coverage of a historic federal indictment of a former president of united states begins at this hour with the dramatic full statement made by special prosecutor jack smith this afternoon when he, in effect, introduced himself to the american people, speaking publicly for the very first time in his six and a half months of investigating donald trump. good afternoon. today an indictment was unsealed. charging donald j trump with felony violations of our national security laws as well as participating in a conspiracy to obstruct justice. this indictment was voted by a grand jury of citizens in the southern district of florida and i invite everyone to read it in full to understand the scope and the gravity of the crimes charged. the men and women of the united states intelligence community and our armed forces dedicate their lives to protecting our nation and its people. our laws the protect national defense information are critical to the safety and security of the united stat
like something is going on in the news today, doesn t this remind me of something else? yes, it does, something that might seem unprecedented, like we ve never faced something like this before in the news. it turns out more often than it, it does have an antecedent in history. the very first episode dropped today. it is about something that s very much like january 6th that happened before. i would have more to say about this later on this hour. but chris is right, it s just drop. today we are super excited about it. that s all still to come, it s called rachel maddow presents deja news . all right, so, here s what it said when they finally showed what they had to the public. this was from the u.s. justice department at the time. quote, the following statement is respectfully submitted to the court by the government at the arraignment of the defendant. it constitutes a detailed resuscitation of the facts and evidence developed by the investigation to date. that presentation
hi there, thank you for being with us. the authorities in ukraine say more than 42,000 people are at risk from flooding, after the collapse of a major dam in the south of the country on tuesday. president putin has said ukraine was behind the breach, which he called a barbaric act . while kyiv and moscow blame each other, once again, it s civilians paying a heavy price for russia s war. this is the scene in the city of kherson entire houses and streets submerged underwater. some people waiting to be rescued in affected areas have been forced to spend the night on their roofs, or in trees as the waters rose. the dam supplies water to large tracts of agricultural land, including in crimea. and the reservoir behind it provides water to cool the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant further upriver. both areas are under russian control. the united nations says the dam collapse will have grave and far reaching consequences . 0ur ukraine correspondent james waterhouse is in the city
you had a chance to look through the 37 counts? , , ., ,., 37 counts? yes, it s also a narrative 37 counts? yes, it s also a narrative about 37 counts? yes, it s also a narrative about the - 37 counts? yes, it s also a - narrative about the movement of 37 counts? yes, it s also a narrative about the movement of the buses. it s quite mesmerising because the buses moved from washington to florida to newjersey. including the allegation that before prime minister shared a highly deceptive military document at his club in newjersey. and a navy officer is also implicated, who was private secretary to the former president. not only is trumped named in the indictment, but also is assistant. that carries a turn of ten years, 32 with conspiracy to obstruct justice. ten years, 32 with conspiracy to obstructjustice. correctly concealing a document in a federal investigation, a scheme to conceal and false statements. that was either done in collaboration with mr nauta or the presid
the announcement comes as prime minister rishi sunak continues his visit to the us. he is due to hold talks with president biden at the white house later today aimed in the words of the uk government at cementing their joint leadership in the technologies of the future . the uk has abandoned hopes of a post brexit free trade agreement with the us, instead pushing for a deal on digital services. the prime minister told the bbc s political editor chris mason that the uk is well placed to become a leader in al i want to make sure that we in the uk can realise the clear benefits of aib that in drug discovery or other areas but at the same time we need to put guardrails in place to protect ourselves, our country and people from the real risk that it poses, risks that the creators of ai have highlighted. i believe the uk is placed to lead and shape the conversation on this because we are strong when it comes to ai. how do you make that case to a leader of a superpower as the leade