to a successor boris johnson and pledged full support to me will go to buckingham palace shortly to submit a resignation to the queen johnson will then be invited to form a new government may is stepping down after losing the confidence of a party in a deal to take britain out of the european union has stalled on the kids the sun was treated on in st ready bob the vehicle is standing by barbara terrorism is. time as prime minister is drawing to a close she's been taking questions for one last time during prime minister's question time tell us what's been happening there. yes reason may was greeted with loud cheers from her own party when she stepped up in parli

special counsel robert muller has insisted again that he does not exonerate donald trump of obstruction of justice mr muller was testifying at 2 different hearings in congress yesterday about his investigation into russian interference in the 2016 u.s. presidential election campaign is the 1st time he has answered questions publicly since the inquiry and stirring up much disagreement between democrats and republicans is mike hanna. it was in president trump's eyes a victory lap appearing on the white house lawn to repeat his assertion that he'd been vindicated in dismissing the investigation one that he claimed had placed a phony cloud over his presidency i think everybody understands that i think everybody understands what's going on there was no defense for this ridiculous hoax this witch hunt that's been going on for. a long time. earlier the special counsel was careful to show no bias to one side of the other disappointing those who wanted him to enlarge on his findings that there were 10 different acts that could be seen as the president obstructing justice what they largely got wa

interested in and what you thought of the appearance in the performance of robert muller i was watching it especially when he started speaking earlier today and i was struck that he seemed to be. almost feeble or fragile and he had difficulty following the questions and some of the members of the committee and it just seemed like he was a very tired person he was speaking there what impressions did he leave with you. the process he left with me was someone who was very uncomfortable being on the receiving end of the question he someone who is used to making a presentation to being the person who's asking the question and when you ask the question you don't have to think about what the answer is going to be he's also someone to me who looks like he was balancing a couple of different balls in the air he has a concern about not creating undue influence on cases that are open pending he was given direction by the department of justice about what he could and couldn't say and then he's trying to keep within his answers words that are written in a 500 page document he has a understanding of

and both sides claiming victory after former special counsel robert muller has his day on capitol hill republicans say it's time to move on but some democrats are valid to push ahead with their investigations of president from. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us puerto rico's governor ricardo seo has announced his resignation after days of mass protests in that u.s. territory resales said he would continue working until august 2nd to allow an orderly transition he's been at the center of a text message messaging scandal that has already led the top officials to resign delete messages revealed him mocking his constituents and contain sexist profane and homophobic remarks. or earlier i spoke with correspondent alexander phenomena who's in the capital wong who gave us the latest but there are still people in the street maybe you. can hear them playing some of them are already on their way home and have been very up to date. to see if indeed they were rumors that the government is going down where to get her way she will be counting on you mentioned but nothing happened that ni

there was no defense of what robert muller was right to defend it offers to robert muller whether is performance was a bad one or a good one i think everybody understands that i think everybody understands what's going on there was no defense to this ridiculous hope this witch hunt that's been going on for. a long time but democrats all robert miller's appearance very differently they insisted that he had high lying to details about the mill investigation that could prove critical in the ongoing investigation into president trump and in particular in relation to his campaign robert mueller himself insisted the most important message he wanted to give was that the russian investigation the russian involvement in the u.s. electoral process was real and continues to happen this directly rebuking and repudiating president but the house democrats say that this is an important step in the ongoing investigation that could end in impeachment if we have a case for impeachment that's the place you will have to go at that the fact that why i'd like it to be a strong case is because i don't it's

proving to major of claims of the president wrong at least through the eyes of robert muller. some would say listen to this next exchange here the question why not indict the president if you have reason to believe that he tried to obstruct justice is it correct that if you would conclude if the president committed the crime of obstruction you could not publicly state that in your report or here today i would say you. could do the statement would be that you would not indict and you would not indict because under the oil see opinion a sitting president cannot be indicted be unconstitutional so you could not state that because of the will see if there would be you can see opinion it was some guide yes but under the department of justice policy the president could be prosecuted for obstruction of justice crimes after he leaves office is correct through thank you. what did you make of this well i mean the democrats were trying to hammer home the point and it almost seems like there was a choreography over these 3 and a half hours where different instances of what they called epis

