hello, welcome to the programme. number 10 say britain needs a deterrent against illegal migration, the draught bill clearing its final hurdles in the commons this evening. we will discuss what s in it. did the british government get it right in sudan? uk nationals urged to make their own way to an airstrip north of khartoum, through countless checkpoints and under their own steam . eight flights left today. but still several thousand to evacuate. also tonight. reports ukraine is getting ready for the next major assault against russian forces. we will look at the current situation on the ground, and assess just how well equipped they are to do that. and where is the government s strategy on semi conductors? the uk is losing ground to rival countries in a crucially important sector. we will speak to the director of one start up who is threatening to relocate his operations to the united states. but first, to westminster, where mps have been voting this evening on the illegal
alvin bragg, he has stuffed the da s office with the department of injustice people including one top doj operative from dc that is running horse face witch hunt. some are questioning the timing of trump s possible arrest, mike pence defended former boss today saying the prosecution feels politically motivated, watch. at a time when there s a crime awe in new york city, the fact that the manhattan da thinks that indicting president trump is his top priority, i think, is just tells you everything that you need to know about the radical left in the country. feels like a politically charged prosecution here. very interesting. so i want to go to you first on this guy because we had little bit of discussion earlier today. now you have mike pence coming out in somewhat of a defense of donald trump, we know how donald trump feels about all of this. but i m wondering are republicans going to come together and circle the wagon an donald trump around this or his potential other 2
america s defence secretary says he s had a rare phone call with his russian counterpart in the aftermath of a collision between a russian fighter jet and a us drone. the race is now on to recover the wreckage of the unmanned aircraft. it s thought to be 1,200 metres deep in the black sea. russia has also said it will try to find the wreckage. meanwhile, america s top general said the whole incident was a result of russia s increasingly aggressive behaviour in the area. us defence secretary lloyd austin gave this update earlier. asi as i have said repeatedly, it s important that great powers be models of transparency and communication. and the united states will continue to fly and to operate were ever international law allows. and it is incumbent upon russia to operate its military aircraft in a safe and professional manner. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james landale, has this report from kyiv. this is the kind of unmanned aircraft that crashed. an mq 9 reaper patrolling th
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lot going on. we re glad you re with us. let s get started with the five things to know for this wednesday, april 5th 2023 donald trump defiant after pleading not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records during a speech last night, he vowed to fight the charges and railed against the prosecutors and the judge. i ll let that sink in. what you just said is a lot and look at that. so their celebration, at least in chicago , there s a new mayor in the windy city senior projects that progressive brandon johnson has won the runoff in chicago. he s going to join us live right here on cnn this morning, eight o clock hour 88 a. m eastern time a seat change for wisconsin cnn projects, liberals will now hold the majority on the state supreme court. that is a significant flip that could have major implications for abortion rights and future elections. also house speaker kevin mccarthy is set to meet with the president of taiwan in california. today it s a rare meeting on