Breaking news, its now up to the judge in the Georgia Election fani willis the foreign will highstakes hearing ending just a short while ago, with willis in the courtroom and the fate of the criminal case against donald trump on the line. Also tonight, trumps trial date in the classified documents case is still Up In The Air after a crucial hearing in florida attended by the former President Trumps lawyers arguing against the Special Counsels proposed july start date while warning about conflicts with Trumps White House campaign. And theres more Breaking News. Were following President Biden announces us airdrops of humanitarian aid for gaza, urging an immediate temporary ceasefire between israel and hamas as the president faces dissent among fellow democrats over the war. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world im wolf blitzer a year in the Situation Room excuse cnn Breaking News. Lets get right to the Breaking News on the fani willis disqualification hear
District attorney fani willis is fates still up in the air as the judge weighs whether to disqualify her and her entire team of prosecutors from the case against donald trump and other defendants for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. These people, your honor, is a systematic misconduct and they need to go lawyers for trump and others charged in the case are arguing that willis hired nathan wade, a Special Prosecutor when they were romantically involved, and then she benefited financially from the trips they took and dinners they shared. She put her boyfriend in the spot paid him, and then reap the benefits from it that she created the system and then didnt tell anybody about it. Willis testified last month insisting the relationship began after wade was appointed to lead the trump case and arguing she paid him back in cash when i saw how did they did mr. Wade april 2020 2022 around the i dont know, growing up, my daddy had three safes and now, though my father bou
After years of keeping a low profile Paula Venables was thrust into the spotlight this week and making her way through a scrum of cameras may have been the easy part. She started with an apology. I would just like to say, and im gratefulfor the opportunity to do this in person, how sorry i am for all that subpostmasters and theirfamilies and others have suffered as a result of all of the matters that the inquiry has been looking into for so long. There were tears as she was asked about the death of a subpostmaster who took his own life after being financially ruined by the post office. And i mentioned that. Im sorry. I imagine that i was probably. Just pause. Try and compose yourself if you can, and then continue your evidence, please. She defended her role. She may have been the boss, she said, but she wasnt responsible for everything. And she wasnt told everything either. You are not responsible for everything that happens underneath you. You have to rely on the advice of internal an
But he says hes now concluded, there comes a moment when you know its time to leave, that a new generation should lead. Rishi has the plan our country needs, he added, i will do everything i can to support him. But as rishi sunak toured the Titanic Quarter in belfast, the list of mps jumping ship continued to grow. Among more than 100 other mps Standing Down, the former Prime Minister theresa may, the former leader of the house of commons, Andrea Leadsom, and former defence secretary ben wallace. While the conservatives are now seeing more mps walk away than in 1997, labours losses are less substantial. Keir starmer took his campaign to glasgow, hoping scotland will pave his way to a win. After mps lined up to mark the close of Parliament Last night, the campaign is well and truly under way, with both potential Prime Ministers constructing their arguments to the country as they try to build up support to win. Hannah miller, bbc news. Lets cross to the newsroom and speak to our Politica
The list of mps jumping ship continued to grow. Among more than 100 other mps Standing Down, the former Prime Minister theresa may, the former leader of the house of Commons Andrea leadsom, and former defence secretary ben wallace. While the conservatives are now seeing more mps walk away than in 1997, labours losses are less substantial. Keir starmer took his campaign to glasgow, hoping scotland will pave his way to a win. After mps lined up to mark the close of Parliament Last night, the campaign is well and truly under way, with both potential Prime Ministers constructing their arguments to the country as they try to build up support to win. Hannah miller, bbc news. Lets speak to our Political Correspondent harry farley who is in the West Midlands now. With keir starmer, i imagine. What is he up to and what will be the focus . ,. ,. , focus . Im in the Bellwether Seat of stafford, a seat focus . Im in the Bellwether Seat of stafford, a seat at focus . Im in the Bellwether Seat of s