at a court hearing in new york. he s accused of falsifying business records. here is some of what he s said. the only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it. (cheering) from the beginning the democrats spied on my campaign. do you remember that? they attacked me with an onslaught of fraudulent investigations, russia, prussia, russia, ukraine, ukraine, ukraine. impeachment hopes number one, impeachment notes number two. the illegal and unconstitutional raid on mar a lago, right here. (booing) they re lying to the department ofjustice, the department of justice, the unconstitutional changes department ofjustice, the unconstitutional changes to election laws by not getting approvals from state legislators. the millions of votes legislators. the millions of votes illegally stuffed into ballot votes illegally stuffed into ballot boxes and all court on government cameras. and ballot boxes and all court on government came
new york as a criminal defendant facing 34 felony charges in connection with an alleged scheme to cover up extra marital encounters, one with a porn star , one with a former playboy playmate of the year. we ran the comments from district attorney alvin bragg earlier, so too, will we bring trump to you and jake, whichever donald trump shows up whether he s angry to find defensive, mocking or all of the above, it will be a far different donald trump. from the one earlier today on the 15th floor, the manhattan criminal court building with no one holding the door for him on the way into his arraignment, or the donald trump, who sat stone faced at the defense table for the first what could be many such appearances to come. we don t yet know what the former president makes of this. we could learn shortly, and as we wait for him to speak, we have, as only cnn can a team of correspondents. legal and political analysts help make sense of what happened today and what happens next. let
come on our country come from outside its borders. here is salvador s president. think what you want about former president trump and the reasons he s being indicted, but just imagine if this happened in any other country where a government arrested the main opposition candidate. the united states s about to use, quote, democracy as foreign policy is gone. thousands of miles from new york city in the heart of central america it is very obvious what just happened in that manhattan courthouse. it s obvious to many democrats, too. trump was criminally charged because he is planning to challenge joe biden in the upcoming presidential election. it s really that simple. if donald trump retired in 2020, would he have been arraigned tonight? of course not. most democrats know that. some admit it. politico ran a piece describing president biden s most senior advisers predicting trump will be the nominee. and, now that he has been charged with crimes, will lose the general election. th
it s five weeks since nurses first went on strike this winter. yet there s no resolution in sight. in fact, the dispute is only intensifying. nurses are taking industrial action at even more nhs trusts today than they did before christmas. we want to make nursing a safe and sustainable profession for all. we want our colleagues and the patients we care for to receive the care they deserve. nurses at 55 trusts in england are on strike today and tomorrow. next month, the industrial action will be more widespread, covering 73 trusts. 12 health boards and organisations in wales will also go on strike. a decision on further strikes in northern ireland will be taken in the coming weeks, while in scotland industrial action remains paused as negotiations continue. the advice for people who have medical appointments on strike days is to assume they re going ahead if the hospital hasn t been in touch. nhs leaders are warning that the strikes couldn t come at a more difficult time for t
white house documents. in court today, ryan giggs is accused of throwing his then girlfriend out of a hotel room while she was naked. he denies controlling and abusive behaviour. in scotland, the pass rate for pupils sitting exams has dropped, from the levels seen in the years of the pandemic. and, serena williams, the 23 time grand slam champion, signals that she s about to move on from competitive tennis. and coming up on the bbc news channel: can rangers come from two goals down at ibrox tonight, to keep their hopes of playing champions league football this season alive? welcome to bbc news at six. the sharp rise in energy bills, for millions of households across britain, is likely to be even worse than feared, according to industry experts. the typical household could be paying over £4,000 next year, according to analysts at cornwall insight, at a time when people are facing a soaring cost of living, with the rate of inflation at its highest level in 40 years. there have