The announcement of the £325 million package was made by defence secretary grant shapps during a visit to kyiv. The formula one team, red bull, has suspended a woman who accused the Team Principal of inappropriate and controlling behaviour. Christian horner denies the allegations, and red bulls board dismissed the complaint after an internal investigation. Welcome to the programme. A live shot of the Capitol Building in washington Wherejoe Biden will walk out, for what promises to be one of the most important speeches of his career. Tens of millions will be tuned into this state of the Union Address, paying close attention not just to what he says but how he delivers it. 73 of registered voters thinkjoe biden is too old to serve a second term. His average Approval Rating is 38 , the lowest mark in his presidency. This, then, a golden opportunity for biden to turn these numbers around. A chance to make the case for his policies, and who knows, maybe even a moment to make some president
Concerned that evidence sought by his former fixer, michael cohen, and half A Billion Dollar lawsuit, could incriminate the former president. Michael cohen goes on the record, live, a little later. And must see tv. Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett joins us live to make the case for Televising The Trump trials. All of this and more is coming up. And a good saturday morning to you all, im katie phang. We begin this hour with new developments in one of the several cases against the twice impeached, now thrice and dated, one term disgraced ex president. Overnight, the department of justice, seeking to have a federal judge impose a Protective Order on criminal defendant, donald trump. In Special Counsel jack smiths 2020 election case. The doj is concerned, rightfully, in my opinion, that trump will share sensitive and confidential information. And its likes to trumps own inflammatory social media posts in which trump appears to vow revenge. Its important to note that on thursday during trumps
Rights could be limited if theres a nondisclosure order in the case. Of course this is also coming as we are learning more about a foiled plot in ukraine when it comes to ukrainian president zelenskyy. What we are hearing about this informant. He was apparently passing along key intelligence about the ukrainian leader. Also tonight, we have one of the greatest athletes of all time here to join us. Katie ledecky has swung her way into the world record books, defeating Michael Phelps, taking out one of his titles he previously held. Well talk to her live in just a moment. Im kaitlan collins, and this is the source. As we noted, tonight we are waiting to potentially hear any moment from the judge overseeing the 2020 election interference case. As we wait, the Special Counsels team has just responded to trump and his attorneys from a filing they sent in just about three hours ago, where they complain that his Free Speech Rights could be limited if theres a nondisclosure order over evidence
Last month. But so far, the houthi havent been deterred. These are pictures of the forces actually seizing a ship in november, the iranians back group which controls most of Northern Yemen had been targeting ships in the area for months, and protest at offensive in the gaza strip. This latest action is a major escalation, the ship hit by Houthi Yesterday was the envy true confidence that the ballcarrier was selling with the crew of 20 who are mainly filipino nationals. The attack happened about 15 nautical miles from the yemen port. The ship was travelling from china to saudi arabia. The us condemned the attack saying it went way beyond disruption to navigation and international seas. ,. , seas. Not ust endangered seafarers seas. Notjust endangered seafarers but seas. Notjust endangered seafarers but now, seas. Notjust endangered l seafarers but now, tragically killed a number of them so we will continue to hold them accountable and we call on government to run the will to do the same.
Todays budget might have left you with a bit more money in your pocket but some of the Public Services you rely on will face big Spending Cuts. So is it a vote winner . Mr chancellor of the exchequer. Cheering it was the last Spring Budget before the next election. Tonight well interrogate Whyjeremy Hunt made the announcements he did. And interrrogate one of his treasury ministers. Overall, the tax burden is going up. Correct . The tax burden is still too high, overall. Absolutely. And its going up . Well also talk to labours Campaign Chief. Well talk live to representatives of business and Public Sector workers and our Politics Panel is here to help us decode it all and tell us when we might be going to the polls. Todays was a budget that was as much about what comes next as about what comes now. Theres another 2p cut in National Insurance that will kick in soon but theres also the growing realisation that whoever wins the next election, they will face a daunting choice either oversee