speak to our correspondent, gary o'donoghue. what does this mean specifically for health care now, gary? well, it means quite simply for the time being its done. they don't have the muscle, they don't have the maths, they don't have the votes to get it... to getting new system put in place. now, what the leader of the senate, mitch mcconnell, is proposing, is a straight up vote in the coming weeks to repeal obamacare with a sort of two—year timetable, two—year use on it, if you like. to try and then work out with the democrats perhaps of those... is something to replace it, not absolutely clear that would work either. donald trump in the last few minutes tweeting that he thinks that obamacare should be allowed to fail and that then people can come together to create a new health care plan, seemingly suggesting that you should let the system kind of fall apart, which i think would be pretty unacceptable apart, which i think would be pretty u na cce pta ble to apart, which i think would be pretty unacceptable to a lot of people in congress and in this country generally. as things stan

. our correspondent gary o'donoghue is in washington. is this all adding up to another very difficult week for donald trump? yes, it keeps russia firmly on the front pages, where it's been really pretty much for six months for the president. his son—in—law, jared kushner, a key white house counsel, senior member of the inner circle where, he'll be questioned in private by one of the committees upon the hill, so we won't necessarily hear what comes out of that, unless some of the senators start talking. they'll want to talk to him particularly about this meeting come of this now famous, infamous meeting last year, with a russian lawyer, who was supposedly offering some dirt on hillary clinton. turned out not to be useful, apparently, they want to ask him about that. they also want to ask about allegations that he trying to set up a kind of back channel to russia, the the kremlin, during the transition before donald trump became president, using russian equipment because he didn't trust, or because the trump team didn't trust the american intelligence services. and also they'll want

been lots of arrests as well. the bbc‘s gary o'donoghue was in the press briefing andi o'donoghue was in the press briefing and i spoke to him earlier. that have been a few arrests. the guy who ran alpha bay which have been a few arrests. the guy who ran alphabay which was shut down on the 5th ofjuly, he was a canadian living in thailand, and he was arrested, but it seems that he committed suicide a week later while in custody in thailand. there is a bit of a mystery there. the other people in terms of hansa, some arrests were made in the netherlands and germany as well in relation to the european side of it. there is some discussion about alphabay and some discussion about alphabay and some people who work for that in the us getting arrested. i think they are particularly focusing on finding the service, and they have done that, and closing them down and closing down this trade, because of course, jeff sessions was very explicit about this, he said americans have died as a result of buying opioids like heroin and artificial opioids on this alphabay website. he named some names. i

washington correspondent gary o'donoghue for more on this. president trump has tweeted, i don't know if you have seen this, that he believes russia's president putin would have been happier if the democrat hillary clinton had won the american election, apparently that was in an interview on the reuters news agency. that has just come out. is that really the case? well... certainly according to the 17 also intelligence services that this country boasts, right from the cia to the nsa to the defence intelligence agency, all 17 of them, according to all of them the russians were working for a trump victory and were hoping for a donald trump victory. so i think that would bea trump victory. so i think that would be a little surprising. it was no secret that vladimir putin had no time hillary clinton whatsoever. they had a very poor relationship when she was secretary of state. i think it would be surprising, to say the least, that vladimir putin had really wa nted the least, that vladimir putin had really wanted mrs clinton to win the election. but donald trump might have a better reason for thi

meeting. let's speak to our washington correspondent gary o'donoghue. gary more questions about the russia connection, how embarrassing they have surfaced at this time? well, it has been embarrassing for where are we now, thursday, since it started to, that the details of the e—mail chain involves donald trumpjune your is that righted emerges last saturday, so where are we now? five days later and it is still front—page, these things, they become unsustainable if they are on the front—pages every day, what you are getting a robust edefence of his son by the president. he said something similar yesterday saying other people would have taken the meeting as well, trying to distance themselves from it being a russian government person that donald trump jr met, doing those things but the pressure will continue because donald trump jr has pressure will continue because donald trumer has been asked to appear before one of those congressional committees that are looking into the business of russia and the general election, we don't know whether he will. it could happen as early as nex

they are planning to have dinner later on. gary o'donoghue is in washington who was listening to that news conference. straight to the e—mails, gary and what the president was saying about that, what did you make of the long passage in terms of his answer to that question? i think it is what we have heard all ready in terms of the defence of his son. it says he's a good sky, it was a short meeting, most people would take that meeting because we take opposition research and he repeated this idea this was not a russian government lawyer, of course that e—mail chain from donald trump junior makes it course that e—mail chain from donald trumpjunior makes it pretty course that e—mail chain from donald trump junior makes it pretty clear he is expecting someone who is least connected to the russian government to be bringing him some information so that avoids the point, interestingly he was offered the opportunity to swipe at his new fii director or nominee for the fbi director or nominee for the fbi director job director or nominee for the fbi directorjob and chose not to do that be