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muller prior to this hearing beginning and we heard these special counsel robert mueller saying in his opening statements that he would be a hearing to the request by the department of justice essentially saying that he would only be testifying about what is in his report and i think that's why we're not seeing the fireworks perhaps that many of the democrats had hoped would come from this witness and even from the side of the republicans as well it appears that this prosecutor is playing straight down the line sticking to his testimony in fact we're seeing more grandstanding in this hearing coming from the lawmakers then from the witness robert mueller himself so it appears on that have that the president has so far through his department of justice and through his tweets successfully shaped this testimony if you will having said that even as robert mueller sticks to his report there is information in that report that contradicts the president you heard the democratic chair there jerry navl are stating that off the top of this hearing that despite the president's claims of no obstruct

and in washington the former special counsel robert muller prepares to give findings of testimony before congress she's committees would really go beyond the gritty known findings is russia trying to support. we begin here in berlin with germany's new defense minister is about to take up oath of office in parliament on a great. or as she's known is a close ally of chancellor and his why do you seen as a hand picked successor. also leads a conserved. c.d.u. body she was asked to take over the difference fought for you after all is enough on the line was appointed the next president of the european commission. joining me now is our political cars fallen emmanuel chaz emma what can we expect from on a good company how would you approach her new role as defense minister do you think well you know it's a very tricky position to be in for and god. can borrow she inherits from poison gets from chancellor america with that defense ministry because the minister has been marred by several can those there were some far right at mons apparently present in the german defense ministry and more most re

special counsel robert muller will go before congress on wednesday i have a his investigation into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election democrats i'd like to use a push on whether the president obstructed justice during the investigation she had her time she has more from washington d.c. . for almost 2 years some opponents of president trump reached a frenzy as they speculated about what special counsel robert muller might uncover as he investigated allegations of khushwant between the trump campaign and russia during the 2016 election in the end they were disappointed there was insufficient evidence to charge a broader conspiracy nonetheless it's expected the democrats will concentrate on the repeated contacts between russian nationals and members of the trump campaign in the 2nd of wednesday's hearings before the house intelligence committee as well as allegations of russian interference in the election democrats are expected to focus on whether donald trump obstructed the investigation itself in the 1st hearing before the house judiciary committee specifically whether

formerly a special counsel robert muller will go before congress on wednesday over his investigation into the russian interference and the 2016 presidential elections democrats are likely to push mower on whether the president obstructed justice joining the investigation sheraton's he explains from washington for almost 2 years some opponents of president trump reached a frenzy as they speculated about what special counsel robert muller might uncover as investigated allegations of crucial between the trump campaign russia during the 26th election in the end they were disappointed there was insufficient evidence to charge a broader conspiracy. nonetheless it's expected the democrats will concentrate on the repeated contacts between russian nationals and members of the trump campaign in the 2nd of wednesday's hearings before the house intelligence committee as well as allegations of russian interference in the election democrats are expected to focus on whether donald trump obstructed the investigation itself in the 1st hearing before the house judiciary committee specifically with a b

special counsel robert muller will go before congress on wednesday over his investigation into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election she had from washington for almost 2 years some opponents of president trump reached a frenzy as they speculated about what special counsel robert muller might uncover as he investigated allegations of between the trump campaign and russia during the 26th election in the end they were disappointed there was insufficient evidence to charge a broader conspiracy. nonetheless it's expected the democrats will concentrate on the repeated contacts between russian nationals and members of the trump campaign in the 2nd of wednesday's hearings before the house intelligence committee as well as allegations of russian interference in the election democrats are expected to focus on whether donald trump obstructed the investigation itself in the 1st hearing before the house judiciary committee specifically with a bold truck would have been indicted how do you not been president has cited department of justice guidelines in explaining why the president

former special counsel robert muller tells congress donald trump could be prosecuted for obstruction of justice after he leaves office also the scenes tankers of some to the crisis between the u.k. and iran and how the iranian president says it could solve it or that stay with us . hello there and other very hot day across central and western areas here and now they says they should be the last day of this intense heat can see all these guys and that is because we have this large area of high pressure just donating the weather pattern forcing any rain showers any clouds across into the northwest so look at the forecast how much is this thursday 42 in paris 38 in london that is 15 degrees above average for london and this of 42 is 18 degrees celsius above the average we could well be seeing a record breaking day meanwhile in 035 degrees as 12 degrees above the average but we may well say you want to kind of thunderstorms in the forecast is thursday the rain of course is into more eastern sections pushing right the way into western russia down into those eastern shores of the black sea

