didn t know last week, at the beginning of last week, but these two words don t appear in almost all of the coverage of what is happening at the secret service. the two words are, james marie. james murray is the person who donald trump appointed director of the secret service, when donald trump knew he was going to need the secret service for a lot more then protecting him from death threats. when donald trump made james murray head of the secret service, donald trump knew he was going to need the secret service to help him hold on to the presidency. we will be talking about other things in this hour, you will hear from stacey amen, when she joins us, about the ban on abortion in georgia. which went into effect today. you will hear what happened in the steve bannon trial today. one federal prosecutors confidently rested their case after presenting just to technical witnesses, and you will see and hear, the mother of the mass murderer in uvalde texas, who was confronted by ot
from death threats. when donald trump made james murray head of the secret service, donald trump knew he was going to need the secret service to help him hold on to the presidency. we will be talking about other things in this hour, you will hear from stacey amen, when she joins us, about the ban on abortion in georgia. which went into effect today. you will hear what happened in the steve bannon trial today. when federal prosecutors confidently rested their case after presenting just two technical witnesses, and you will see and hear, the mother of the mass murderer in uvalde texas, who was confronted by other mothers, today, mothers of the murdered children. telemundo captured that confrontation on video and we will present it later in the hour. but we begin tonight with james murray. the director of the secret service who has remained in that position during the biden administration, even though he was appointed by donald trump. the first director of the secret service app
Weaponisation of the federal government and fire the director of the fbi. that is his way of saying to trump supporters, i agree with you with the charges against donald trump are politically motivated, but i m still the guy you should like to put in charge of all of this. when he is having to make that case, it still means this race is all about donald trump, who is still very clearly the front runner in the polls, and very much the man that all the republican candidates have to try and beat. all the republican candidates have to try and beat- to try and beat. sarah smith there in iowa to try and beat. sarah smith there in iowa for to try and beat. sarah smith there in iowa for us. to germany next, and two people have died trying to escape from a fire in a high rise apartment building in berlin. the fire brigade said the victims eitherjumped or slipped from the 12th floor of the 15 storey block. another person was injured. it s not clear what caused the blaze. the release of the
Donald trump has said he is only being targeted by the justice department because he is polling well in the race to return to the white house. he didn t give any evidence, but said this at an event in iowa attended by other republican hopefuls. he is speaking after prosecutors widened a criminal probe into claims he mishandled secret documents. 0ur north american editor sarah smith was at the event. there are about 1,200 republican supporters in this ballroom this evening, listening to all the different republican candidates, trying to decide who they should support for the republican nomination. but of course, the night was dominated by one man. and, of course, that one man was donald trump. this is the first speech he s given since the new criminal charges were unveiled against him. he s a man whose legal problems just keep piling up and up, and never seem to stop. but he won t let that deter him, and he didn t tonight. i mean, this was not the best speech he s ever given. he was rus
Seem to stop. but he won t let that deter him. and he didn t tonight. i mean, this was not the best speech he s ever given. he was rushing through his script, trying to stick to the ten minute time limit. but nonetheless, he still grabbed everybody s attention and did what he always does best made it all about him. that s what all these other candidates are up against, what they re trying to compete with. one of the lesser known candidates, former congressman will hurd, well, he dared to say the only reason donald trump is running for president is to try and stay out of prison. well, he nearly got booed off the stage for that. ron desantis, well, he got a very enthusiastic reception, in fact, and he approached the whole issue rather differently. he didn t say donald trump s name, but he did say that if he s elected president, he would end the weaponisation of the federal government and fire the director of the fbi. that s his way of saying to trump supporters, look, iagree with you