president trump: these charges are rigged. i mean that, mother teresa could not beat those charges. this is five weeks. five weeks of really essentially not campaigning although i took a big lead in the polls of the last few weeks. because i think the people of this country see that this is a big deal. sandra: a live look at the newark state supreme court in lower manhattan where 12 jurors will soon return to deliberate the fate of former president donald trump. they, the jury, are currently on lunch break. trump is facing 34 felony counts of falsifying business records and that is where we are at the top of the 1:00 hour on the east coast. john, and by the way, the jury can continue deliberating, we should point out. but it is officially a lunch break. hello, and welcome. i m sandra smith. john: i m john roberts in washington and this is america reports. jury instructions wrapping up this morning pictures were sent out to deliberate. sandra: the judge instructed th
the decrease of that level of rhetoric. finally, the million dollar question do you think that xijinping is wondering whether his forces would do better against taiwan? there was a heightened sense of danger or alarm just before, i guess, the russian invasion. it s still there, but it s ebbed away a bit. it will always be there. one of their core missions was to unite the country, and you cannot unite the country without uniting with taiwan. the war in ukraine has entered a new phase. the first phase began back in february, when russia tried and abjectly failed to capture the ukrainian capital, kyiv. now, though, like a burglar who can t get in through
it s still there, but it s ebbed away a bit. it will always be there. one of their core missions was to unite the country, and you cannot unite the country without uniting with taiwan. the war in ukraine has entered a new phase. the first phase began back in february, when russia tried and abjectly failed to capture the ukrainian capital, kyiv. now, though, like a burglar who can t get in through the front door, the russian forces have shifted their efforts round the side, to eastern ukraine. and there, with far shorter supply lines and a slightly less hostile local population, they are starting to do better. and under their new commander, general aleksandr dvornikov, they re using familiar
missouri s republican governor mike parson. he refused to do anything about it, refused to have anything to do with the case at all. then something happened that w really never happens. the prosecutor s office that brought these charges, brought the prosecution against him back in the day, the prosecutor s office came out and said, that prosecution that we did, that am was wrong. they came forward and said that they had independently investigated this matter, reinvestigated this crime, and they found that kevin strickland was factually innocent of this crime for which he had been convicted. they said the case never should have been brought. the lead prosecutor in that office in jackson county, missouri, came forward publicly and abjectly apologized. she said kevin strickland should be immediately freed. i m here advocating for mr. strickland s freedom and his conviction should be vacated. most importantly, i m advocating that this man must be freed
they had independently investigated this matter, reinvestigated this crime, and they found that kevin strickland was factually innocent of this crime for which he had been convicted. they said the case never should have been brought. the lead prosecutor in that office in jackson county, missouri, came forward publicly and abjectly apologized. she said kevin strickland should be immediately freed. i m here advocating for mr. strickland s freedom and his conviction should be vacated. most importantly, i m advocating that this man must be freed immediately. my job is to protect the innocent, and often prosecutors show hubris, right. you have probably seen me show some of that from time to time, and today my job is to apologize. it is important to recognize when the system has made wrongs,