those business records include entries in business ledgers kept by the trump organisation, cheques and cheques stubs from a donald] trump account, and invoices from his former lawyer, michael cohen, who testified that he paid daniels on behalf of trump to suppress her claim of an affair from 2006. 0ur north america correspondent nada tawfik is in new york with the latest. the jury went home without reaching a verdict on the first day, deliberating for nearly five hours. the judge started off the morning by instructing them, telling them to not let any bias against donald trump get in the way and to decide this case on the facts. and he instructed them that they need to find two parts to find donald trump guilty. first, that he personally or in concert with others falsified business records. and secondly, that he did that to conceal and with intent to conceal another crime. they said that other crime could include a violation of new york or federal election law, or even tax vi
the icelandic capital, reykjavik the fifth in six months. hi there, thanks for being with us. we start in new york where the 12jurors in donald trump s hush money trial have begun their deliberations. in the first ever criminal trial of a us president, mr trump is facing 3a counts of falsifying business records. prosecutors accuse the former president of an elaborate scheme that violated campaign finance laws. they say he and his campaign team tried to cover up a $130,000 hush money payment to adult fim star stormy daniels, in order to supress her claims of an affair with mr trump in 2006. mr trump speaking outside the court. so it seems that there - are a lot of witnesses, a lot of people that they could ve called, that they didn t call. they didn t call them obviously because they would ve - very bad witnesses for them. but take a look at the list i and because of the gag order, i won t go down into individual names. i but you have a lot of big players that would ve
thank you for being with us. we start in new york where the 12jurors in donald trump s hush money trial have begun their deliberations in the first ever criminal trial of a us president. mr trump is facing 3a counts of falsifying business records. prosecutors accuse the former president of an elaborate scheme that violated campaign finance laws, to cover up a $130,000 hush money payment to porn star stormy daniels. those business records include entries in business ledgers kept by the trump organization. cheques and cheques stubs from a donald j. trump account. and invoices from his former lawyer, michael cohen, who testified that he paid daniels on behalf of trump to suppress her claim of an affair from 2006. well speaking outside the court mr trump took issue with the wittnesses that were called and the crimes he is being charged with. so it seems that there are a lot of witnesses, a lot of people that they could ve called and they didn t call. dating column obviously b
from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news it s newsday. glad you could join us. it s newsday. glad you could join us. it is seven in the morning in singapore, midnight in london and seven in the evening in washington where the us government top lawyer has been facing tough questions about alleged russian interference in last year ‘s elections. jeff sessions says clancy colluded with moscow were detestable lies. allegations. day such as these, the stage for the latest instalment of a russian saga gripping washington and destabilising the trump house. last week we saw the testimony of james comey, fired by the president. now the sequel. he came out counterpunching, fierce in his denial that he d held meetings with russian officials last year to discuss interfering with the presidential election. the suggestion that i participated in any collusion, that i was aware of any collusion with the russian governments to hurt this country, which i have serv
it s 8am in singapore 1am in the morning in london and 8pm in the evening in washington, where the us government s top lawyer has been facing tough questions about the alleged russian interference in last year s presidential election. attorney generaljeff sessions said that claims he colluded with moscow were detestable lies . and he defended the controversial sacking of the fbi directorjames comey. from washington, nick bryant reports. capitol hill, on days such as this, america s most elegantly designed theatre. the stage for the latest instalment of a russian saga gripping washington and destabilising the trump white house. last week saw act i, the testimony of this former fbi directorjames comey, fired by president trump. now the sequel, attorney generaljeff sessions, a former trump campaign adviser, now the head of the justice department. he came out counterpunching, fierce in his denial that he d held meetings with russian officials last year to discuss interfering wit