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this includes looking at police numbers and fighting extremism. also, brexit and how the uk negotiates leaving the eu. talks with brussels will fundamentally change britain s relationship with europe, and it ll also affect the issue of eu and global migration. what will brexit mean for eu citizens living in the uk? there s also the question of rules on work and benefits for immigrants. a major concern for voters is healthcare. addressing funding for the national health service, accident and emergency delays, and operation waiting times. brexit negotiations will be one of the biggest challenges for whoever leads the next british government. how is it all likely to play out? here s our europe editor, katya adler. it s almost been a whole year since the uk blindsided the eu by voting to leave the european club. since then, there s been a lot of anger, a lot of banks, a lot of insult throwing, but face to face negotiations? none. and the clock is ticking loudly. under eu ru ....
president trump s cabinet? people with small bank balances need not apply. and i love all people, rich and poor. but in those particular positions ijust don t want a poor person. does that make sense? welcome to the programme. i m christian fraser in london, jon sopel is in washington. the european commission supported theresa may s decision to call a snap election. they wanted reassurance the prime minister had a mandate for brexit and would be there to see it through to the end. well, they have no such guarantees. so, the dinner conversation tonight might be somewhat strained. over coffee, mrs may will be explaining to the other 27 leaders how the uk plans to protect the rights of eu and uk citizens once it leaves the union. the commission has already made its counter offer, some weeks ago. we will see how they compare. but president of the european council, donald tusk, stressed brexit wasn t the only thing on the agenda and had this to say about defence. somebody ....
americans protesting the president of turkey and his visit to the white house. men in suits moving in. the bloody clash. good evening. and it s great to have you with us here on a wednesday night. and we begin with that breaking headline the white house blindsided tonight as the department of justice reveals that they will appoint a special counsel to now oversee the fbi investigation into russian meddling and any possible collusion. former fbi director robert mueller will now lead the investigation. democrats and some republicans had been calling for this move, the news coming just 24 hours after we learned that former fbi director james comey, who was fired by president trump, kept notes about his meetings with the president. the department of justice saying just moments ago, a special counsel is necessary for the american people to have full confidence in the outcome. abc s senior justice correspondent pierre thomas leading us off. reporter: tonight, a bombshell announc ....
pursued them. moore called the whole thing a baseless attack. here s a statement from his campaign. moore has endured more attacks than any in the arena still, a bipartisan force on capitol hill is calling for him to step down from his nomination. and henry joins us live from capitol hill. brand-new this hour, roy moore has gone on a tweet storm charging that this is what he calls the obama-clinton machine coming at him. he has vowing he will never go up the fight so he is pushing back hard and caught in the middle is the sentry publican leader mitch mcconnell who has been warning steve bannon and others to be careful with these old. she said i went along with it, i went to his house a couple of times. it s not really that question of her going, it s a question of whether or not he did this. i understand this is a hugely politically charged environment. his opponents are looking for anything they possibly can find to take him down the long-held republic and seat. the qu ....
course if you show up for their deportation or immigration hearing. so at the start of the trump administration lost immigrant kids, they didn t lose anybody. when hhs tried to check up on these kids with their sponsors, at times, illegal immigrant families themselves caring for the children, 1475 failed to take the calls or even respond to the government at all. so the immigrant kids aren t lost. their sponsors just haven t connected with the hhs, or made themselves available. but the media want to misconstrue that as losing a kid, okay. let s do that for a moment. hypothetically let s just say that that s correct. obama lost nearly three times the number of kids, the new york times reporting a 2016 inspector general report show that the federal government was able to reach only 84% of children it had placed leaving 4,159 undercounted 4,159 unaccounted for. correct me if i m wrong, i don t remember any media lashing out at obama for losing kids or separating them from their ....