Exploding pagers and now Walkie Talkies across lebanon. Israel says theyre opening a new phase in the war. Whats their strategy . And more leaks from whitehall, with a Bbc Story on Sue Grays pay. Whats going on behind the door of number 10 . Welcome to newsnight, live each night with insight and interviews. Our panel David Yelland, the presenter of the Hit Podcast about crIsIs management, when it hits the fan. Davids a former editor of the sun. Also political commentator Tom Harwood. And it wouldnt be newsnight without nick watt, our political editor. Tonight, hes got fresh intelligence on divIsions in the number 10 operation. But first, were going to look at Israels Strategy following the exploding Walkie Talkies In Lebanon. Yesterday, we covered the story about the exploding pagers. Multiple sources say mossad, the Israeli spy agency, was targeting hezbollah fighters. Daniel levy Is a former official negotiator for the Israeli government in Peace Talks with the palestinians hes now c
to fire special counsel mueller. he hasn t seen good cause. i want him there. on the other hd if in fact deputy attorney general rosenstein wrote a fake memo because he knew comey was being fired because of russia investigation he would have to recuse himself. it feels like some sort of inception. the snake is eating its tail. the president doesn t seem to accept the kind of constitutional normals of the department of justice. this is an ap reporting. advise ors describe the president increasingly angry over the investigation yelling at television sets in the white house and yelling at television sets. it appears the president doesn t abide by the normals of the department of justice. you re absolutely correct.
constitutional normals of the department of justice. this is an ap reporting. advise ors describe the president increasingly angry over the investigation yelling at television sets in the white house and yelling at television sets. it appears the president doesn t abide by the normals of the department of justice. you re absolutely correct. when i read the president s series of tweets this morning i felt donald trump is on the verge of a melt down. not only were these tweets wildly inappropriate they re weakening his he s waived any type of executive privilege for these witnesses. when you say melt down what do you mean by that? you hear people talk about his
dancing. thru go. and eric bolling. eric is a huge line dancer. i have seen him in the bars. and confusing things going two things going on. tropical depression bonnie. winds are at 30 miles per hour x. conditions not favorable for strengthening . so the official forecast brings it back up to a tropical storm. i think that is to change and i don t think we will see the full advise ors. a nonevent for yus that s good news. couple of other stories going on. current temperatures in the country. we are in the 80 in the eastern sea board and that is 8:00 in the morning readings. not only that, it is it humid. a lot of the east everyone sea board is humid. factor in the humidity with the temperatures and you are already feeling like 93 in philadelphia, 86 in new york . this is it the beginning of a
progress. despite, and calls for geithner to go, the president is sticking with geithner and his claim that thous shares no blame. any responsibility for the downgrade? i couldn t say it better than the secretary of the treasury said it. but ed, i assume you read the s&p document, the downgrade had everything to do with the political gridlock. top advise ors are blaming the tea party. the tea party brought to us the brink of a default. three years in to this. he is failing. hope and change despair and confusion. in fairness, the bush administration left this debt mess in part because of wars that were not funded. it s been adding to the debt handily.