funding for social care. hello and welcome to bbc news. we go straight to new york where donald trump will be in court in the next few hours, to face criminal charges. that has never happened before and as you d expect, there s huge focus on the former president. these are live pictures from manhattan outside the courthouse. there s a heavy security presence as you d imagine. the charges relate to hush money paid to a porn star just before the 2016 election to keep quiet about an affair. the full details of the charges will become clear when the indictment is unsealed. let me show you pictures from trump tower. in terms of what we are likely to see in the coming hours, it will not be donald trump when he is there but the judge has it will not be donald trump when he is there but thejudge has ruled it will not be donald trump when he is there but the judge has ruled the media will be allowed to take still pictures in the courtroom, but cameras will only be allowed in t
today about. this is one of they are tools now, sadly, in politicking, which tools now, sadly, in politicking, which is tools now, sadly, in politicking, which is using the state, notjust the doj which is using the state, notjust the doj and the fbi back the states, to charge the doj and the fbi back the states, to charge candidates, and if you look to charge candidates, and if you look at to charge candidates, and if you look at this from 30,000 feet and don t look at this from 30,000 feet and don t take look at this from 30,000 feet and don t take a partisan view, if the republican simply say that donald trump republican simply say that donald trump shouldn t run because he has been trump shouldn t run because he has been indicted, then the democrats will have been indicted, then the democrats will have succeeded and they will have an will have succeeded and they will have an incentive to do this again and again have an incentive to do this again and again and