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Turns on settled from the west again on wednesday. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines at 8. 30pm Great Ormond Street Hospital contacts the police after staff received Death Threats and online abuse in relation to the charlie gard case. As some of president trumps family prepare to give evidence to the investigation into his teams possible links with russia, the president tweets a reminder that he has the complete power to issue a pardon. Boots has said it is truly sorry for its response to c...

Turns on settled from the west again on wednesday. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines at 8. 30pm Great Ormond Street Hospital contacts the police after staff received Death Threats and online abuse in relation to the charlie gard case. As some of president trumps family prepare to give evidence to the investigation into his teams possible links with russia, the president tweets a reminder that he has the complete power to issue a pardon. Boots has said it is truly sorry for its response to c...

President trump has insisted he has complete power to pardon people. It comes amid reports that hes been looking at ways of pardoning himself, and his family, should investigators conclude there was collusion with russia during the election campaign. Next week, his eldest son and his Son In Law Are Due to testify before congress. But there was no mention of the controversy when the president spoke at a naval ceremony in virginia. From washington, laura bicker reports. Donald trump is gearing up ...

Are languishing in prisons all around the country, people who are serving life sentences for nonviolent drug abuses. and thats who he chooses to pardon? he is using his power to pardon which none of us can question because its in the constitution, hes using it to serve his own individual purposes. and i think thats really sad. >> does congress have any oversight at all to avoid what is perceived as abuse of this power? >> well, you know it would take a change of constitution. i certainly introdu...

Mueller, has ordered that white house aides not destroy any documents dealing with the trump tower meeting with the russian lawyer. and this new question tonight. can the president pardon himself or his family? heres cecilia vega. >> reporter: tonight, the white house facing mounting questions about whether president trump is considering the possibility of pardoning members of his family, or even himself. from his lawyers, a firm denial. but the presidents new press secretary seems to leave the ...

Gore. hes also former chief counsel to the senate judiciary committee, and he was the chief of staff to attorney general janet reno. also with us, washington columnist for the boston globe. ron, this is a fact. no president in history has ever inquired about pardoning his family, pardoning himself, and pardoning his staff at the same time. >> yeah. lawrence, i mean weve been talking about this many nights, and everything thats happened so far, hiring lawyers, discussions about the fifth amendmen...

No president in history has ever inquired about pardoning his family, pardoning himself, and pardoning his staff at the same time. >> yeah. lawrence, i mean weve been talking about this many nights, and everything thats happened so far, hiring lawyers, discussions about the fifth amendment, these are things that both innocent and guilty people do. but article 2, section 2 of our constitution says that the pardon power exists for people who committed offenses against the united states. and if the...

On capitol hill let him get away with. people say that with resignation but the republicans on capitol hill are doing kite quite a bit to hold the president accountable. every time you watch a damaging hearing, republicans may not be the most aggressive questions in the hearings but they dont have to hold the hearings at all. if they were trying to cover for the president, they wouldnt hold meetings. they are trying very hard to get don junior and paul manafort in front of the senate judiciary c...