which that they could indict somebody on, including him? that s the first question. and i think they re getting very close to that point, frankly. but i think at the end of the day, there s another question, it s do you indict a former president? what will that do to the country? what kind of precedent will that set? will the people really understand that this is not failing to return a library book? that this was serious? you have to worry about those things. and i hope that those kinds of factors will inclined the administration not to indict him. because i don t want to see him indicted. it comes as we re learning that the documents seized from mar-a-lago s resort including one on a former government s nuclear capabilities. that s according to the washington post. i want to bring in the former nick akerman, nationalistic bradley moss and cnn political analyst kirsten powers. good to see all three of you. nick, i m gonna start with you. bill barr there. saying that he
the former attorney general, bill barr, weighing in on a potential indictment of donald trump. here s what he said on fox earlier. i think, as i ve said all along, there are two questions. will the government be able to make out a technical case? will they have evidence by which that they could indict somebody on, including him? that s the first question. and i think they re getting very close to that point, frankly. but i think at the end of the day, there s another question, it s do you indict a former president? what will that do to the country? what kind of precedent will that set? will the people really understand that this is not failing to return a library book? that this was serious? you have to worry about those things. and i hope that those kinds of factors will incline the administration not to indict him. because i don t want to see him indicted. it comes as we re learning that the documents seized from mar-a-lago s resort including one on a former government
But was he asked to intervene in the fbi inquiry. Hello, i am katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. 12 hours from now pollings stations will open in the uk. Its an election the ruling conservative were expected to win in a landslide over labour. But during the Six Week Campaign the polls have narrowed. Were going to focus first on the front runners. Theresa may has her final event in birmingham whilst Jeremy Corbyn has two events in london before the campaign closes at midnight. Heres our Political Editor laura kuenssberg. Morning. She called it to win it, but its not her choice. Its all of ours. A few hackles at 5 30am, following her trail like the missteps in the last few weeks. Jolly photo ops arent quite her style, and theres not much jolly about this campaign. With security and tighter terror laws on her mind. At eight oclock in glasgow, Jeremy Corbyn enjoying his time in the sun. I signed up just for you. With his long held views on security, cautious about the
Russian investigation . James comey testifies there was no doubt they we re testifies there was no doubt they were meddling in the investigation. He says its about as unfake as you can get. This was appointment viewing and such a crowd puller this morning in washington. The bars even opened early. Welcome to 100 days plus, im katty kay in washington. Christian fraser is in london. The fired director of the fbi doesnt think the current president of the United States tells the truth. James comey told senators at a Block Buster Hearing Today that donald trump lied about his firing mr comey also said he was worried mr trump would lie about other things too. Mr comey confirmed much of what we already knew from his testimony the president asked for his loyalty, he asked him to drop the investigation into former National Security adviser Michael Flynn and he did it repeatedly. But mr comey would not say whether he thought the president was guilty of Obstructing Justice in the russia investiga
So who really does speak for the president . And the israeli Prime Minister arriving in washington to start a new relationship with the white house. Iran, hezbollah, syria and settlements. There is plenty to discuss. This story begins at the end of december. President obama had just imposed new sanctions on russia in retaliation for moscow hacking the election. Donald trumps senior Foreign Policy advisor, general mike flynn, hopped on the phone with russias ambassador to discuss the penalty. Now us law bars any private citizen from conducting Foreign Policy. But the greater mistake was to mislead the Vice President. The National Security advisor told mike pence that sanctions never came up in his calls with the Russian Ambassador. Not true. The conversation had been bugged by us intelligence, disproving the generals account. In his resignation letter, flynn sai, unfortu nately, because of the fast pace of events, i inadvertently briefed the Vice President elect and others with incomple