morning, lindsey reiser picks up the coverage right now it s 10:00 a.m. in new york, i m lindsey reiser right now the tensions that have been simmering in tennessee for the last week or even longer are boiling over this morning. protests are gaining steam inside and outside the state house despite the rain against republican efforts to do something that s only been done three times in that state since the civil war expel some of their fellow members specifically these three democrats are under fire for participating in fiery gun reform protests on the house floor last week. today they ll have a chance to defend themselves, but with a republican super majority can they survive the vote. we re live where that high stakes session is getting underway. major escalations in the mounting legal battles faceing former president trump former vice president mike pence saying he will not fight an order to testify in the federal probe. sources say the new york judge in the hush mone
the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky is making his first official visit to poland since russia invaded ukraine. warsaw has been one of the most outspoken and generous supporters of kyiv since the war started. it s taken in millions of refugees and sent more than 300 tanks. it was also the first country to send fighterjets to ukraine. in a moment, we ll be speaking to our correspondent hugo bachega who is in the ukrainian capital, kyiv. but first, let s go live to warsaw where we can speak to the bbc s adam easton. welcome. the first official visit by president zelensky since the outbreak of the war. what can we expect? outbreak of the war. what can we exect? , , , , expect? this building behind me is warsaw s expect? this building behind me is warsaw s royal expect? this building behind me is warsaw s royal castle expect? this building behind me is warsaw s royal castle where - warsaw s royal castle where president zelensky will be coming later to meet some of those
hello and welcome. donald trump has spoken publicly for the first time since he was charged with 3a counts of falsifying business records saying the legal action is an insult to america. the former us president earlier pleaded not guilty to hiding damaging information during the 2016 election. speaking to his supporters, mr trump said his only crime was to fearlessly defend the nation from those who would destroy it. in a campaign style speech, he lambasted the biden administration and repeated the false claims that he d been cheated out of office in 2020 by voting fraud. nada tawfik reports from new york. a show of defiance just hours after his arrest. back at his mar a lago club in florida, donald trump slowly made his way through a ballroom packed with crowds of supporters, shaking hands and relishing their attention. in his first public remarks since being indicted, he said the justice system had become lawless. and i never thought anything like this could happen in a
hello and welcome. we start with that breaking news coming out of scotland. peter murrell, the husband of scotland s former first minister nicola sturgeon, has been arrested as part of a police investigtion into the finances of the scottish national party. 58 year old peter murrell was the snp s chief executive until he quit last month. in a statement, police scotland said they had taken a 58 year old man into custory for questioning over the party s funding and financing. alexandra mackenzie is our scotland correspondent. alexandra, not much detail coming in on this yet, but tell us what we do know and more about who peter murrell is? $5 know and more about who peter murrell is? know and more about who peter murrell is? ~ , i. , , murrell is? as you say, this news has ust murrell is? as you say, this news hasjust broken, murrell is? as you say, this news hasjust broken, so murrell is? as you say, this news hasjust broken, so we murrell is? as you say, this news hasju
and peter murrell the husband of scotland s former first minister nicola sturgeon has been arrested as part of a police investigtion into the finances of the scottish national party. 58 year old peter murrell was the snp s chief executive until he quite last month. in a statement, police scotland said they had taken a 58 year old man into custory for questionining over the party s funding and financing. the investigation was launched into donations raised by the party which was ostensibly to campaign for and hold a second independence referendum. it is alleged that money instead was used to help with the party s day running costs. in a short statement, the police had a 58 year old man has today, wednesday the 5th of april, been arrested. as part of an investigation into the funding of the scottish national party. he is being questioned by detectives. officers are also carrying out searches at a number of addresses as part of the investigation. they said i report will be s