under way, jury selection in the manhattan s district attorney s case set to begin this hour. while former president donald trump has not been personally indicted the trial could impact the future of his business empire. we re live outside the courthouse. across the u.s. rsv infections spreading in children and that is also sparking concern about what the rapid spread of this virus could mean for the weeks and the months ahead. cases now reaching a two-year peak sending more kids to the hospital, in fact, three quarters of pediatric hospital beds now in use across the country. and in the uk a possible new prime minister today. this hour the candidates to replace liz truss will be announced. do either former finance minister rishi sunak or house of commons leader penny mordaunt have the 100 needed nomination their conservative party nominators. we are live in downing street. here in new york the manhattan district attorney s tax fraud trial against the trump organization
just hours from now a high-stakes hoe doun in a florida courtroom. i m john berman with brianna keilar and this is a new chapter in the battle over sensitive documents recovered from mar-a-lago. the immediate issue whether a special master will be appointed to oversee the documents that were seized from donald trump s beach house by the fbi. donald trump wants a special master. the government insists there is no need for one. a judge will hear arguments at 1:00 p.m. eastern time. in the blockbuster filing from the department of justice tuesday night the doj argued that the appointment of a special master would impede the government s ongoing criminal investigation and if the special master were tasked with reviewing classified documents, would impede the intelligence community from conducting its ongoing review of the national security risk that improper storage of these highly sensitive materials may have caused. trump s lawyers made several arguments in a court filing las
accountable, and the legislation that might serve you, it all goes away. joining me now is current florida congresswoman and candidate for u.s. senate, congresswoman val demings. she is a former impeachment manager and trump s first impeachment trial. we are both in the beautiful city of new orleans celebrating before we get into, that i want to ask you, because you served as a house impeachment manager, i have been riveted by the testimony each week but something else more shocking happens every week. i want to hear your, thoughts you ve more intimate view, what was the most shocking thing you heard out of the january 6th hearings so far? tiffany, it s great to be back with you. let me just say, during the first impeachment trial, there was no doubt in my mind that the president used his power to try to coerce a foreign power. it isn t interesting that it s ukraine to interfere in the united states election? i knew that we would be at this point, because i knew number on
the allegations. he s been granted bail and is due to appear in court again next month. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. for once, the headlines coming out of ukraine have been dominated by diplomacy rather than the latest from the war front. the leaders of the eu s three biggest countries staged a visit to kyiv on the eve of a key brussels decision will ukraine be given official eu candidate status? for the zelensky government, it would be a symbolic prize to match the practical military and economic assistance still urgently required. well, my guest is one of ukraine s deputy prime ministers, olha stefanishyna. is ukraine getting the backing it needs? deputy pm olha stefanishyna, in kyiv welcome to hardtalk. hello, stephen. thank you very much forjoining us. now, over the last few hours, you have been heavily involved in hosting the leaders of france, germany, and italy in kyiv. the meeting, as we speak, is still ongoing. does the fact
and economic assistance still urgently required. well, my guest is one of ukraine s deputy prime ministers, olha stefanishyna. is ukraine getting the backing it needs? deputy pm olha stefanishyna, in kyiv welcome to hardtalk. hello, stephen. thank you very much forjoining us. now, over the last few hours, you have been heavily involved in hosting the leaders of france, germany and italy in kyiv. the meeting, as we speak, is still ongoing. does the fact of this visit give you hope that you re finally going to get the levels of assistance from europe that you say you need? well, we have been very clear from the very beginning that regardless the outcomes of the negotiations, which are in fact are still ongoing for the third hour already between the leaders, regardless of these outcomes, this visit is already historical and it will be historical not only because of their physical presence here, but also because the historical issues on the agenda. first and foremost, these are