When . Weeks and still has not ruled. Nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. Where do things stand after todays arguments . Reporter judge Aileen Cannon said she would rule promptly on these two motions to dismiss and seemed skeptical this afternoon of the argument about the president ial records act. Remember, what donald trump is saying under the president ial records act he could deem any record in the white house whether classified document about Nuclear Secrets or identity of the cia officer, foreign asset, he could deem that a personal record, take it home and store it in his bathroom. Special counsel jack smith says than an absurd argument and eastern the judge said i dont see how that gets dismissal of the indictment. That one. Another argument, motion to dismiss on the grounds the Espionage Act is unconstitutionally vague. Argued that this morning. A long shot. A law used hundreds of times to prosecute people who have taken home or leaked classified docu
hello and welcome. ukraine s president zelensky has left the british prime minister s country residence, following a surprise visit to the uk. after talks between the two, rishi sunak pledged long term support for ukraine to ensure that it s able to defend itself into the future. mr zelensky said the pair had discussed western nations providing kyiv with fighter jets, with the aim of creating what he called a jets coalition . our world affairs correspondent caroline hawley reports. the latest stop in the whirlwind tour. his visit here only announced this morning. president zelensky arrived at chequers fresh from talks in france with president macron. the mission to get from the west of the weapons he needs to fight back against russia. it is a second trip to the uk this year and he says he and his team are here to discuss substantive negotiations. you are the first foreign leader i have had the privilege of welcoming here as prime minister. yes, a privilege to be here. you
the backlash to is no coalition government. and whether it plans to help women s war with russia. including militarily, and his relationships with both the current and former president. of the united states. we started our conversation on the surge of violence between israelis and palestinians which in recent days have set off fears of perhaps a new uprising that could lead to a bloody, deadly war. tonight, the u.s. state department confirms senior u.s. officials are remaining in the middle east after traveling hair to try to help israel and the palestinian authority lower the temperature. that s where i started our exclusive conversation with prime minister netanyahu earlier tonight. netanyahu, thanks for so much for joining us. my pleasure. wait a minute, i have to tell you something and i spent some years in philadelphia. i don t want to intervene in politics but i understand that you ve made it to the super bowl. we did. i offer you my congratulations. all right
law. and now this is how it s going. it is the sound of the police, the home of the 45th president of the united states has been rated by the fbi. nothing like this happen, before we don t know how this ends. they even broke into my safe, exclamation point. busy news week on, monday the fbi spent more than nine hours searching donald trump s mar-a-lago home and now, we actually know what they found after judge publicly released a search warrant. according to the list of items, agents removed 11 sets of classified documents, including some that were labored either secret and top secret. the documents are a part of the investigation, and a possible violations of the espionage act. another loss of course. it is not clear if trump himself is under investigation for those charges were not. earlier this, week the washington post reported that fbi agents were searching for documents related to nuclear weapons. we are down gonna talk more about that later. the paper cited sou
He wrote thats despite us claims that china is providing vital war material to russia. President macron is expected to warn president xi against backing russia in the conflict. Lets speak to jonathan cheng, the china bureau chief for the wall streetjournal. Thank you forjoining us today, jonathan. Lets talk about the wider diplomacy first. President xi has been on somewhat of a diplomatic blitz recently, although usually receiving visitors rather than going abroad. How significant do you think this troop is . I how significant do you think this troop is . This troop is . I think its re this troop is . I think its pretty important this troop is . I think its l pretty important because, this troop is . I think its pretty important because, as you point out, he rarely leaves china these days and certainly during covid he didnt and this is one of his few trips outside and i think its significant because i think in beijing, they still see europe as potentially winnable, if you want to call