very hard for him. remember the largest number of registrations in the united states are independents followed by democrats and republicans, the independents who dislike both parties frankly and 83% of the americans by the way do not want either of these two candidates to run for the presidency this time, those independents save doon not want a convicted felon so i do think that would hurt him. but the numbers are not, even though the polls are tilted his way right now and i think thatis tilted his way right now and i think that is because of all the media attention he is getting related to the case, as we get to the end of this thing, as things tighten up, this thing, as things tighten up, this is going to be a get out the vote election, these are two candidates in the united states who have been known to the american people for the last five decades, there are not a lot of people out there are not a lot of people out there who are left undecided about which candidate. so in
is there a purge of the left? and the decision that will resonate around and the decision that will resonate around the and the decision that will resonate around the world. what will trump s trial mean around the world. what will trump s trial mean for his election chances? trump s trial. welcome to newsnight, live each weeknight at 10:30pm. our political panel with us this evening samuel kasumu, who was a special advisor to borisjohnson he resigned as the former pm s race advisor. and coco khan, who is co host of left leaning podcast, save the uk. welcome to verified live. welcomed to newsnight. we re starting tonight as we did last night talking about diane abbott. back now as a labour mp having been suspended, but uncertain, it would seem, about whether she would be able to stand at this election if she wanted to. she says been barred sir keir starmer says that s not true. here she is tonight at a rally in her london constituency. i promise you that, as l
in the past five years from 800,000 to 250,000. the paper has been handed out for free since 2009. the fall in readership is being blamed on more people working from home and the fact that wifi is now available on the underground. to the latest in a war in gaza. now the latest on the war in gaza. a national security adviser to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says that he expects fighting to continue for at least the rest of this year. the israeli military says it s taken control over a 14km strategic zone along the border between gaza and egypt, known as the philadelphi corridor. an official said troops were located in most of the corridor in southern gaza and controlled the area with surveillance and firepower, despite calls for the operation to be halted to prevent more civilian deaths. authorities in the netherlands are investigating the death of a person who was ingested by a running jet engine at amsterdam s skiphol airport. klm the airline whose plane was in
two more. he s already appointed two that have been very negative in terms of the rights of individuals. the idea that if he s reelected he s going to appoint two more flags upside down is really, i really mean it. could this be the scariest part of all of it? i think it is one of the scariest parts. look, the supreme court has never been as out of kilter as it is today. here s why appointments on the supreme court matter. on friday, the conservative majority of the court reinstated bump stocks, the device that allows a semiautomatic weapon like it is an automatic weapon. it s what the las vegas shooter used to fire more than 1,000 rounds in eleven minutes and kill 58 people at a music festival in 2017. critics say the obvious. this decision just made it a whole lot easier for somebody to almost instantly kill a whole lot of people. and those somebodies are out there. in fact, just a day after that decision to roll back what little gun restrictions we have left in this