Just moments ago, the key question about the politics of all of this. Watch. How can the white house assure people that the case involving the president s son is being handled fairly . Anything that has been stated or said by hunters representative, ill have to refer you to his representatives. Thats not something that i will respond to. What i can say and i said it at the top, the Department Of Justice is independent. That is what the president believes. He believes this white house will not politicize the Department Of Justice. This was done under the leadership of a trumpappointed u. S. Attorney as you know. So im not going to add anything else to that. Martha id imagine well hear more along those lines. Carl rowe and general Tom Dupree Standing by with their analysis of this. First to david spunt live at Justice Department with the new developments here. Hi, david. Hi, martha. This is david weisss first full week as Special Counsel. Hes got quite a task ahead of him. Hes had a majo
Were going to get stuck into all of that and more. But before we do, lets cross live for tonights latest news headlines. Michelle, thanks very much. Good evening from the gb newsroom. Itsjust good evening from the gb newsroom. Its just gone 6 00 and we start with more budget reaction. We understand that stabilising british economy will likely mean more taxes. Thats according to the International Monetary fund. Despite yesterdays cut to National Insurance , the £0. 02 cut from insurance, the £0. 02 cut from jeremy hunt comes as a cost to the government of around £10 billion. However any benefits for the taxpayer are likely to be cancelled out by an expected rise in council tax. But jeremy hunt told gb news earlier that the budget is proof that the governments fiscal plan, he says, is working. We want to end the unfairness is the direction of travel. Weve gone is to reduce National Insurance by one third. The fact that labour are opposing this today is really because labour dont have
Headlines with sophia wenzler. Thanks, martin. Good afternoon. Its 3 01. Im sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. Your wenzler in the gb newsroom. Your top story. Northern irelands first minister has apologised to the families of alleged informers who were killed by the ira and says shes whole heartedly committed to healing the wounds of the past. Her comments come after a Major Investigation found more lives were probably lost than saved by a double agent during the troubles, codenamed stakeknife, he was working covertly with the british army inside the iras internal Security Unit operation. Canova examined more than 100 murders and abductions unked than 100 murders and abductions linked to the unit. Than 100 murders and abductions linked to the unit. The linked to the unit. The investigation was conducted by Bedfordshire Police over a seven year period, costing around £40 million. Now a psni chief constable, john butcher, says there was strong evidence of a very serious criminality. St
A desperate search for survivors and bodies still underway. Several large fires across the island remain active and out of control. Several brush fires affecting the big island of hawaii. The governor declaring a State Of Emergency discouraging all nonessential travel to the Island Of Maui. All airports are open to get people out. A long road ahead to recovery. Dana jordan escaped the flames. His home burned to the ground but he and his family are grateful to be alive. Im sorry for what youve been through. What was it like and what did you go through . A lot. Definitely once in a lifetime thing you dont want to go through. Briefly an overview of my 45 minutes time frame, we saw smoke just above the hillside of our home and then kind of thought to ourselves hey, with the winds, maybe our family should start to prepare. Gather our things. Get what we need and maybe head out. Before we knew it, the flames were already at the doorstep of our a couple houses down from where we live and at o
By abuse of position. Police say by abuse of position. Police say an incident at Buckingham Palace is not being treated as terror related. Armed officers detained a man in the early hours of yesterday morning after a car crashed into the gates. He was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage , then released criminal damage, then released on bail and has been sectioned under the Mental Health act. Under the Mental Health act. Pro Palestinian Protesters are being warned they could be lending credence to extremists. Lending credence to extremists. The communities secretary is urging people to question which groups are organising the marches. Michael gove , who is marches. Michael gove, who is due to publish a new official definition of extremism , told definition of extremism, told the sunday telegraph theres no excuse for ignorance and good hearted demonstrators need to be aware that they risk fuelling hate and intimidation. Londons hate and intimidation. Londons Jewish Community has bra