Weve just seen donald trump leave the courtroom in manhattan. Donald trump back in court today at the Hush Money Trial in ny. The former president is accused of falsifying Business Records to conceal damaging stories that would have undermined his bid for the white house. Back on the stand today was the lawyer who negotiated a payment for porn star stormy s daniels. Keith davidson has been detailing how that 130,000 payment was arranged. But in the course of his testimony, prosecutors took him back to the election night, in 2016. And a text message he sent at 3 in the morning to the editor of the national enquirer. What have we done . He wrote. 0ur North America correspondent Nada Tawfikjoins us from new york. The suggestion being that their efforts to quash these stories had in no small part assisted Donald Trumps route to the white house. Thats exactly right, christian. He was asked to say but that text message meant. He said the understanding was all of their efforts had in some way
Of thousands of federal employees are sent home without pay. We can speak now to our north america correspondent, sean dilley, who has the latest. From what ive just read, things have moved on somewhat. The house has voted for this stopgap bill, its still to go to the senate and its still to go to the senate and its not really the main event, isnt it . , its not really the main event, isnt it . 3 , its not really the main event, isnt it . , ,. , isnt it . Its pretty nailbiting stuff here isnt it . Its pretty nailbiting stuff here in isnt it . Its pretty nailbiting stuff here in washington, isnt it . Its pretty nailbiting| stuff here in washington, dc, isnt it . Its pretty nailbiting stuff here in washington, dc, its right out of the pages of a netflix house of cards episode. 90 against, this is really, really interesting because it doesnt include any new funding for ukraine. It does continue with other aid funding and the notion that it will keep the government running until the midd
Of thousands of federal employees sent home without pay. This is the moment in the house when the result of the vote was announced, on this about, they yeas or 235, the bill is passed, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. This is what the Republican House of representatives speaker, Kevin Mccarthy had to say about passing of the bill. Just moments ago on the house floor, we passed by overwhelming numbers the ability to keep government open for the next six weeks. Youve got to understand why we are here. The senate has produced not one Appropriation Bill through the floor. The house . More than 70 . Discretionary spending has now passed. I do not believe our troops need to be punished for us not getting the work done. So i ask congress will stay in session the next two weeks, continue to work to get this done. We can speak now to our north america correspondent, sean dilley who has the latest. So sean, i wonder if you could break down exactly what took place over the last few
A hugely consequential day for donald trump. The criminal trial resumes in manhattan, a decision is pending on the gag order which he continues to flout. And a hearing in the Supreme Court on whether he is entitled to president ial immunity. All that within hours of trump being named as a Co Conspirator in a new set of indictments in arizona. We have got top legal analysis for you tonight on a whole string of legal problems facing the former president. Also tonight the case that sparked the metoo movement. A top court in new yorks today overturned the 2020 conviction of the hollywood mogul harvey weinstein, on grounds he did not receive a fair trial. The Scottish First minister scraps the snps Power Sharing Agreement with the greens. Opposition parties are threatening a vote of no confidence. And we will look at labours proposal to renationalise the uks railways. But is it full fat nationalisation we will get you an expert view. Good evening. The Declaration Of Independence held certai
Phil foden just a lucky deflection from a free kick for their second goal, so 2 0 at the moment to manchester city. More now on liverpools new Manager Situation and who will replace jurgen klopp because arne slot has confirmed to dutch media that he wants to join liverpool. Slot is currently in currently in charge of the rotterdam side feyenoord, who are Playing Tonight and are second in the eredivisie. He reportedly told espn tonight that the two clubs are negotiating and that he is awaiting the outcome. The man behind red bulls formula 1 success, adrian newey, is leaving following the controversy around the Team Principal christian horner. Newey is regarded as the greatest f1 designer in history, and as red bulls Chief Technical Officer for nearly 20 years, hes credited with both red bulls hugely successful eras, including sebastian vettel s four world titles and max verstappen s current domination. Before that, the british designer worked at williams and maclaren for drivers like ni