is seeking to compel a lawyer for the former president to testify before the grand jury. according to a source familiar with the matter. prosecutors alleged in a sealed filing that they have evidence that some of trump s conversations with the attorney were in furtherance of a crime. the special counsel is reportedly asking a judge to invoke the crime fraud exception. and force an attorney to testify under oath about conversations between him and his client which in this case, would be evan corcoran and one donald trump. the new york times which was first to report the news at the special counsel is zeroing in on this quote, whether trump or his associates obstructed justice in failing to comply with demands to return a trove of government material he took with him from the white house upon leaving office, including hundreds of documents with classified markings. one potentially very important piece of evidence determining whether the ex-president or his attorneys obstructe
Its tuesday the 12th of september. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The cost of living has risen again, blamed on the higher cost of imported goods like clothes and shoes. Its now back at the peak of 2. 9 it last hit in may this year. Our Business Correspondent ben thompson is here to explain. Ill let you talk us through the latest figures. Inflation is the cost of living, it shows how quickly things dont work the price of things dont work the price of things is rising. It has hit 2. 9 . Todays figure was expected to come ina todays figure was expected to come in a little lower than that. Why are prices rising so quickly . It is a cost of imported things, issues, household goods. All of those sorts of things. They are more expensive because after we voted to leave the eu, the value of the pound fell which means things we import from overseas are more expensive. It is the first indication we are getting all those things we buy from overseas are adding to the overall cost of things that we
Morning. James fletcher is here with your forecast. james after a very busy day yesterday with multiple storm cells and lightning, we are starting out the day on a quiet note. Radar shows that the only cells still going are off the coast. The combination of instability, moisture, plus daytime heating will lead to at least a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms through tonight. Rainfall amounts will be generally light under a tenth . The system giving us this weather will track farther to the northeast on wednesday which could shift the focus of the rain. Outside of the risk for rain, a noticeable cooling trend will start no major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. darya and this morning we are getting a look at even more lightning strikes that happened across the bay area. Plus some new reports of damage. mark Tiffany Mcelroy is here with some of the best video this tiffany. tiffany we saw lightning in virtually every part of the bay area. This i
A busy day in washington plus, the president is abroad, hes in paris for his third foreign trip were going to hear from him multiple times in the next few hour what retail pain target boosts its outlook as traffics improving. And a live and exclusive interview with the cbs chairman and ceo, Leslie Moonves in the next few minutes busy day on capitol hill fed chair yellen returns for a second day of testimony, later in this hour, this time before Senate Banking her comments on rates sparked the dows rally to that record high also this morning, Senate Republicans set to unveil their revised Health Care Bill, and the cbo will release its analysis of the president s fiscal 18 budget. Some questions about whether or not the House Freedom caucus is going to vote for this, unless there are specifics on Corporate Tax rates and more well, look, i still think that its interesting that the fed comes to capitol hill and the second comes were looking at the data, we may do this, do the right thing i
Person and also the cause of death, both which are still pending at the moment. The official did say that there is no evidence of heart attack or puncture wounds. Malaysian Officials Say they wont release the body until the family provides dna. There have been reports that kim jongnams son is now in kuala lumpur. Local media say kim han sol flew in from macau to provide a dna sample. Kim is reportedly in his early 20s and lives in macau with his family. A british tabloid says kim han sol decided not to study in the uk for fear of assassination. The daily mail says he was supposed to attend graduate school at Oxford University in september, but the report says chinese authorities warned him of a plot by pyongyang and reportedly told him and his father to stay inside china. Malaysian police are focusing their investigation on pyongyang. Surveillance footage from Kuala Lumpur International airport appears to offer some clues to kim jongnams final moments. The grainy images show a man thou