Calls quote extraordinary measures to avoid defaulting on our debt. Which looks a lot more likely now that the most conservative wing of the Republican Party seems to have a Tightening Vice around speaker Kevin Mccarthy. If they can keep the government open, the Republican Party is gearing up for a series of investigations into President Biden. What they Just Announced a couple of moments ago, in a second. One of the investigations, the president himself, all about handdelivered to them, wrapped in a shiny bow, the white house is facing hard questions about why it was not more transparent about the discovery of classified documents, and not one, but two locations. Especially as the president himself was criticizing the former president for mishandling his own classified documents. White house lawyers say the number of documents found is small and nbc news has just confirmed what one of them was marked with. What we know about that document in a moment. And what exactly is the process b
live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers we begin in moscow, where russia has accused ukraine of trying to assassinate president vladamir putin. ukraine says it had nothing to do with the incident, in which a drone was seen flying over the kremlin, before a small explosion. president zelensky said kyiv only fought russia on ukrainian territory. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, sent this report from moscow. flying in from the left, what appears to be a drone. then an explosion over the kremlin. this footage is unverified, but the kremlin says that, overnight, two drones targeted the residents of the president. moscow blames ukraine but says that no one was injured. on russian state tv, a dramatic start to this talk show. the presenter announces breaking news. there s been an attempt, he says, to assassinate putin. in daylight down at the kremlin, we couldn t see any obvious signs of the explosions. lots
washington. glad to have you. here right now in south carolina, there are major developments in alex murdaugh s double murder trial. the prosecution now respond ing after the defense presented its closing arguments yesterday. defense attorney jim griffin made an emotional plea when wrapping up his presentation. there are two words that justice demands this thises case and those two words are not guilty. the oath you have taken in this case it requires a verdict not dwlt. on behalf of alex, of buster, on behalf of maggie and on behalf of my friend paul, i respectfully request that you do not compound a family tragedy with another thank you. just before closing arguments began, the judge remove d a jurr for discussing the case outside of the trial. diane gallagher is outside of the court in south carolina. diane, what more did the defense say today as they were presenting to the jury in these final hours of this trial? reporter: jim griffin spoke for about 2 hours and 15
chris. i say it often but really quite a time kind a crazy last 24 hours i thought. did you think that well, i did, my friend. i thought it was pretty wild. and i ll leave it there a lot going on. all right, have a great show thank you thank you at home for joining us this evening so you know a court case is going to be interesting when the judge asks the jurors questions like these anyone ever been to a rally for mr. trump, anyone believe the last presidential election was stolen, what about the three percenters, communists, proud boys, kkk, anyone been a member? those were the questions a judge had to ask jurors. that case centers on allegations trump raped e. jean carroll in a new york department store in the 1990s and those are allegations trump denies and the questions the judge asked the jury in that case they basically tell you everything you need to know about trump s base of support right now. are you a member of a radical militia group, how about the kkk
how alvin bragg s policies are empowering criminals. bill: democrats dismiss it. ] s indictment of donald trump is the reason they re here. the victims of crime tell a very different story. dana: one of the people we re hearing from today is jose alba. last year a repeat offender attacked him last year in the deli where he worked. he fatally stabbed the attacker in self-defense. bragg s office initially charged him with murder. bill: that prompted a massive public outcry. bragg dropped the case under great pressure. republicans say that this points to a larger problem with progressive prosecutors. it s driven by these left wing d.a.s who come in with a political agenda. instead of focusing on protecting people, families, communities an small business owners they are about politics and it s almost like every night you see some senseless act of violence on our screens that happen on the subway or city street and it is just wrong. dana: we have reaction from john levi