Today very similar to yesterday, drier weather towards Northern Areas but wetter In The South of england and wales. Sundry downpours expected today, which could cause some problems. I will bring you the full forecast very shortly. Its sunday, the 22nd of october. Our main story the prime Minister Sir Keir starmer has said it is his job to Do Something about leaks from his government, which he has described as damaging to everybody. Mr starmer was speaking ahead of start of the Labour Party Conference in liverpool today, in a week which saw a row over donations to ministers, controversy surrounding the salary of his top adviser sue gray, and continued pressure over cuts to Winter Fuel payments. 0ur Political correspondent Alex Forsyth reports. It is his first Party Conference as Prime Minister and his partys first in powerfor years. Not surprising then that sofia was pretty upbeat as he in liverpool yesterday. Sir keir. He in liverpoolyesterday. Sir keir. ~. , keir. Welcome to liverpool
eric: president trump told judge janine and an interview that he says there s no need for special prosecutor to take over the russian probe. he said a separate investigation now going in congress by four separate committees. the firing of fbi director, james comey has sparked a united push for capitol hill democrats. they have renewed their call for special counsel to be named into the russia and trump campaign probes. republicans who control both chambers of congress are resisting that. according to the washington poll now, only 11 republicans on board. among them, colorado s representative but mike coffman, california s darrell isis, and senators john mccain and lindsey graham. our next guest is brad sherman, a member of the house department of affairs committee. what you think a special prosecutor is needed? i call for special prosecutor in early january and unfortunately loretta lynch rejected a call. right now, the country needs a
the dismissal were vocal that we don t think he should have been fired and are disturbed by the timing of this. one of the things to watch on capitol hill going forward is going to be how many republicans side with democrats that there is a need for an independent investigation. something outside the barrel investigation into the russian interference. whether that means putting pressure on the deputy to appoint a special prosecutor or whether that means legislation doing an independent commission. we saw a second sign onto the house. that is the next big question. arthel: and how long will it take is another one. we have to leave it there. thank you for joining us. in the meantime, you can see the rest of judge janine s interview with president trump.
you can catch the whole thing, just under three hours from now. it will be aired at 9:00 p.m. eastern. you can see it at justice with judge it janine, right here on the fox news channel. arthel: a computer using around the world trying to protect their pcs. this is after a major cyber attack brought dozens of countries. the victims include fedex in the u.s., hospitals in the u.k., and russia s foreign ministry. the ransom ware appears to exploit a vulnerability in microsoft windows that was identified by the u.s. national security agency and later leaked to the internet. brian is an art new york city newsroom following the story. what can you tell us. this appears to be the largest cyber attack of its kind in history. unprecedented. cyber security experts like at ibm are working overtime to restore data, assess damage and shore up defenses. no one has claimed responsibility for friday s attack.
better hope there are no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press this as trumps transition to the white house. new york times reports that comey declined trump s request that he pledged him his loyalty. president trump denies that. in an interview airing tonight on justice with judge janine, he is saying that he sees no problem with the question. do suggest that the question that apparently the new york times is selling, that u.s. comey whether not you had to his loyalty was possibly inappropriate? i read that article. i don t think it s an appropriate. to address a question? no, neu didn t. but i don t think it would be a bad question to ask it. loyal to the country, loyalty to the united states is important. it depends on how you define loyalty. arthel: joining me now is katie, the national secured a reporter for the hill. and you for being here. it s good to be here.