Its civil fraud trial tomorrow. Who better to talk to than former trump lawyer, Michael Cohen. He bullied blew the lid off of trumps shady business dealings, hes on the Witness Stand for this trial, he could come face to face with his former boss for the first time in years. We are waiting remarks from President Biden at any moment from the white house and when he is ready we will take that to you live. But, in the meantime, i just want to level set on what we have seen in washington over the last couple of days. One Republican Congressman said that the last week was, like quote, riding a mechanical bull. That is quite a visual, but pretty accurate. The president is going to weigh in after Congress Managed to pass a short term funding bill that will keep the government open for the next 47 days. Now, preventing a Government Shutdown is obviously good news. And so is the fact that the final bill did not include any of the devastating cuts to Domestic Violence programs that have been on
Been a wild weekend on capitol hill. He is coming up first. Plus, transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg will be live in the studio, with a view from the biden administration, as the president frames this whole episode as a full on failure for republicans. And later, donald trump is expected to travel to new york today, and attend the start of His Civil Fraud Trial tomorrow. Who better to talk to that former trump lawyer Michael Cohen. He blew the lid off trumps shady business dealings, he is on the witness list for this trial, and he could come face to face with his former boss for the first time in years. We are awaiting remarks from President Biden, at any moment, from the white house. And when he is ready, we will take that you live. But in the meantime, i just want to level set on what weve seen washed, and over the last couple of days. One Republican Congressman said that the last week was like, quote, riding a mechanical bull. That is quite a visual, but pretty accurate. The pr
Well, would we like it to be a bank holiday, or would it simply cost too much money . Theres one estimate that said it would cost the economy £4 billion for everyone to take a day off work, that being said, as, as Andrew Pierce was saying in the last show, weve got two Bank Holidays in may and none in april. Couldnt we just make one of them . Yeah. Do swapsies that last yeah. Do swapsies that last may. Bank holiday. Why do we have it . Yeah. If you did a direct swap, surely that would work. Although, interestingly, when i did a quick sort of straw poll amongst people this morning and you say have you ever celebrated Saint Georges day . They go , no, no. You know, for they go, no, no. You know, for many people the day passes by without them almost acknowledging it. Acknowledging it. Its like because we havent got that sort of focal point of celebration. I think so often celebration. I think so often for people. Well, right across the United Kingdom , its, its the United Kingdom, its, i
Think. Send wed love to hear what you think. Send your views and post your comments by visiting gb news. Com youre safe. But first, heres the news with sophia wenzler. Good morning. Good morning. Its 930. Im sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. We start in the gb newsroom. We start with some breaking news. At least five migrants have died after their small boat got into difficulties off the french coast overnight. The incident coast overnight. The incident happened off wimereux beach near boulogne , before 2 am. A number boulogne, before 2 am. A number of other migrants were rescued , of other migrants were rescued, with at least one now critically ill, in hospital. Gb news can ill, in hospital. Gb news can reveal that another five small migrant boats are attempting to make the crossing from france. One of the boats left a beach near calais at first light this morning, and is currently being escorted by French Border force. Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper says it shows we need urgent
In the sport this morning, Nottingham Forest still seem to think the worlds against them and now want the audio of the contentious refereeing decisions released. Leeds united back in the automatic promotion. Places to head back to the premier league and a four time World Champion in him, considers retirement morning. Whilst it is the middle of spring, its not necessarily going to feel it with a bit of a cool feel for some of us and a bit of rain at times. Two ill have more details coming up. So after five months of deadlock, the rwanda bill has finally passed through parliament. Its poised to become law after peers ended their standoff over the controversial policy. While the showdown comes after the Prime Minister declared that enough is enough and said mps and peers will sit through the night to get the bill passed. So it now designates rwanda as a safe country and will allow the government to deport Asylum Seekers to there. Lets get some analysis this morning from the political comm