robert muller testify before two congressional committees about his investigation in the russia case. doug luzader is there. there has been last minute drama as testimony is about to begin. >> reporter: good morning, robert muller be here for a very long day. he will not be alone. you can almost hear the knives sharp ping around here. for robert mueller, this will be a marathon, two hearings, five hours, and dozens of lawmakers who are pinning their hopes on him. >>> it's important that the american people understand what was in that report. >> reporter: arguments over who is aappearing. he wants a long time deputy beside him. the president tweeted so robert mueller has asked for his long time never trumper lawyer to sit beside him and help with answers. this should not be allowed. rigged witch hunt. while republicans see an opportunity to press mueller and whether investigators had a bias, democrats will press on whether the president obstructed justice by interfering in the investigation. according to a former federal prosecutor it won't be easy for either side. >> it will be a huge

special counsel robert muller is about to go before congress to answer questions about his investigation into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election let's take you to these live pictures coming in from capitol hill you can see there robert mala the former special investigator. making his way to his seat where he will shortly we understand after some introductory speeches be addressing members of the congress then the house judiciary committee he's got 2 hearings today well this all comes about 3 months since he handed in. his report on the nearly 2 year probe ended with moloch concluding russia did interfere in the 2016 u.s. presidential election during a may press conference maher added that while the report does not conclude president donald trump committed a crime it also does not exonerate him president trump is tweeting meanwhile about mother's testimony even before it begins here's a little bit of what he's been saying so far so democrats and others can illegally fabricate a crime trying pinning it on a very innocent president and when he fights back against this il

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former special counsel robert muller tells congress donald trump could be prosecuted for obstruction of justice after he leaves office. the doubters the doom's does the glooms does they are going to get it wrong again the bars johnson promises breaks it in 3 months and vows to change the country as he takes over as persons prime minister. and puerto rico's parliament starts impeachment proceedings against the governor after almost 2 weeks of protests against him. in support anyones cricketers get a rude awakening on their return to the sides of their world cup triumph all down for beatty 51 day one of the test against ireland details from north korea. special counsel robert mueller has insisted once again that he did not exonerate president donald trump of obstruction of justice and he said john could be prosecuted once he's out of office well i spent several hours testifying at 2 different hearings in congress about his investigation into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election this is the 1st time he has answered questions publicly since the inquiry is it correct tha

muller he's supposed to testify to 2 congressional committees so it's going to be a hot summer for the u.s. president and there is there are some signs of fracturing even among his republicans want you to listen to the one republican who exit in the republican party this week think of this. was helping to set an example for people i've been involved in party politics for a while and i believe very strongly that it's hurting hurting our country at this point and i think people need to stand up for what's right stand up for what they believe in and. be independent of these party loyalties that really divide. ok and then the president reacted to that by tweeting this is great news for the republican party as one of the dumbest and most disloyal men in congress is quitting the party no collusion no obstruction knew he couldn't get the nomination to run again in the great state of michigan already being challenge for his seat a total loser. all right that's typical trump but. you know this is a republican abandoning ship yeah but we have to say he's not a typical republican he was just in a

headline material they believe first of all with the former special counsel robert muller saying that the president was not exonerated in his report contrary to what the president himself has been saying multiple times that he believed he had been completely exonerated by this report. secondly another headline coming out of these hearings here on capitol hill. the former special counsel robert mululler saying that the presidentt could be indicted one he is out of office that is something you will hear quite a lot about from democrats especially leading. up to the presidential election in twenty twenty so both sides very much digging in but not getting any closer really. to what some democrats a minority it must be said of democrats in the house of representatives might have wanted out of this. proof that they could move on to impeachment proceedings those seem very very unlikely as they did before these hearings that needle hasn't shifted really. in that direction one thing is for soul from what we saw from robert mula and those over five hours in fact close to six hours he spent here

proving to major of claims of the president wrong at least through the eyes of robert muller. some would say listen to this next exchange here the question why not indict the president if you have reason to believe that he tried to obstruct justice is it correct that if you would conclude if the president committed the crime of obstruction you could not publicly state that in your report were here today i would say you. could do the statement would be that you would not indict and you would not indict because under the oil she opinion a sitting president we cannot be indicted be unconstitutional so you could not state that because of the will see if there would be you can see opinion it was some guy yes but under the department of justice policy the president could be prosecuted for obstruction of justice crimes after he leaves office is correct through thank you. but did you make of this well i mean the democrats were trying to hammer home the point and it almost seems like there was a choreography over these 3 and a half hours where different instances what they called episo

