in texas legally. joining us now is professor james hollifield a leading authority on immigration policy. he is director of the tower centre for political studies at smu in texas. thank you for being with us. can you tell us what sb four as it is known is and what powers it gives to the police? its is and what powers it gives to the olice? , . , ., , , police? its a bill that is designed to mimic the police? its a bill that is designed to mimic the federal police? its a bill that is designed to mimic the federal law - police? its a bill that is designed to mimic the federal law on - to mimic the federal law on immigration control and border control so crossing the border is a misdemeanour offence in federal law and this makes it a misdemeanour offence in state law, punishable by six months injail and if you are caught crossing a second time or arrested for crossing before, this is a bit different. it becomes a felony, punishable by 20 years in prison. i think the hope of
but the figures aren t quite the horror show many feared. it s 8:00 in the morning here in singapore, and 1am in london where the uk has recorded temperatures of more than a0 degrees celsius for the first time. the heatwave has caused widespread disruption, and a major incident has been declared in london, where the mayor sadiq khan said fire crews were struggling to cope. the un s climate chief has warned heatwaves like the one gripping western europe are becoming more frequent. our first report is from our climate editorjustin rowlatt. with today s searing heat came fires, and lots of them. huge plumes of smoke rose above london as grassfires engulfed homes on the outskirts of the capital. the london fire brigade declared a major incident. a number of the calls that we ve been dealing with today have been wildfires or grassfires, where the ground has been tinder box dry result of the weather over the last week, but in particular, the last two days. temperature records were
Back in court with Stormy Daniels back on the stand as well as others. Now the question is did her second day under intense grilling by the trump legal neil team help or hurt the prosecutions case . You might be surprised as we wait to hear from the former president himself. We are on all of this, welcome everyone i am neil cavuto this is your world. Busy day today and a busy lineup of witnesses. Of course Stormy Daniels getting the most attention but not the only attention. Nate foy has more. From the Superior Court former president donald drum we just learned will speak and that will happen earlier than the typical 4 30 pm time. The jury well be let out early as trumps lawyers are bringing some concerns to the judge. First, i want to give you an update on the testimony, the crossexamination of Madeleine Westerhout is now underway led by susan necklace 1 of trumps attorneys. Madeleine westerhout was trump executive assistant at the white house she got emotional on the stand neil talki
it was at that point that they were arrested. they were led away. they were ticketed. this is known as a misdemeanour offence, a relatively minor offence. they were taken away. they were not in hancox. they will likely have to pay a fine in the near future. will likely have to pay a fine in the nearfuture. the point of this it seems is to keep this story and this issue in the headlines. it has certainly been successful at doing that. yes, and as you point out, keeping this issue in the headlines important for both parties to some extent, of course, given the fact that we are coming up to those crucial mid term elections, and this has been such a key focus of controversy and debate for both parties. exactly, and there has been a lot of concern that within the democratic party the biden administration hasn t responded strongly enough to what the supreme court ruled. they would have liked to have seen action