Ive always found home and im going to be a very decent man we know that the russian government is reaching out to the Trump Campaign for reaching out on that a fortnight others if you dont ask them into the grand jury theyve got to advise you of your status as to whether youre a target if youve been told your target believe me not sleeping well i mean what information of course would mr metaphor have to offer the russians and hes like a lot of other people probably makes consulting fees from all over the place who knows i dont know it may ultimately help us answer those questions. Also coming up in the war in syria he who controls the food wins tonight a report from a besieged area just east of damascus today food aid arrived for the first time in a year for some it was too late. I was already close to death when her parents brought to the doctor a mother had no milk she hardly had any food has self so hot died the next day in eastern huta she was only thirty four days old. We begin the day with three former Trump Campaign members now in the hands of the f. B. I. And u. S. President saying this have nothing to do with him today former Truck Campaign manager paul man of ford surrendered to federal authorities and pleaded not guilty to twelve charges including Money Laundering and conspiracy to mislead the u. S. Government another former Trump Campaign advisor George Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to lying about his contacts with the russians president tweeted that this has nothing to do with suspected collusion between him and the russian government heres how his White House Press secretary explained it earlier today. Todays announcement has nothing to do with the president has nothing to do with the president s campaign or Campaign Activity the real collusion scandal as weve said several times before has everything to do with the Clinton Campaign fusion g. P. S. In russia theres clear evidence of the Clinton Campaign colluding with russian intelligence to spread disinformation and smear the president to influence the election weve been saying from day one theres been no evidence of trumped russia collusion and nothing in the indictment today changes that at all with our that was Sarah Huckabee sanders their u. S. President on trumped tweeted that the indictments against man of fort stem from a time before man up for joined the Trump Campaign but that is not exactly true the indictment clearly lays out a timeline from two thousand and eight to two thousand and seventeen which includes the entire us president ial campaign in a moment ill ask a former congresswoman and a watergate veteran what the public and the world should take away from todays turn of events but first more from the u. S. Capitol he spent five months probing alleged collusion between the Trump Election Campaign and russia now special counsel Robert Muller has revealed the first charges against former Campaign Officials and monday morning president Donald Trumps former Campaign Manager paul man afford seen here on the left surrender to federal authorities the indictment of men afforded long time Business Partner richard gate does not mention the election instead its your lobbying work for ukraines former Prime Minister john a cold bitch thats caught prosecutors attention among the charges conspiracy against the u. S. Money laundering and making false statements. For his part President Trump says allegations his campaign colluded with russia is a political witch hunt spearheaded by the f. B. I. And democrats following news of the indictment from was quick to distance himself from his former Campaign Manager he tweeted sorry but this is years ago before man of ford was a part of the Trump Campaign but why on crooked hillary and the dems the focus in another tweet he added also theres no collusion for now trump remains in the clear but many in washington are confident man affording gates are only the first dominoes to fall so the question is whos next. Now there are lots of questions to be answered to help us do that tonight im joined by Elizabeth Holtzman she is a former member of the u. S. Congress from new york she sat on the House Judiciary Committee during watergate and she helped establish what we today call the independent counsel ms holtzman its good to have you on the day welcome todays indictment if you look at it sixty one pages long twelve charges against mr mann a for President Trump says this has nothing to do with his campaign when you look at all of this how serious do you think todays events are. Oh theyre very serious met mr mann a ford after all was a Campaign Manager of trump and if nothing else it shows what poor judgment in terms of persons character donald trump has to pick the person who is now the subject of a series of federal charges and a serious indictment not only did man a for leaving campaign one day information came out that he may have been connected to improper Campaign Financing from yannick covert people the people connected to and supported by putin richard gates stayed on. Charges in seem to bother the Trump Campaign at all so i also agree with the sot that this is just the tip of the iceberg i think that where were going to see. Proceed in a very methodical careful way to try to first flip people to see if they have Something Else to say and they will say it or to find other people who can put the pieces together in this big jigsaw puzzle that is working on now by the way you cant ignore the second criminal matter that came up today actually is the third which involves a Campaign AdvisorGeorge Papadopoulos as well you know when youre right there you know its. Ok youre going to have pain yeah. During the very campaign of downtime for president was trying to set up meetings with the russians he knew from the russians that they had dirt on hillary and he knew that they had a campaign that they had emails from hillary so that suggests very serious kind of engagement between a campaign associate and the russian government the information that was published by the by the or released by the prosecutors doesnt really contain all the information they were very clear to make it to say that so theres no other information in this matter that could come forward let me ask you its also been about this George Papadopoulos we understand he pleaded guilty to lying about his connections to russian officials we also understand that he has been cooperating with the special counsel since the summer and that has basically been kept under wraps has he become one of these people who has been flipped basically as you said earlier is he now helping the special counsel pursue other leads and other suspects. I dont know that its clear yet that thats happened i think a lot of people are drawing that inference. Because the sentences erode to a certain amount and speak because this was released in this fashion so and because they said prosecutors said all the information is not contained in that document they released so im assuming