muller he's supposed to testify to 2 congressional committees so it's going to be a hot summer for the u.s. president and there is there are some signs of fracturing even among his republicans want you to listen to the one republican who exit in the republican party this week thinking this. was helping to set an example for people i've been involved in party politics for a while and i believe very strongly that it's hurting hurting our country at this point and i think people need to stand up for what's right stand up for what they believe in and. be independent of these party loyalties that really. ok and then the president reacted to that by tweeting this great news for the republican party as one of the dumbest and most disloyal men in congress is quitting the party no collusion no obstruction knew he couldn't get the nomination to run again in the great state of michigan already being challenge for his seat a total loser. that's typical trump but. this is a republican abandoning ship yeah but we have to say he's not a typical republican he was just in a mosque is really a libertari

and both sides are claiming victory after former special counsel robert muller has his day on capitol hill republicans say it's time to move on but some democrats are vowing to push ahead with their investigations of president trump. and after a day of record breaking heat in 3 european countries people praise for yet more extreme conditions today and do their best to stop the cool. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us for rico's a governor ricardo resale has announced his resignation. nation after days of mass street protests in the u.s. territory or says that he would continue working until august 2nd to allow an orderly transition he's been at the center of a text messaging scandal that has already led to top officials to resign the leaked messages revealed him mocking his constituents and contain sexist homophobic and profane remarks. ok let's go straight to san juan and w.'s alexandra phenomena standing by to us for us good day to you alexandra what's happening right now where you are. there still people in the street maybe he. can hear them playing some of them are alr

this is news coming to you live from berlin robert muller faces congress in washington the former special counsel prepares to give 5 hours of testimony before congress and committee on his report to the russian constitution does he have more to see a bunch donald trump. also coming up a transfer of power to resign me address those tolman for the last time before resigning as prime minister boris johnson takes over from power he's due to meet the queen and be invited to form a new government. put on a very warm welcome to this special edition of the news i'm on the we're following 2 big stories this hour the handover of power in britain and the mali hearings in washington we start in the u.s. capitol where the house of representatives judiciary committee has begun sharing testimony from former special counsel robert mala democratic lawmakers subpoenaed to answer the committee's questions after you published his findings into russia as a meddling of the 2016 election the former special counsel it was also asked to prove whether they was collusion between the trump campaign and the russian g

proving to major of claims of the president wrong at least through the eyes of robert muller. some to take a listen to this next exchange here the question why not indict the president if you have reason to believe that he tried to obstruct justice is it correct if you would conclude if the president committed the crime of obstruction you could not publicly state that in your report or here today i would say you. could do the statement would be that you would not indict and you would not indict because under the oil she opinion a sitting president she said we cannot be indicted be unconstitutional so you could not state that because of the you will see it if it would be you know of the opinion it was some guy ideas but under the department of justice policy the president could be prosecuted for obstruction of justice crimes after he leaves office is correct through thank you. but if you make of this well i mean the democrats were trying to hammer home the point and it almost seems like there was a choreography over these 3 and a half hours where different instances of what the

obstruction of justice by the president robert muller is not spelling any of that out so what we're seeing here is the democratic members of congress are basically reading his report and he is basically saying true this is not exactly must what must see t.v. public and do you see louie gohmert there the republican trying to go after more of his team his credibility and trying to basically say that he shouldn't have even looked at obstruction of justice because that wasn't his mandate because muller is basically saying look. president could face obstruction of justice charges which is no longer president but the justice department says the sitting president can't be indicted that's probably the biggest takeaway from the hearing that's far which i think a lot of people expected would be a little bit more. a little bit more exciting than it actually did. pass the let's go over down to elizabeth sign because she's an associate professor of american studies and political science at george washington university joins us from washington d.c. good to have you with us let me start 1st of all elizab

special counsel robert muller will do will go before congress on wednesday over his investigation into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election democrats are likely to push on whether the president obstructed justice joining the investigation she returns he has more from washington. for almost 2 years some opponents of president trump reached a frenzy as they speculated about what special counsel robert muller might uncover as he investigated allegations of khushwant between the trump campaign and russia during the 2016 election in the end they were disappointed there was insufficient evidence to charge a broader conspiracy nonetheless it's expected the democrats will concentrate on the repeated contacts between russian nationals and members of the trump campaign in the 2nd of wednesday's hearings before the house intelligence committee as well as allegations of russian interference in the election democrats are expected to focus on whether donald trump obstructed the investigation itself in the 1st hearing before the house judiciary committee specifically with a bold tru

