We start in the uk where the first Asylum Seekers to be housed on Board A Barge in dorset are expected to arrive later today. The use of the Bibby Stockholm to house up to 500 people had been delayed by safety concerns. Ministers insist the vessel will help reduce the cost of placing migrants in hotels. Dan johnson reports. Three weeks after reaching portland, the Bibby Stockholm looks like its about to take up its role, as a home for Asylum Seekers and a display of a tougher approach to immigration. This is part of the governments insistence on reducing hotel bills, currently around £6 million a day, and deterring migrants from crossing the channel. Its controversial. Concerns about fire safety saw it labelled a death trap, but it seems everything may now be in place. We have seen a letter sent to Asylum Seekers, saying theyll be moved here later today. Now, that did happen twice last week and then there were delays, but this is the first time a specific date s been mentioned. And th
Delay. These big moments involving the courts in the role of law, there is no one i like talking to more than congressman jamie raskin. Lucky for us, hes here in studio and hes coming up first. Plus well ask the law firm of weissmann and katya how all this might impact the classified Documents Case down in florida. Also today, dueling visits at the southern border, as a former president fires up the four machine. Im gonna ask what democrats should be doing about. It and later, Mitch Mcconnell announces hell leave his leadership post later this year. Well take a deep dive into his legacy and the Frankenstein Monster he helped create. In the years since Donald Trumps Third Supreme Court nominee was confirmed, just weeks before the 2020 election, there has been this big question hanging out there, will they help him, and if so when will they help him. Well this week the Supreme Court announced they were taking up trumps absurd claim of president ial immunity, and in turn they granted him
The charges are Conspiracy To Defraud the United States. Conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of an official proceeding, and conspiracy against the rights of citizens. The former president is due to appear before a federal court on thursday In Washington, dc, as Our Washington correspondent sean dilley explains. Chanting we love trump hes the first president to be charged with a federal crime. But if previous cases are anything to go by, Donald Trumps third indictment is only likely to boost his popularity with Republican Voters. The charges he faces, though, are serious. The 45 Page Indictment accuses the former president of knowingly spreading false claims about Election Fraud to trick and persuade states into helping him overturn the election results. The police are now running back into the capitol building. Hes not been charged with inciting the violent scenes of january 6th, but prosecutors have drawn a link. The attack on our Nations Capital on january 6th,
also tonight, the harrowing images in florida. a private passenger jet coming down on i-75, hitting a vehicle on the ground, bursting into flames. we re not going to make the runway. we ve lost both engines. the pilot reporting losing both engines before going down. at least two people killed. victor oquendo standing by. president biden furious over questions raised about his age and memory, and the special counsel s report clearing him of criminal wrongdoing over his handling of classified documents. the president insisting his memory is fine. the white house today trying to control the damage over what is already a campaign issue. mary bruce at the white house. here in new york city, late word on the search for a teenager accused of shooting a tourist inside a store in times square. authorities identifying the alleged shooter, a 15-year-old from venezuela dressed all in white. aaron katersky with new reporting. tracking a new winter storm taking aim at the northea
and minutes earlier, a 5.7 quake hit just off the big island, followed by several aftershocks. late details just coming in. matt gutman in california. also tonight, the harrowing images in florida. a private passenger jet coming down on i-75, hitting a vehicle on the ground, bursting into flames. we re not going to make the runway. we ve lost both engines. the pilot reporting losing both engines before going down. at least two people killed. victor oquendo standing by. president biden furious over questions raised about his age and memory. and the special counsel s report clearing him of criminal wrongdoing over his handling of classified documents. the president insisting his memory is fine. the white house today trying to control the damage over what is already a campaign issue. mary bruce at the white house. here in new york city, late word on the search for a teenager accused of shooting a tourist inside a store in times square. authorities identifying the alleg