i m ari melber in for nicolle and i ll anchor for the next three hours right now with a lot of news breaking out of new york as the d.a. alvin bragg moves forward with two witnesses who faced this grand jury today, robert costello a legal adviser to that key witness we all know about, michael cohen. he s testified today at the request of trump s legal team. under new york law a person who is expected to be indicted which in this case may or may not be donald trump but in an abundance of fairness, that individual can request a witness appear for them before this grand jury finishes its work. so that s part of what we re following on this big breaking news day. today cohen also on hand, this weekend he said he would be back today to address what costello says making him the rebuttal witness and this, today, is his third appearance before the grand jury. so, that alone makes all of this a major day and probe that is quite near deciding whether or not to indict donald trump. so,
welcome to bbc news. we begin in northern ireland, which is marking 25 years since the signing of the good friday agreement. the historic peace deal largely ended decades of violence in northern ireland. but prime minister rishi sunak says efforts must be intensified to restore the power sharing government that was central to the deal. it collapsed in the fall out from brexit, and now the political dysfunction and security concerns are threatening to overshadow the historic milestone. from belfast, laura cullen reports. it took 22 months of talks to largely end three decades of conflict. through it all, these leaders kept their sense of purpose. and in the end, they delivered an agreement that s fair and balanced and offers hope for the people of northern ireland. the agreement was based on the idea of cooperation between communities, and set up a new government representing both nationalists and unionists. a copy of it went to every household in northern ireland, and almost
here tonight with reaction. but first, rule and ruin, that s the focus of tonight s angle. of course radical new york prosecutor is trying to take down trump before 2024, duh. this apparent move toward indicting the former president, biden stumbled climbing air force one. rather than focusing on putting away violent criminals, da alvin bragg wants to make a name for himself by squaring off with donald trump on a case that is as pathetic as it is political. bragg made a future trump prosecution the cornerstone as his campaign for da. has the experience with donald trump, i was the chief deputy in the attorney general s office, we sued the trump administration over 100 times. i know how to litigate with him. laura: one little problem for alvin nothing to bragg about, his only path of admission into the trump haters hall of fame is through a sleezeee lawyer and stormy daniels. well today the grand jury got to hear from a man who new michael cohen very well. his adviser, robe
karine jean-pierre said they would let their legal team and all the questions. that they didn t stop by didn t. he said he has no regrets with how he handled top-secret material claiming there is no there there to this kendall. the house judiciary committe and republican congressman jim jordan. great to have you here. the briefing as set to begin an moment now, why is the white house not answering more questions, why is karine jean-pierre so unprepared to have any transparency with the american people. nothing makes sense with thi rate i kind of go back to the fundamental question why were they looking into it in the first place? why did they send lawyers to search i think pointed out to date in the wall street journal that joe biden gets his players they get to search the documents , trump can t even have his present when the fbi is there. this double standard, the lack of transparency at think has been evident from the get-go when it comes to transparent, o december 2nd