Vote and stay in power. Special counsel jack smith wrote in the indictment, quote, the defendant widely disseminated his false claims of Election Fraud for months, despite the fact that he knew and in many cases had been informed directly that they were not true. The defendants knowingly false statements were integral to his criminal plans to defeat the federal government function, obstruct the certification and interfere with others rights to vote and have their votes counted. The indictment also mentions six alleged coconspirators. They are unnamed, but nbc news them to be rudy giuliani, attorney john eastman, attorney Sidney Powell, former Justice Department official jeffrey clark, and attorney kenneth chesbro. Sixth is unclear but is described as a political consultant who helped implement the socalled fake electors scheme. Special counsel jack smith says he wants to bring this case to trial soon. In this case, my office will seek a speedy trial so that our evidence can be tested i
police are just identified the body of eliza fletcher, a school teacher and mother of two children. she was abducted while jogging early friday and now the man charged with first degree murder just wrapped his first court appearance. gary tuchman is live at the courthouse in memphis with more on this. what s the very latest? kate, ten minutes before this arraignment was scheduled for an accused kidnapper, it ultimately became an arraignment for accused murderer. we were informed by the memphis police that the body that was recovered last night was identified as eliza fletcher. such a sad outcome. this woman who was kidnapped on friday had been missing since then. before her body was found, the arraignment was scheduled in the court for cleotha abston. we saw him coming in. he was wearing a mask, hard to tell what his facial expressions were because of the mask, but he looked impassive, he looked impatient. he had handcuffs behind his back. the only thing he said was yes whe
so we have about a 20-minute window before the verdict is announced by the judg right now it is unclear at this point if the jury decided for the death penalty for robert bowers or life in prison without parole. but up until this point, they have been deliberating for roughly ten hours, jose. they had posing arguments on both sides, which wrapped up on monday. and the big sticking point when it comes to his defense team was his past, troubled past, the fact that he had neglectful child care, caregivers, i should say, and they leaned on his mental illness, his schizophrenia, which they say led to the attack of 2018. however, the government prosecution disputed that, saying, look, he had hate in his heart, he had white supremacist beliefs and that is why he decided to do this.
to remove the statue of prospero and ariel which was created by eric gill, who sexually abused two of his daughters. a second man was also arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit criminal damage. tube commuters in south london are being warned the bank branch of the northern line between kennington and moorgate is about to close down for four months. transport for london says it s for vital engineering work starting on saturday. it affects stations including london bridge, borough and elephant and castle. record numbers of londoners used tfl s cycle hire scheme last year, according to city hall. almost 11 million rentals were made that s almost 400,000 higher than in the previous peak in 2018. however, the number of car journeys is also back up almost to pre pandemic levels. cirque du soleil is back at the royal albert hall after the world tour was cancelled
tfl s cycle hire scheme last year, according to city hall. almost 11 million rentals were made that s almost 400,000 higher than in the previous peak in 2018. however, the number of car journeys is also back up, almost to pre pandemic levels. cirque du soleil is back at the royal albert hall after the world tour was cancelled last year due to the pandemic. the show which opens tonight, celebrates its 25th year at the venue, with a mexican theme, using water and light as inspiration. it features trapeze artists, hoop diving and acrobatic stunts. let s take a look at the travel now. the tube s been running well all morning actually. no reports of any problems at the moment, and rememeber of course you can get regular updates on your bbc local radio station time for the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning! with high pressure dominating the weather across the capital for the rest of the week, it is set to stay dry and settled, but it will be