Millions at risk of flooding after torrential rain storms in china. Hello, im lucy hockings, welcome to Bbc News now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. Less than seven months before voters in the United States go thanks to the polls, the unprecedented new York Trial of one of the president ial candidates donald trump moves to Opening Statement in a few hours. The former president faces 3a counts of Business Fraud in a scheme to pay off Porn Star Stormy Daniels to make sure an account of his alleged extramarital sexual encounter with her did not get published on the eve of the 2016 president ial election. The identities of the five women and seven men on thejury are being kept secret for their own protection. Security is tight,
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Coming just three days after a Man Set himself on fire outside the courthouse in an unrelated incident. The man later died. You can imagine the amount of cameras operational in New York around the courthouse and around here, trump tower. They are expecting Donald Trump to leave his home shortly, going to the Manhattan Courthouse where the trial will get under way. We expect opening arguments to start in a couple of hours. He has pleaded not guilty to 34 hours. He has pleaded not guilty to Sa Counts of Falsifying 3a counts of falsifying business records. He also denies having an affair with stormy daniels. Lets speak to richard painter, who was the chief White House ethics lawyer. He is now a Law Professor at the university of minnesota. Opening statements in a few hours
millions at risk of flooding after torrential rain storms in china. hello, i m lucy hockings, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. less than seven months before voters in the united states go thanks to the polls, the unprecedented new york trial of one of the presidential candidates donald trump moves to opening statement in a few hours. the former president faces 3a counts of business fraud in a scheme to pay off porn star stormy daniels to make sure an account of his alleged extramarital sexual encounter with her did not get published on the eve of the 2016 presidential election. the identities of the five women and seven men on thejury are being kept secret for their own protection. security is tight,
2016 election to keep silent about her claimed affair with trump. And here we have michael cohen, the fixer, who pleaded guilty to making that hush Money Payment to Stormy Daniels in 2018 but he says trump directed him to send that money. Another potential witness is a Playboy Model Karen Mcdougall who claims to have had a previous illicit affair with Mr Trump and said she was paid Hush Money by American Media incorporated for her story forcing her to keep quiet, which brings me to the then Chairman And Ceo of that tabloid who was part of a catch and kill scheme to support Mr Trumps 2016 president ial run. He would essentially buy the rights to stories that would make trump look bad and then refused to publish them, to suppress the damaging information. He is expected to be the first witness called after the opening arguments. Ads,