And 70 years after independence, india is still a diverse, ever evolving assortment of cultures, creeds, religions and languages. Heading off the well worn tourist path, were on a journey which spans this vast subcontinent from east to west. Travelling from one of the driest places on earth. It is quite incredible, the sand. Its just crystal, hard cystals. White salt. You can probably taste it. To one of the wettest. These are areas really for the adventurous traveller. This isnt india on tap. Im on a quest to find out how history, religion and politics have shaped india. And also, meet the people who call this intriguing and sometimes overwhelming country home. Its going to be an amazing journey. For thousands of years, india found its riches and influence through international trade. At the heart of this enterprise was the sea. And the state of gujarat, with a thousand miles of coastline, served as a Shipping Gateway to africa, arabia and beyond. This is as far west as you can get in
legal strategy from donald trump s defense and classified documents case. his attorneys are asking the judge for a lengthy delay of his trial. judge cannon who will oversee the case from federal court in fort pierce, florida, had originally said in august trial date, and special counsel jack smith asked for december. late last night, trump s lawyers submitted a 12 page filing, requesting the trial be delayed until after the presidential election. the filing says that trump is, quote currently the likely republican party nominee. this undertaking requires a tremendous amount of time and energy, and that effort will continue until the election on november 5th, 2024. trump s team also implied that the case was political, calling it, quote, a prosecution advanced by the administration of a sitting president against his chief political rival, himself, a leading candidate for the presidency. but for facts s sake, the prosecution is not being advanced by joe biden or his administrat
for the presidency. but for facts s sake, the prosecution is not being advanced by joe biden or his administration. so far we ve gotten no response from judge cannon or the justice department. meanwhile, today, a georgia judge selected two new grand juries. they are likely to be tasked with deciding when to bring election interference charges against trump. fulton county d. a., fani willis, her investigation has been underway for over two years. these new jurors will be the latest panel to examine evidence in that case. remember, this all started back in a regular grand jury for district attorney fani willis was presenting witnesses who were willing to come in without being subpoenaed. there were lots of witnesses who were resisting those kinds of voluntary appearances. and she empaneled a special grand jury with the subpoena power. now, she is going to be heading back to a regular grand jury, that being the grand jury with the power to indict. the new grand juries will b
as it came out of my mouth i was wondering are we going to a problem next time trying to book imagine there were 50-50 odds you d just been chosen as one of the people to decide whether or not to criminally indict donald trump. that may very well be the case for the grand juries who are just seated in fulton county, georgia. today over 100 georgians showed up at the superior court of fulton county in atlanta. and for the sake of their privacy we re not going to show you any of them, but you can see fulton county district attorney fani willis was in the room. there she is right there. the judge sent about half of the potential jurors home, but the other half he directed to one side of the room or the other. they were split into grand jury a and grand jury b. each one was made up of 23 jurors plus alternates. now, other than the $25 a day these grand juries will get for their time, they may also get the chance to make history. for more than two years now fani willis h
hamas and widening violence in the region. also back home, as senate border talks approach the finish line, house republicans unveil articles of impeachment against president biden s homeland security secretary. hello. thank you for joining us. i m ryan nobles in washington in for andrea mitchell but she ll be joining us shortly with an interview with the qatari prime minister and foreign minister, but first, ths. service members have been killed and nearly three dozen others injured in a drone attack in jordan. u.s. central command says the attack happened at a remote base on the border with syria and iraq called tower 22. the white house is blaming an iran-backed militia with president biden vowing the u.s. will respond. these are the first american service member fatalities from hostile fire since the war broke out between israel and hamas on october 7th. courtney joins me now. so, have you, you actually have been to this base. what else can you tell us about the attac