nine tax-related charges. the feds alleging he failed to pay his taxes while spending millions on an extravagant lifestyle. a preview of monday s big case for former president donald trump, where he is set to take the stand as his defense team s final witness in his $250 million civil fraud trial. also breaking overseas, a rocket attack on the u.s. embassy in baghdad. what we re learning about who is behind it. in gaza, massive explosions as israel says it hit at least 450 hamas targets in the last 24 hours. it comes as hamas says it has launched a barrage of missiles against tel aviv. and the state of texas now threatening doctors after a landmark court ruling granted a woman an emergency abortion. we ll hear from the woman at the center of that case. we begin this hour with new legalroubles for hunter biden. a california grand jury has indicted president biden s son on nine charges including three felonies. th charges against him include failure to file and pay taxe
right now as israel intensifies its assault on southern casa, president biden and his administration are focused on easing the deadly impact of the war, applying pressure on the idf to protect civilians as it carries out its operation. the white house has enlisted congress to help in that regard, urging lawmakers to pass a bill that would include israel aid and humanitarian assistance. while also addressing ukraine, and the crisis at the border. house republicans seem focused on other matters, the new speaker, mike johnson, says he thinks he has the votes to launch an impeachment inquiry into joe biden as early as this week. and on the gop campaign trail, the presidential hopefuls once again scheming to blow up obamacare, pitching half baked plans to replace a program american families have relied upon for well over a decade. the two parties are telling us exactly what they care about at this very moment. american voters will show what matters to them in 2024. we have a
the madsen tunnel? yeah. it s a pretty foil place to die. the murder happened on the summer solstice. this whole occult story came out. there is evidence of a cult activities taking place up there before. he told me that he had witnessed a murder. [inaudible] and that he was helping the police with it. little by little it started coming out. there had been some plot afoot. brutal, and violence, and chaotic, they are vicious killers. it was a horrible betrayal. this wasn t supposed to happen ever. it was a chilly december morning, 2020. the high desert outside of los angeles. in there, behind barbed wire and secure blocks of thick concrete, a prisoner was placed in front of a camera. it was a parole hearing, for a life or who was not supposed to be set free. 50 miles away, nervous and worried, the sisters of the man s victim listen to a live broadcast. with her, historic l. a. homicide detective, now retired. and rick jackson. powerless to interve
losing the governor s race in the deep red state of kentucky, you can add to your list. willie, i wrote this down. i ve been working. copy off your paper. the trump culture of winning. are you ready? now, after last night s results, trump and his republican party have lost the elections in 2017, 2018, 2019 hold on, let s see no, they also lost in 2020, they lost in 2021, so maybe they won in 20 no, no, trump republicans lost in 2022 and they lost in 2023. they don t really, the crazy thing is, you look at these primary voters they don t really care. donald trump is the political heroin of losing. take a shot of 2016 and lie back and smiling while your party loses in 2017, 18, 19 20 and coming back in 2024. yeah, daniel cameron the republican, rising star in the republican party was backed by donald trump in the state of kentucky, ran a tough race and lost by five points, the democrat governor andy beshear won impressively last night. the democrat in a state t
half hour of people hadn t wished that we were still locked in the studio that we managed to get in. and before we were going on air, i was telling paddy about the last time i got locked out of my flat, and it was because i had to go and pick up a signed copy of michel barnier s brexit diaries. long, long story and also from a very long time ago, that s very on brand. but should we explain what we re actually doing here? yes. so newscast is our daily news podcast that you can get every day on bbc sounds. obviously, during the election, we are majoring on covering the election coverage, the election campaign of all the parties. and every saturday we re here live on radio four to bring you some kind of newscast style reportage of the week. newscast from the bbc. we will look back at what s been happening all week in the election campaign. but if we ve got some breaking news, we will start with the breaking news and there s a classic scoop coming our way. well, it s interesting.