Conclusion straw. Thousands of people have been out on the streets and there have been clashes with riot police. Lucky the an eye on that as it develops as well and lots of you are sending questions so please keep those coming. We will bring our two experts back in a couple of minutes time to get them responding to the points you are raising. I should probably explain something for those of you justjoining me. Jamie in birmingham watching on the Bbc News Channel asked if i am on a beach. Im not on a beach but there is sand under my feet and there are palm trees all around and deckchairs because slightly incongruously we are spending today at a beach bar in hamburg because we can cover the port, one of the biggest ports in europe and also the protest that have been taking place very close to his has been a useful place to place ourselves but also slightly odd to be covering one of the most Important International summits for yea rs Important International summits for years surrounded by
Reporter you were talking about tests up at the top. I can tell you theres one other test right now for the courts, that is to find a fair and impartial jury. 65 Perspective Jurors were ushered into the court on the ninth floor of the courthouse in virginia. The judge first describing the charges against Paul Manafort to them, including bank fraud, conspiracy and failure to report offshore bank accounts. Of course, thats where theyre going to fight this case out over the next two or three weeks. After doing that, he began what is traditional for any judge, and that is to question the jurors about whether they know any of the attorneys in the case, introducing all the attorneys and the defendant Paul Manafort to them. Then essentially trying to get at a question of whether any associations these jurors might have would affect their ability
to reach a fair and impartial verdict in this case. Of course, no one responded affirmatively. They have moved on to private and personal questioning
Chris Cuomo asks the tough questions to newsmakers in Washington and around the world. Wild card . Why . He picked his pal, kris kobach, over the partys choice, who has a slim lead in polls over kobach even though trump is backing him. The proposition is this. Could trump put this governors seat in play by picking the controversial kobach . Youll remember him of gu dayzy voter fraud fame. Remember that commission to find fraud that found none . Thats him. Trump remembers the loyalty. The gop would like to forget he exists. Its also a crucial test for the other side. Democratic centrists are fighting the growing progressive wing for the future of the party. Then theres something im calling the x growth factor. What can democrats do to peel off trump voters . What do i mean by trump voters . Voters who are disaffected and who picked trump for being an antipolitician. What can they do for that . Lets get after all of this right now with chief National Correspondent john king monitoring it
back ultimately to gaza and israel s plans inside the strip. and it appears there has been some sort of deal cut behind the scenes. there are ongoing conversations each and every day between the biden administration and the government of prime minister netanyahu here in israel and the clearly have told the israelis if they can avoid a regional war and de-escalate the situation with iran, they may have more flexibility inside gaza and face less american pressure as they operate, as long as they can get those civilians out of the way. and so there s a lot politicking going on behind the scenes. the israelis looking to continue operation inside gaza while also managing the growing and regional threats. jonathan yeah, and part of managing that threat as well is keeping really close eye on hezbollah up in lebanon, their potential for a major attack if they so or were so ordered by their iranian
seemed appropriately skeptical of trump s arguments. all of your other arguments seem to fall away. your separation of powers arguments fall away. your policy arguments fall away. if you concede that a president can be criminally prosecuted under some circumstances. even under clinton, where there s a deal cut, under president nixon, where there s a pardon given, there s an assumption that you could be prosecuted because why enter into those particular acts? i think it s paradoxical to say that his constitutional duty to take care of the laws to be faithfully executed, allows him violate criminal laws. yes, judge, respectfully, i agree. i do think it s paradoxical. the lawyer for special counsel jack smith s office did an admirable job, just outlining the ever shifting legal