gilda hakim. a federaljudge in the united states has sentenced the founder of the far right militant oath keepers, stewart rhodes, to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other crimes related to the storming of the us capitol on january the 6th, 2021. with the latest, here s our north america correspondentjessica parker. he was convicted at the back of last year, and now we ve learned that a federaljudge has sentenced him to 18 years in prison. prosecutors had actually sought a longer sentence of 25 years, but 18 years is what he s been given. in court, we understand he was pretty defiant, saying that he was a political prisoner something that the judge really wasn t having anything of, basically suggesting he still presented a peril to the country. in terms of what happened during the course of the trial, he wasn t the only member of the oath keepers who was on trial, and we expect some further sentencing over the coming days but he is the leader of this far r
supreme court, that donald trump is constitutionally disqualified from being on the ballot in the ste primary. the opinion pulls no punches. quote, president trump incited and encouraged the use of violence and lawless action to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power. the tenor of president trump s messages to hisupporters in exshorting him to had an option to fight back. the cavalry was coming to find. here s where the colorado state supreme court went further, reversing the lower court s finding that donald trump doesn t qualify as a, quote, ofce under section 3 of the 14th amendment. section 3 of the 14th amendment is a civil war era amendment to the united states taken an eat from various state and offices. it rules that the founding officers backed that up, writing americans have referred to the president as an officer from the days of the founding fathers. this is seismic. this is unprecedented,nd this is very, very likely destined to go before the supreme court. no
good evening, alex. we have beto are joining us tonight on the one year mark since the mass murder in uvalde and andrew weissmann has pulled off a miracle. he s found a way to join us from somewhere across the sea. i don t even know where. you don t need nowhere, all you need to know, if this is gonna be there. so more a lot of time zones from, here in need a passport to be there. but this letter that donald trump s lawyers sent to the attorney general, it andrew can t contain him self. he s good he s gonna get a word in here. about. as he should, i m eager to hear what ginger westman thinks of this letter. thank you, alex. have a good, show. thank you. when your job is making decisions, in the decision to have to make the most important decisions made in the united states of america and you have been making those decisions for a teen years, it seems like the most difficult question you could ever be asked is, what is the hardest decision you ve ever had to ma
[laughter] he s found a way to join us from somewhere across the sea. i don t even know where. you don t need know where, all you need to know, if that he is gonna be there. so more a lot of time zones from, here in need a passport to be there. but this letter that donald trump s lawyers sent to the attorney general, andrew can t contain himself. he s good he s gonna get a word in here. about. as he should, i m eager to hear what ginger westman thinks of this letter. thank you, alex. have a good, show. thank you. when your job is making decisions, in the decision to have to make the most important decisions made in the united states of america and you have been making those decisions for 18 years, it seems like the most difficult question you could ever be asked is, what is the hardest decision you ve ever had to make as chief justice of the united states? where would you begin to answer that question, there must have been so many very, very, very hard decisions
, and, while officials, acknowledge the situation could still escalate reports from the border are of relative calm. that said, the tension facilities are overcapacity as policy decisions continue to play out in washington there is one thing that has not changed the drive and desperation of those making the journey to and across the border. under united states and international law, anyone who fears persecution in their home country can t come to the united states and seek refugee status. this image of a father carrying a baby in a suitcase as he wades across a river is emblematic of the border story. desperate people going to extremes for just a chance at a better life for their family. if you are in their place, wouldn t you do the same? on the base of the statue of liberty are the immortal words by ahmaud lazarus, give me your tired, your four, your huddled masses, your doesn t attaching to the promise of america s what has made this nation oblique into the world. these