that he is cooperating but the question is how much more information can be given how relevant is it to trump but its a question of putting one piece of the crossword puzzle next to the other did mr papadopoulos have conversations with other people in the campaign about why i trump wanted information from them i wanted to deal with the russians did he know about an effort not just on the russians part but on the campaigns part to bring down hillary cant clinton using that the russians so theres a he may have more information or he may have the names of other people who might so he could be a key coggan this wheel missiles millennium ask you you know i think we have to go back to the Nixon Administration if we were if we want to find close members of the president s cabinet or Campaign Team who were indicted while the president was in office of how much watergate is in this scandal an investigation right now. Well a lot because. What you see is. A slow on raveling of criminality in the highest places in the administration and the people whove been named so far not not in these indictments and the please but the people whove been alleged to have been involved include the president s son Donald Trump Jr the president s son in law jarret cushion are we also know that the president s Campaign Manager has been indicted the president s Campaign Manager his right hand has been indicted so were talking about very high level people here not to mention the fact that roger stone very longstanding campaign associate of the president seemed to know beforehand that wiki leaks was going to be releasing negative information on hillary as he did this summer so i think we havent seen that the end of this course trump cant keep putting out noises that the kids at this investigation is almost over but thats just Wishful Thinking on their part as you say maybe it is just the tip of the iceberg former congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman joining me tonight from new york its all to thank you very much we appreciate you being on the day thank you and we want to look now at the ukrainian leaks of this and man affords dealings there im joined now by my colleague Nick Connelly he is in kiev tonight good evening to you nick so man afford stands accused of being an unregistered Foreign Agent for ukraine hes even admitted it what exactly did he do or is he alleged to have done. Good evening brant well it seems clear that paul manifold spent a lot of time in ukraine starting from about twenty five after the pro russian candidate. Failed to get into power was stopped from doing so by the first orange revolution and he brought in these western consultants trying to polish its image internationally and also provides a consultancy inside the country hes even understood to have had a Permanent Office with local staff working on his behalf just a few hundred meters behind me here. This wasnt the first time that money for had been doing things of this kind hed work for a succession of International Leaders with potations starting with the filipino president or dictator Fernando Marcos in the eightys. This was stretched you can still see this was in theory nothing that is illegal of its own but its also alleged that he did not declare his taxes that he tried to repatriate the income he had here in ukraine to the u. S. Without paying the taxes and the suggestion would be then that potentially if a code which is pro russian backers knew he wasnt complying with those u. S. Rules that would leave him open to blackmail well you know speaking of mr yanik overage i mean he was the ukrainian president to mr mann of what worked with hes no longer in power has there been any reaction from the current ukrainian president or or government to what were seeing in washington. Well brant the ukraine government really is between a rock and a hard place here on the one hand they want to show demonstrate that they are cooperating fully with this washington best acacia and as a staunch u. S. Ally they really dont want to be seen to be dragging their feet on this on the other hand theyre very scared of embarrassing the Trump White House by implication by cessation weve had a very carefully worded statement tonight from the Prosecutors Office here saying that they had investigated illegal quote illegal payments by yannick of which is party to us individuals in the last two years but hadnt received a reply from their u. S. Counterparts in doing so but that was as far as it went i think you have to remember here back in july there was a tweet from present trump accusing the ukrainians of strength sabotage his campaign and theyre very scared of treading on his feet there and in danger in u. S. Cooperation they depend on the u. S. For Financial Aid for military aid so that really is a problem for them. All right and my colleague connelly in kiev with the ukraine angle of this story out of washington tonight thank you very much. Well a new week has brought changes to the spanish region of kava lonia over the weekend the Spanish Government in madrid dissolved the Regional Parliament of catalonia and took total control the countrys top prosecutor has called for charges including rebellion to be brought against catalan leaders who last week voted for independence from spain among the qs that is catalonia as president carlos. Madrid has removed from office. And we want to pull in our correspondent charlotte pills she is in barcelona covering the latest developments there for is going to need to you charlotte so what more can you tell us about the whereabouts of mr. Yes weve had that confirmation from his now lawyer to say that he is indeed in brussels now that is a stunning turn of events for people here there was a long part of the day where we actually didnt know where exactly he was people were expecting him to walk into the building just behind me the Regional Government office and to go to work today forget this is the man who on friday declared independence here in catalonia then on saturday in a statement he emphasized that he was going to push ahead with that independence and he believed he was still the man in charge now we dont know exactly what he is doing in brussels thats not yet been confirmed there have been some claims that hes possibly seeking asylum but we dont know that we do know is he is facing some extremely serious charges here in wasilla no one is im being rebellion which carries up to thirty years in prison and then at some point or thirty shes here going to expect him to answer to that yeah its amazing what a difference three days can make i mean i tell you i mean using the difference today is the first work day of direct rule from madrid in catalonia in barcelona where you are how has that even. Yeah i mean brad there are so many twists and turns in this process sometimes a day here in catalonia can feel like three weeks of news events have happened people here on the streets that weve spoken to have had a very mixed response to the to the