welcome to bbc news we go straight to new york where donald trump will be in court in the next few hours, to face criminal charges. that has never happened before and as you d expect huge focus on the former president. these are live pictures from manhattan outside the courthouse. there s a heavy security presence as you d imagine. the charges relate to hush money paid to a pawn starjust paid to a porn starjust before the 2016 election to keep quiet about an affair. the full details of the charges will become clear when the indictment is unsealed. the former president with his legal team having added a prosecutor to his team making their final preparations. when were speaking with our correspondent a little while earlier he was telling us about some last minute moves they were anticipating when proceedings get going with the defence team going to ask for the trial to move out of manhattan to staten island so interest in the tactics there in terms of a little more supp
to try and reduce the backlog of applications. millions of americans are facing a weather alert, as a mix of record high and record low temperatures sweeps the country. and, the man who showed the world a new permanent exhibition is announced, dedicated to david bowie. hello and welcome. police in northern ireland have confirmed that an off duty officer is in a critical but stable condition after being shot at a sports complex in omagh in county tyrone. the police federation for northern ireland said the shooting happened at around eight o clock last night while the officer coached young people playing football. sinn fein described the attack as outrageous and shameful , while the dup called for those responsible to be brought tojustice. our ireland correspondent, emma vardy reports. the shooting happened the shooting happened in the shooting happened in front the shooting happened in front of young players training at a coaching session, it is thought the off duty officer
a crazy republican state legislature. of course they re not gonna pass that. that s never gonna happen in the country, and then before you know it, you look back at something like roe v. wade being overturned and you say, here we are. let me tell you one more thing that strikes me, which is, this is something that is happening in texas, and it would be easy to say, that s only gonna impact texas. no. there was a decision that s going to be made in texas that impacts you regardless of where you are. exactly. and that is why we can t afford to take our eyes off that ball. we can talk about this for two hours, but we won t, alicia mendes, always good to see you, my friend, and enjoy the rest of your evening. good, evening and welcome to ayman tonight. conspiracy central. house republicans have been accused of faking their new weaponization committee. and new allegations against fox raise questions about its future and what it means for our democracy. then, student debt i
on president biden s student loan forgiveness plan. and a special women s history month panel, three state attorneys general from across america on the fight to protect reproductive rights and your right to vote. i m ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. let s go back to the beginning of last month for a moment, when congressman jim jordan gaveled in the first hearing of house republicans newly established weaponization subcommittee. yes. it is called the weaponization subcommittee. he spoke of a political infection taking over intelligence agencies and seized with the help of, quote, dozens and dozens of whistleblowers and jordan vowed to expose and alleged deep state plot aimed at silencing conservatives with in the federal government. now, thanks to a new bombshell report from democrats on the house judiciary committee, the public is getting a better look at those so-called whistleblowers. while jordan promised we would hear from a roster of brave intelligence community vete
thing that strikes me, this is something that is happening in texas. it would be easy to say that is only going to impact you in texas. no. there is a decision is going to be made in texas that impacts you regardless of where you live. and that is why we cannot afford to take our eyes off that ball. like i, said we can talk about this for two hours pollution mondays enjoy the rest of your evening. welcome to ayman tonight. house republicans have been accused of faking the weaponization committee, and new allegations against fox requests but it s who share what it means for our democracy. then student debt is on the docket. we ll break down the biden student loan forgiveness plan. and the special women s history month pale. state attorneys from across america on the fight to protect reproductive rights and your right to. about i m on headed, let s get started. let s go back to the beginning of last month for a moment. when congressman jim jordan gavel to hurst herring of the