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special counsel robert muller. and later in sport the players getting ready to experience what their captain has called the pinnacle for irish cricket. all that still ahead but 1st venezuela's opposition controlled national assembly has voted to rejoin a regional defense treaty adding more pressure on the government of president nicolas maduro assembly members led by opposition leader who were forced to hold a session outside it because of the ongoing nationwide of blackouts the government is blaming its rivals for sabotaging the power grid but the opposition says the cuts have been caused by the government's own mismanagement or pedro is founder and managing director of b. and v advisors he joins us now from washington thanks so much for being with us so just broadly speaking 1st of all how do you gauge the current state of affairs between between what do know and the opposition leader. after 6 months of this. jewel between them now. well i think without any doubt nobody expected that would be 6 months into this p

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there was no defense of what robert muller was right to defend it offers the robert dollar whether his performance was a bad one or a good one i think everybody understands that i think everybody understands what's going on there was no defense to this ridiculous homes switch on that's been going on for. a long time i have a totally different view they believe that importantly robert de mello confirmed certain things about president trump and certainly indicate to 10 obstruction of justice charges they also had a pac called behind the minute news conference outlining the advantages the benefits of the mill investigation which includes confiscating a huge amount of money a number of indictments a number of people charged including of the several top campaign officials but importantly we heard from the house speaker what the mother investigation showed is how crucial his evidence in these hearings today was to the ongoing investigation into president trump that could eventually lead to impeachment if we have a case for impeachment. that's the place you will have to go at that the fact th

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special counsel robert muller told congress he did not exonerate the president of obstruction of justice but he did say donald trump could be prosecuted once he's out of office. arced johnson has taken over as the u.k.'s prime minister pledging to get a bold new bricks it deal warning that person will crash out by the end of october if the e.u. refuses to negotiate. his predecessor tourism a left down the street earlier on after being forced to resign because of her own failure to get parliament to back the bricks. at least 6 people have been killed off to a suicide attack on a government building in the somali capital mogadishu the armed group al-shabaab has claimed responsibility for the bombing and says its target was the newly appointed un envoy to somalia last went off shortly after james swan met the city's mayor in the government compound but he say mayor. osman is in hospital now with critical injuries. well to sudan where the military says it's thwarted a coup attempt seeking to abort the people's revolution and arrested its own chief of staff in a statement the military said me

robert mueller. mr muller. robert mueller. mr mullenm robert mueller. mr muller. it never stops. remember this go? robert mueller. mr muller. it never stops. rememberthis go? robert mueller is back. it was just four months ago the special counsel they concluded his investigation into russian meddling of the 2016 election, and issued a a50 page report that concluded there was insufficient evidence to find any criminal conspiracy between members of the trump campaign and russia. russia did not help me get elected, it you know what got me elected?” got me elected. judging the present with a crime was therefore not an option we could consider. -- charging. but he also notably inclined to conclude whether or not donald trump obstructed justice. inclined to conclude whether or not donald trump obstructed justicem we had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so. in his one and only public appearance in may, robert mueller said he was done talking about this investigation.” hope and expect this to be the only timel hope and expect this to be

muller is delivering his long awaited testimony on russian interference in the 28 team election he tells us lawmakers that there was inadequate evidence to prove trump officials conspired with moscow.

muller might uncover as he investigated allegations of khushwant between the trump campaign and russia during the 2016 election in the end they were disappointed there was insufficient evidence to charge a broader conspiracy nonetheless it's expected the democrats will concentrate on the repeated contacts between russian nationals and members of the trump campaign in the 2nd of wednesday's hearings before the house intelligence committee as well as allegations of russian interference in the election democrats are expected to focus on whether donald trump obstructed the investigation itself in the 1st hearing before the house judiciary committee specifically whether doled truck would have been indicted how do you not been president has cited department of justice guidelines in explaining why the president wasn't charged with obstruction under longstanding department policy a president president cannot be charged with a federal crime while he is in office. that is unconstitutional but mother was also careful to say that if he had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a cri