A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Saudi arabias Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman has said he takes responsibility, as a leader of his country, for the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi a year ago this week, but again denied he had ordered the killing. He was interviewed on cbss 60 minutes programme. Well have more from that in a moment. Separately, two people whove listened to covert recordings of the killing of mr khashoggi have described to the bbc what they heard. Members of a Un Investigation Team have told the bbcs Panorama Programme of the horror and shock of listening to his final moments. Jane corbin has this report. A year ago, on the 2nd of october, Jamal Khashoggi vanished after entering the saudi consulate in istanbul. We only know what happened next because the consulate was bugged by turkish int
David he thinks he is bringing in reinforcement in the fed. We will talk you about that in a few moments. Meantime in brussels, where reporting over the rankling over the leadership. We got the nominations you predicted. What comes next . Maria we have the nominations in place. This will have to be put to a vote for the European Parliament. We know the nominee for the next Commission President , ursula von der leyen is someone not many outside of brussels or germany would know who this is an she did not participate in the european elections. That could be a problem. The point of the european elections was to bring more democracy into the institutions. This was another backdoor deal done in the early hours. We know parliament could see scrutiny but the convention here is that political leaders in the eu would not what this to a vote if they were not sure this would clear. There will be pushed back and criticism but the idea is ultimately she should be approved in about two weeks. David
Criminal sderot trial starts in just a couple of weeks. And next hour, the last possible we will sentence for convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh. Soon hell find out how much time he will get for stealing from his clients and law firm. Also today, 50 the Million People from texas to virginia are under a Severe Weather risk. Some areas could see some tornadoes. Youll have the latest forecast for you, kate is out, im sarah sidner with john im berman. This is Cnn News Central this morning. Crooked, deranged, et evil. That is how donald trump celebrated easter. The words he used the easter message to describe the prosecutors leading criminal cases against him as he gets ready for critical month, be targeted special counsel, jack smith, Manhattan District Attorney alvin alvin bragg, the Fulton County district attorney, fani willis. This after going after the daughter of the judge overseeing his criminal case in new york in a separate message, seed and Steve Contorno joins us now, pretty stark,
Tonight. I was trying to get ready for this show and then you did this thing about the council man in enid, oklahoma, and then i was like, hey, ive got a show to do but i was glued to that, and that you did it and that you had that conversation with brandy, without covering these stories i think many of us would just not know that stuff like that happens on that campaign. Its really important to know that other people in deeply red states, largely republican states, see some of this White Supremacy and Replacement Theory and say no, not for us. This is not us, absolutely. Thank you for doing that, my friends. Great to see you, as always. Have a great evening. The battle for the american presidency in 2024 will likely come down to another battle of the blue wall, which includes an in and wisconsin, two reliably democratic states that flipped red in 2016 and led to Donald Trumps shock victory, aided of course by thirdparty candidates. Votes for jill stein in both states in 2016 were larg
Video ever on youtube. It was music video of the year, it was introduced to me late during my bachelorette party. I think it had been out for a while before then but my question is because it was so big is the cool song factor still there . Me and my daughters we used to have to play that every single day but now maybe just every week. There kind of over it. My children love it and my wife loves it. I want to show the little ones my video but a little dance party after dinnertime is fun. My daughter says it is embarrassing for her because you have seen the video right . It is very adult themed. It is on youtube now so you can check it out. We are glad you are with us. We hope your travel is not going slowly. Today is expected to be the busiest travel day of the Holiday Season at San Francisco international. Sfo was getting busy at 5 00 this morning. Leigh martinez has been at the airport all morning long and these lines keep getting longer. Reporter it is funny you say that because i h