it is a sit down with either robert muller himself or a member to visiting to talk about the issues. he can take breaks. it is different to the grand jury that it looked like steve bannon was going to be subjected to, until he made his own deal with the mueller team. there's been a series of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in the past 2a hours. mount kusatsu—shirane has erupted in japan. mount mayon in the philippines began erupting a few days ago. and then there have been earthquakes off the coast of java in indonesia, and off the coast of alaska. let's look at images from these events. i these from japan, where the eruption caused an avalanche. a soldier was killed. 14 others were injured. these are timelapse images of mount mayon in the philippines. these pictures are from indonesia. these workers and residents injakarta fleeing from high rise buildings that swayed after a 5.3 earthquake. and this is a trafficjam in alaska after people followed police orders to evacuate. that earthquake measured 7.9 and triggered a tsunami warning. that warning is no longer in place, by the w

it is reported he has struck a deal to meet with robert muller and his team instead. they are investigating russia's alleged goodling in the 2016 presidential election and secured a subpoena to compel bannan to testify. we reported yesterday the special counsel robert muller's team had issued the sabina to get steve bannon to give evidence to investigators while today it has emerged there are reports he has agreed now to a sit down interview with those investigators. a much more with those investigators. a much m ore cosy with those investigators. a much more cosy affair in which his lawyer can be present. it is not public as a grandjury hearing can be present. it is not public as a grand jury hearing would have been. advantage is therefore steve bannon. his evidence seen as crucial not only to the robert muller investigation, but to the three congressional inquiries currently under way into alleged links between the trump campaign and russia. steve bannon a man with insight into the transition period of the trump administration and the early days of this white house,

campaign and russia. —— robert muller. we have been told a deal has been done and the grand jury appearance isn't certain to happen. katty kay in washington has been helping me understand. the subpoena for mr bannon to appear before a grand jury hasn't been totally rescinded, it is hanging out there like a shadow over his shoulder. he has agreed to have a more informal chat and composition with robert mueller‘s team, along the lines of what other people in donald trump's inner circle have done. it is a much more friendly environment for steve bannon. it comes on the heels of that committee meeting that he went to yesterday in the house of representatives in which he refused to answer some of the questions. i think if he plays the questions. i think if he plays the same card with robert mueller the same card with robert mueller the special prosecutor the special counsel would be particularly impressed. evidently mr bannon is talking to the investigators he was less talkative in front of a congressional committee yesterday

arguably the most important, the work of this man, robert muller. he is leading an investigation into those alleged ties between the trump campaign and russia. we have an update on that, in the last few minutes this copy has come into the newsroom , minutes this copy has come into the newsroom, telling us that mr trump's campaign manager paul manafort has sued robert muller, saying it exceeded his legal authority. tell us exceeded his legal authority. tell us more, that sounds significant. as you remember, paul manafort has been indicted for money laundering and corruption charges dating back to when he was before donald trump was my campaign manager to his lobbying activities on the part of ukrainian government officials. here he is now attempting to challenge that indictment, saying robert muller had overstepped his bounds. saying he should surely be focusing on this russia collusion investigation. it echoes a lot of what the white house is saying, that independent investigation is running wild. here we have a legal challenge authority. i don't th