. let's go to gary o'donoghue in washington who has been following this. do we know how much president trump knows about this case? no, we know what he said on twitter this morning, and that is about as much as we now so far about his knowledge of the background of the case. clearly, it has taken some leverage over here, this has been covered to some extent in this case, and some of the more if you like right—wing media elements have actually slightly politicised it, and talked about it as being the result of what happens with socialised health care systems, in terms of not being up to pay for what you want. so it has been politicised in that sense, but it is not clear really whether he understands that there has been a legal process through the high court, the appeal court, the supreme court, the appeal court, the supreme court, the appeal court, the supreme court, the european court of human rights and that all of those legal avenues are over, and the courts will not allow charlie gard to travel to the us to be helped, if donald trump is offering it. travel to the us to be helped,

little while earlier. let's cross over to the bbc‘s gary o'donoghue is in washington for us. he promised to answer lots of questions, we had a whole new tone to what we had before. very punchy, combative, briefings. he did one of those press conferences that people often do to clear the air, where you kind of advice as many questions as people can throw at you. so he went round the room asking, answering multiple questions and hitting some of the controversial issues that people will ask about him, number one, does he have a good relationship with the president's chief of staff. they have previously been questions about that. number two, does he have the experience? he's been a financier in the past, not a communications person, certainly not someone in charge of the munitions for the white house. three, can he get the white house back on track, get the what message out there. that is certainly the frustration on the part of the president that has led to this big change. he believes his message isn't getting across. and we have seen sean spicer bit by bit edged out over the last few week

hewitt, bbc news, washington. let's speak to our washington correspondent gary o'donoghue. you get the sense there are an awful lot of tensions in the white house is over this. yes, there is a big shuffling going on right now. we've not only got anthony scaramucci coming in as communications director, the departure of sean spicer, that well mount face around the world, but we also have a new press secretary, sarah saunders, announced today, stepping up from deputy to do that kind of work. she has built a better relationship with the media than the sean spicer had. and i think perhaps we will start to see is a bit more openness, they have been cutting back for example, severely cutting back on on camera briefings, which has not gone down well at all. you may see a bit of a reversal of that as we did today with anthony scaramucci coming out and answering questions. and he a nswe i’s a and answering questions. and he answers a lot of questions. he's a very different operator, that is quite clear, from sean spicer, from the get go. he did one of those, it's a classic technique in communi

ties and material damaging to hillary clinton. our washington correspondent gary o'donoghue has more. how much trouble is donald trump junior in having released the e—mails? junior in having released the e-mails? i think it depends who you ask. clearly those people who think there is a bad smell about donald trump and his election campaign and connection with russia cbs is getting quite close to a smoking gun. those who support the president theatre just as part of the general media conspiracy, witchhunt, nick hewer insult of the day. i think the difference here is that we have had before records of meetings between trump officials in the campaign and the russian ambassador and the odd banker here and there but here we have actually in his own words donald trump junior reaching have actually in his own words donald trumpjunior reaching out to someone, donald trumpjunior reaching out to someone, responding to someone who said look, i have a connection with the russian state, i have some search for you on hillary clinton, would you like it. and him saying i love it. to me that seems

our correspondent in washington, gary o‘donoghue. he looks like the cat who‘s got the cream. this is a big development on the criminal side. yes, they are very pleased about this. notjust yes, they are very pleased about this. not just because yes, they are very pleased about this. notjust because alphabay is the biggest trading place on the dark web for opioids, guns, malware, child pornography, not only because of that but because of the international co—operation and coordination and have pulled off. there were people from europol at this press conference today, it turns out the person running alphabay is a canadian citizen living in thailand. people are all over the world. i think they are quite pleased they got this thing shut down. it had only been up and running for two years. springing up after a previous incarnation of something similar called the silk road. but this had become much, much bigger. and at the same time that this one was pulled down, a couple of weeks ago, they were working in conjunction with european police, and dutch police have pulled down another one whi

campaign was acting on behalf of president putin. wyre davies reports. the bbc‘s gary o'donoghue is in washington for us. this new york times article and the claims, how much consternation is this costing four presidentjohn's tea m this costing four presidentjohn's team and how interested are the people investigating these alleged links between russia and the campaign? this has been dominating for the last four years or so, various stages of the meeting had been revealed by the new york times in particular. it took place injune of last year, around the time donald trump had won the republican nomination for the presidency. donald trump junior was there, nomination for the presidency. donald trumpjunior was there, his campaign chairman and his son and law. it was a high—powered meeting at trump tower. the lawyer wanted to speak to them because she had evidence useful to them about damaging hillary clinton. that is what donald trump junior damaging hillary clinton. that is what donald trumpjunior has originally set. the lawyer is alleged to have ties to the kremlin and russia. she h

being with us, gary o'donoghue, our correspondent in washington. the duke and duchess of cambridge have described as "shattering" their visit to a former concentration camp, part of their five day tour of poland and germany. the royal couple met holocaust survivors at stutthof, near gdansk, where 65,000 people were killed during the second world war. prince william hailed the country's "incredible bravery" during the nazi occupation. our royal correspondent peter hunt was travelling with them. poland, a country with a troubled past, provides presidential—style security for visiting royal dignitaries that leaves little to chance. part of that past is captured here at stutthof, a concentration camp turned museum with evil on display, the shoes of those murdered here. it's an education for all visitors. with two survivors, tens of thousands perished here. the duke and duchess paid their respects at the camp's jewish memorial and reflected. "what the nazis did here", william and kate wrote later, "was a terrible reminder of the cost of war". they described their visit as "shattering"

trump's son—in—law will face questions on monday. gary o'donoghue give us the latest from washington. russia has been firmly on the front pages for six months for the president. jared kushner is a key white house member. he will be questioned in private by one of the committees on the hill. we won't hear what comes out of that unless people start talking. they will want to talk to about this famous meeting last year with a russian lawyer who was supposedly offering some dirt on hillary clinton. turned out not to be useful apparently. they want to ask about that. it will also want to ask about that. it will also want to ask you might allegations that he was trying to set up a can of back channel to russia during the transition before donald trump became president. using russian equipment because he didn't trust the american intelligence services. and they will want to talk to them about his meetings with various russian banks around the same time. so there is an awful lot to deal with for the trump family. ten years ago, torrential summer downpours left large parts of the country unde