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Hes cocky for a nineteen year old. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta. There is a new deadline in the new back and forth of the indictment of president trump. The federal judge overseeing trumps Election Fraud case has responded to a court filing from special counsel jack smith that came in last night. Smith wants a protective order after trump posted this social media message late last night. It says, if you go after me, im coming after you. Smith wants the judge to limit trump and h...

the canadian government has proposed new legislation to crack down on the sale, transfer and importation of handguns. the prime minister, justin trudeau, said there was no reason anyone needed guns in their everyday lives, except for hunting or sports shooting. now on bbc news, its hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i am stephen sackur. uruguay is a beacon of prosperity and democratic stability and sometimes turbulent south america. a decade ago under left—wing leader...

welcome to hardtalk. i am stephen sackur. uruguay is a beacon of prosperity and democratic stability and sometimes turbulent south america. a decade ago under left—wing leadership, it was also a pioneer of progressive social policies. the legalisation of cannabis and abortion rights. my guest today is president luis lacalle pou. he is a fan of unfettered free market economics. does that swim against the tide of public opinion in latin america? president luis lacalle pou. welcome to h...

the american actor kevin spacey is facing five charges of sexual assault against three men. the allegations date back to when he was in the uk and relate to incidents in london and gloucestershire between 2005 and 2013. the former hollywood star has consistently denied allegations made against him. welcome to hardtalk. i am stephen sackur. uruguay is a beacon of prosperity and democratic stability and sometimes turbulent south america. a decade ago under left—wing leadership, it was ...

You have to advise your client to be careful about with a they say. >> would you tell him to knock it off? my basic question. would not you just tell him -- >> i think any lawyer representing him should tell him to knock off making speech that can get him into trouble in the courtroom. certainly you want to advise your client not to run it to the line. dont even come close to the line. were going to get taken backcourt to deal with motions on these issues. that doesnt make it easier on the defen...

An effort to contact the judiciary committee and refuse to meet all scheduled appointments to discuss this allegation against kavanaugh. my basic question is is this a live issue? is it possible that she would still testify or that the committee in some other way will hear her allegation? joining us now is the attorney who represents ramirez in this matter. john cloone, thank you for joining us, i appreciate you making time for us. >> thank you, rachel. >> you said you reached out to the senate ...

About him. jake? >> tom, thanks so much. sticking with my experts here, how much worse is this going to get? between president trump and his former fixer, son, whatever? >> you know, if the past is prologue, its not going to get any better but nastier and nastier and say nastier things about cohen because thats what he does. it just keeps on piling it on. he threw out the taxi medallion issue in new york. you can only imagine hes going do get more and more personal because thats what this presid...

Increasingly concerned and worried about these investigations. its new york investigation of michael cohen, of course, the russia investigation and paul manaforts trial set to start next week. one republican close to the white house said its getting closer and closer to his inner circle. how do you think he feels? jake? >> all right. jeff zeleny at the white house, and olivier, you were remarking that putin talking about having president trump come to moscow or maybe he comes to the united state...

That the president publicly called for, jake. >> thats true. but i guess the question is, and its all type thet call nhypoth. if its what you say, i love it. while i have you here, because you know both michael cohen and president trump, i want do get your response to the trump/cohen tape released this week that cnn broke and cohen talking about a payment to allegedly buy the silence of former plame of the year karen mcdougal claiming an affair with mr. trump. >> im all over that and i spoke to ...

Expected to hit triple digits. you can see what the fire did to this subdivision behind me, completely flattened it. jake, no one expects police to come banging on your door telling you have minutes to leave but people were caught of guard. it was a small brush fire on monday and stayed that way until the winds kicked up last night. the devastation is beginning to set in for people in redding, california. the aptly named carr fire and first sparked by a region sparked monday and doubled in size ...