Reporter the whistleblower alleges starting in midmay, u. S. Officials were deeply concerned by giulianis circumvention of National Security Decision Making and efforts to relay messages between the white house and ukraine. President trump defended his personal attorney wednesday. Rudy giuliani is a great lawyer. He was a great mayor. He is highly respected. Reporter responding to the whistleblowers allegations, giuliani said it is impossible that the whistleblower is a hero and im not, and i will be the hero. Scott frederickson is a former independent counsel. Weve never in the history of our country that im aware of ever seen a personal attorney engage in this kind of foreign diplomacy, especially with respect to these very specific requests. Reporter the complaint also singles out attorney general william barr. President trump told the ukrainian president barr would reach out to discuss investigating the bidens, but the Justice Department said the president never asked barr to conta
Interview later in the programme. Swords, axes and air guns, just some of the weapons seized from children in schools across the country. Police chiefs are warning that there has been a worrying rise in the number of young people carrying knives. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until iiam. Caitlynjenner is with us this morning. Is there anything youd like to ask her about her life, her family, her relationships . Get in touch. We are also talking about the rise in the number of children carrying knives, as Police Seize Thousands of them from schools. If you have school age kids, are you worried for them . If youre getting in touch, use victorialive and text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. Donald trump has been defending his decision to sack the director of the fbi. In his first extensive Television Interview since he sacked james comey, he told the American Network nbc news that the former fbi boss was a showboat and a grandstander and
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Headquarters in atlanta, we welcome our viewers around the United States and all aur rond the world im george howell. And im natalie allen, newsroom starts right now. Around the world, the former number two man at the fbi has been fired but like his boss who took detailed notes about his interactions with the u. S. President , we now know that Andrew Mccabe did the same. Those memos are now in the hands of special Counsel Robert Mueller whose investigating President Trump. They say the main reason is to call mccabes character into question if hes useds a witness. Muellers team has already interviewed mccabe. A source tells cnn that mccabe was asked about the firing of fbi director james comey. Thats conversations and mccabes notes could be used to corroborate comeys accounts with meetings with President Trump. Laura jared breaks it all down for us. Not only did former Fbi Department director Andrew Mccabe keep notes on his conversations with the president , but cnn has confirmed that m