Year they are history making, unprecedented, consequential from Criminal Investigations into the former president of the United States to midterm elections that preserved our democracy, from the makeup o the Supreme Court and th decisions that threatened ou rights to the very rapid ris of hate speech on public discourse, we have plenty to dig into you are watching simone and yo know i have a lot to say when i reflect on the wil ride that was 2022, i keep coming back to these words historic and unprecedented democrats bumped historica trends by expanding thei Senate Majority and preventing a red wave in the house of representatives. And voters, they changed the representation in more way than one electing the first gen z membe of congress with Maxwell Frost In Florida The First woman elected to congress from vermont, wit becca blunt, the First Out Lesbian governors, lamar heal in massachusetts, and tina kotek in oregon. The first black governor o maryland with wes moore. The list just g
welcome to the programme. the updates from turkey and syria are relentlessly grim. the deathtoll has now passed 20,000 but only a fraction of the devastated areas have been searched, with hope fading for those still trapped. though there are still miracles. these pictures have recently come in from diyarbakir and they show a little boy, six year old basir yildiz, being rescued. crews had been digging for him for 80 hours. but even for the lucky ones like basir, there are challenges ahead. the world health organization has talked about a new disaster, with thousands unable to find shelter, food and water. help is arriving the first aid has crossed into syria, through the one border crossing point that is open. and in the last hour, the director general of the who, dr tedros ghebreyesus, has said he is on his way to syria. for the latest, our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in southern turkey. it s hard here in southern turkey really hard here, but it s
to test a new alert system. ireland secured an historic grand slam title in dublin. a convincing 13 point victory over england saw them win the six nations in front of a huge home crowd on st patrick s weekend. you on st patrick s weekend. may have dodged the sho yesterday you may have dodged the showers yesterday but today it will be drier and brighterfor many yesterday but today it will be drier and brighter for many with sunny spells. the full forecast throughout the morning. it s sunday 19th march. our main story: lawyers for donald trump say the former president was merely speculating, when he said he expected to be arrested on criminal charges next week. prosecutors have been investigating alleged hush money payments made on mr trump s behalf, prior to the 2016 presidential election. if he is indicted, it would be the first criminal case to be brought against a former us president, as david willis reports. in order to make america great and glorious again, i am tonight
donald trump fans the flames of resentment in a message to his supporters, telling them he expects to be arrested within days. vladimir putin makes a surprise appearance in occupied ukraine. this coming just a day after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for the russian president for alleged war crimes. chinese leader xi jinping headed to moscow in the coming days to meet with putin. we ll break down what the two leaders are expected to discuss. former u.s. president donald trump is responding to a potential indictment in new york with the same angry rhetoric he used before the 2021 insurrection. in a social media post, trump said he expects to be arrested on tuesday, and he urged his supporters to protest and, quote, take our nation back. the case is related to a hush money payment made to adult film star stormy daniels over an alleged affair which trump denies. while trump s attorneys believe he will be indicted soon, they still haven t confirmed
drop in its membership. the former us president donald trump has claimed he expects to be arrested on tuesday. he made the announcement on his online platform, truth social, claiming to have seen leaks from the manhattan district attorney s office, which is yet to comment. mr trump is accused of paying hush money to his alleged mistress and called on his supporters to protest if he is detained. i think it is very important to put this into context. what donald trump seems to be railing against in this tweet on his truth social social media platform is illegal leaks, as he calls them, by the manhattan district attorney s office, the department looking into allegations of hush money payments made on donald trump s behalf to two women. mr trump is not, his lawyers have since clarified, saying he has been notified he will be charged this on any other time with any offence. they are taking issue with the fact that there have been reports to the effect in the media here in the unit