days events there is a very for independence have been absolutely devastated the ones hes speaking to some didnt even want to appear on camera because they said that they were going to break down their extremely disappointed they say that theyve wanted independence for years decades even friday they thought that they had it thousands were here on the streets celebrating that and now it looks like it could be crumbling there are those though who are against independence who i think a feeling a little bit of a relief today that it looks like a situation that could have become very volatile calmed down and now all but one of the Political Parties here in catalonia has said that theyre going to take part in elections on december twenty first so it looks like we could be proceeding as normal here in catalonia yeah. Some normalcy can be restored there our correspondents and i charles just until reporting from barcelona charles as always thank you very much. And now to our special series on new nationalism as we have seen a global rise in populist movements our very own funny for jar has been on the road meeting people who although they want Different Things they are united by one goal and that is to put their nation first now funnys travels have taken her to russia the netherlands france scotland the United States india and turkey for the last leg of the series funny is now in the capital of the kurdistan region in iraq now there are concerns there that the dream of kurdish independence could bring even more turmoil to a volatile region. They have a flag but they do not have a nation thats what independence referendum was about to be a board are still up but the euphoria about the quest for independence in iraq has subsided these rising concern over isolation by iraq and neighboring countries we just. Heard. Just as border will remain open the turkish government could shut it at any time they say they fear any independent kurdish state could increase separatist tension in turkey as Iraq Central Government in baghdad has called international. So its not possible to fly there now we have to drive to the capital city of the kurdistan region on the way we come upon this market which is usually passing but clashes between iraqi forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters since the referendum have kept people away. The marketing kurdistan has grown to a halt trade is down to zero. But the referendum was the will of the people its our natural right to demand independence. Our right to have a nation what does that mean we are about to meet someone who helped organize the referendum. To talk about the struggle for identity this is a very good kurdish. What does it mean to you. At. Very. Being. Without a food. We wont have a culture without a culture they wont be a kurdish nation. During our conversation adi cant stop himself from following the news about the conflict the fighting over territory and oil for its a story of being oppressed for generations. To be kurdish when i was in my mother. Because her brother and her nephews were missing as part of the genocide she was a space when i was in a bar. When i have been. In heavy thing the kurdish oil and. He tells me about his family being displaced during saddam husseins rule about the gas attack in the eightys against kurds. He hates being called iraqi. Is very or facet is very old. As a Kurdish People feel like im really him with every single time when i put into my pocket into my back. He wants to fight for kurdish nationalism that is civic and inclusive of different ethnicities unlike the brand of nationalism in neighboring countries he sounds but is an independent kurdish state the proper solution to more identity opinions vary you also is an analyst of the Iraqi Kurdish conflict like most people he voted yes on the referendum but with the conflict growing in iraq he no fears that kurdish nationalism could be used here in negative sense. What we really fear is that this crisis turns kurdish nationalism. Into something that i think creates problems between the people. This street was the street where everybody is to meet ups to convince everybody they would come here for a meal. Nowadays says the crisis less and less arabs are coming the question is how the kurdish Regional Government or capitalize on the growing nationalist sentiment in the middle east the balance of power can change facts. To syria now and for the first time in more than a year emergency food aid has reached civilians trapped by a government siege in the suburbs of the capital damascus the u. N. Says it delivered enough supplies for forty thousand people in eastern. At least three hundred fifty thousand civilians are trapped by the siege of the rebel held areas the un suspects the Syrian Government is using starvation as a weapon against rebel held areas and act that would constitute a war crime. The Syrian Government has laid siege to who prompting the u. N. Commissioner for refugees to condemn whats happening there as quote an outrage we have to warn you that some viewers will find the images in our next report disturbing. Was already close to death when her parents brought to the doctor a mother had no milk she hardly had any food has south. So hard died the next day in eastern huta she was only thirty four days old. Daughter hassen hamza works in eastern huta by a skype he tells us that there are sixty thousand children under five years old and theres no vaccine no drugs and hardly anything to eat up until today some people have had no outside help since last year. This footage is from Syrian Opposition activists it cant be verified but theres no doubt that eastern hutto has been under Syrian Government siege for four years now there were more deaths on sunday armed rebel factions shoot back and they cause casualties in government controlled areas. Eastern huta is supposed to be a deescalation zone but in recent months the siege would only grown tighter the syrian army destroyed tunnels that smugglers used to bring in food and medicine. And the Syrian Government had allowed next to no u. N. Aid transports in recent months the areas reached today one hundred forty thousand people and theyve been cut off from aid since june twenty sixth seen high commissioners reminding all parties that the deliberate starvation civilians as a method of warfare constitutes a clear violation of International Humanitarian law and may amount to a crime against humanity or war crimes. Until recently the Syrian Government allowed seriously ill children to leave eastern hooter for treatment in damascus but now opposition link doctors say there are sixty eight cases of severe malnutrition every third child is underdeveloped. Or is two years old proper medical care and food would help but neither exist in eastern huta. Well the day is nearly done but the conversation continues online youll find us on twitter either at u. W. News or you can write directly to me and t. V. 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