betsy, one of the reasons we think that the grand jury is hearing evidence related possible campaign fraud, is because bernie kerik, who we mentioned in the lead, and according to your reporting, was meeting with prosecutors on monday. can you tell us more about why bernie kerik may be the sort of kevin bacon of all of this? a person that connects the various spokes on the wheel? yeah, he s a bit of a forrest gump type character. he and rudy giuliani go way, way back, to their days running a powerful office within the city of new york. bernie kerik of course was the nypd commissioner, he has been very close allies of giuliani for decades now. and in that crazy window, between election day 2020, and january 2026, bernie kerik very much worked hand and glove with rudy giuliani, under him, on that legal team that was trying to find any sort of evidence, any sort of pretext to make the case that the election had been stolen by joe biden.
head coach thomas tuchel says his bayern munich side need a miracle to get past manchester city, and into the champions league semifinals. city lead 3 0 from the first leg. full commentary on 5 live and bbc sounds. arsenal managerjonas edival has criticised the scheduling of tonights wsl clash with leaders manchester united. his side travel north before playing the first leg of their champions league semifinal on sunday. edivalfinds it odd chelsea, who play their champions league match on saturday, haven t been required to play midweek too. and action is back under way at the world snooker championships. britains jack lisowski and kyren wilson are both in first round action.
to announce a ban on tiktok on government phones later today. an official announcement is expected in the next hour or so. we ll give you the latest as we get it. in other news. john lewis has axed its staff bonus for a second time after losses grew during a very tough year . the department store firm, which also owns waitrose supermarkets, reported a 235 million pound pre tax loss. the company said it faced with a more challenging environment and was tripling its target to make savings from 300 million pounds to 900 million pounds by january 2026. russia s trade minister says he sees car sales rebounding this year by at least 30% according to reports in the russian media. russia s auto industry was one of the worst hit sectors from western lead sanctions over russia s invasion of ukraine.
john lewis has axed its staff bonus for a second time after losses grew during a very tough year . the department store firm, which also owns waitrose supermarkets, reported a 235 million pound pre tax loss. the company said it faced with a more challenging environment and was tripling its target to make savings from 300 million pounds to 900 million pounds by january 2026. bankruptcy court filings made by the new management of the collapsed crypto currency exchange ftx say the former boss sam bankman fried received more than $2 billion from entities linked to the company. his lawyers declined to comment. mr bankman fried is facing a number of federal charges related to the collapse of ftx accusing him of securities fraud and looting the platform for personal gain. much more of all those stories on
opponents say that this cash handout will not help to bridge the gap, and it doesn t address the actual problems of homelessness. when you look at a problem like homelessness and the root issue there, it s more than a need for a monthly check. these people usually need the help of another person, not a government program, to address the root problem of their homelessness. reporter: opponents also point out that a handout system using taxpayer dollars like this could further fuel inflation if. as i mentioned, this is not the first universal income program in our country. here in new york there s a pilot program that guarantees income for 2,400 artists in a no strings attachedded style. in san francisco they re giving universal basic income to 55 transgender residents. again, this would be the first statewide universal income handout. if the bill is passed, it would be in effect until january 2026. knievel? neil: thank you for that,