Is bbc world news. Its newsday. Glad you could join us. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm in washington, where President Trump has spoken about the appointment of a Special Counsel to take over the russia investigation into any potential ties with his campaign. He said the entire affair was a witch hunt which hurt the country, as he put it, and he denied ever asking the fbi director to end the investigation into his National Security advisor Michael Flynn. From washington, aleem macqbool reports. The president s just not happy with the scrutiny he continues to come under over his links with russia. The entire thing has been a witch hunt. And there is no collusion between certainly myself and my campaign, but i can only speak for myself and the russians, zero. I think it divides the country. I think we have a very divided country because of that and many other things. Did you at any time urge former fbi Directorjames Comey to close or back down the investigation into Michael F
pick up the tab on their legal fees. graham says the law is clear and sequestration is reality for now. that s an absurd interpretation. of course you can change any statute, but until it s changed, it has to be complied with. and right now there is no agreement in the congress with the white house. senator john mccain estimates the price tag if sequestration happens and the pentagon needs to reimburse contractors for severance cost could be $4 billion. in a letter to defense secretary leon panetta, mccain says he plans to deny any transfer of money that could have been avoided by complying with the law. brett? bret: stay on it. thank you. brick shipyard workers clashed with police after they forced their way into the defense ministry compound. more austerity protest elsewhere in athens. rallies against proposals that would cut salaries and personnel. one world leader plans on
and mulvaney is a candidate who was recruited in 2006 by jim demint who played a huge role energizing conservative and tea party candidates this time around. he is a mentor to mulvaney and pushed him and helped him in every conceivable way. this race, prognosticators have it at a dead heat. it shows that mulvaney is pulling away. this is one of the races that the republicans will be the majority have to win. bret: 13 days to go. a lot can change. some of the senate races are closing and that could effect the other races on the ballot. down the road here, predictions on numbers. larry sabato at 47. rasmussen at 45. wall street journal, 53. republican pick-up, where are we? 545. mid-40s. 50. bret: there you go. up next, austerity protest in