the country is on fire, what can i do to reduce the heat? that picks up on everything we see from the donald, that s classic trump. the former president is not somebody that will reduce the heat simply because he can or should, as a leader, an elder statesman. instead, trump back channels a nefarious message that sounds like a threat and a transaction. he was saying, in effect, according to this report, i m going to make him an offer he can t refuse. only it seems that merrick garland did refuse trump s offer, and since thursday, he has done nothing to reduce the heat with predictable consequences. on thursday, unarmed trump supporter who attacked the fbi field office, in cincinnati ohio was killed after a six hour standoff. and just this morning, a man that crashed his car into a barricade outside of the u.s. capitol before firing shots into the air from his burning car, and then turning the gun on himself. he turned the gun on himself. and breaking tonight, a new joint inte
Lila rose, in southern california, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me, stephen. Its a great pleasure to have you on the show. Ijust wonder if, right now, you feel you are wrestling with the law of unintended consequences. You welcomed that Supreme Court decision to overturn roe v wade, but since that happened a couple of years ago, its become clear that most americans do not want to see a womans right to choose an abortion to be outlawed and overturned. Thats become a big problem for you, hasnt it . Well, to be clear, the majority of americans actually support abortion restriction, stephen, which is not the case for pro abortion activists in this country. So those that are bewailing the overturning of roe v wade and Planned Parenthood are some of these very activistic, pro abortion groups, they dont want any Abortion Restrictions. And as you know, even in most european countries, abortion is largely restricted after the first trimester. Thats not so in the United States. In fact
Lila rose, in southern california, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me, stephen. Its a great pleasure to have you on the show. Ijust wonder if, right now, you feel you are wrestling with the law of unintended consequences. You welcomed that Supreme Court decision to overturn roe v wade, but since that happened a couple of years ago, its become clear that most americans do not want to see a womans right to choose an abortion to be outlawed and overturned. Thats become a big problem for you, hasnt it . Well, to be clear, the majority of americans actually support abortion restriction, stephen, which is not the case for pro abortion activists in this country. So those that are bewailing the overturning of roe v wade and Planned Parenthood are some of these very activistic, pro abortion groups. They dont want any Abortion Restrictions. And as you know, even in most european countries, abortion is largely restricted after the first trimester. Thats not so in the United States. In fact
With donald trump. That means Stormy Daniels testimony, the testimony that wrapped up today, will be the only testimony this jury hears that is directly from a woman accusing donald trump of trying to keep her quiet about affair before the 2016 election. Now, there are lots of reasons why Karen Mcdougal might not want to testify and there are lots of reasons why the prosecution might not want to call on her to testify. We are going to get some expert help unpacking all of that and what that means for this case in just a second. But, Karen Mcdougal not testifying also makes the testimony we did get today from Stormy Daniels all the more important and it makes the crossexamination of Stormy Daniels today, it makes that all the more important. The defense crossexamination today is probably most accurately described by a phrase i am loath to say, that it really does describe what happened today when Stormy Daniels was questioned by trumps lawyer, Susan Necheles. The focus was pointing Stor
Have made a range of allegations about brands controlling, abusive and predatory behaviour. Brand has denied the allegations and said his relationships have been always consensual. We now have a statement from Russell Brands agents. That statement from Russell Brands agents. Lets hearfrom our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba. This joint investigation by the sunday times. The times and channel four dispatches says that four women have made allegations of Sexual Assaults by him between the years 2006 and 2013. During the time of these allegations, Russell Brand was probably one of the best known celebrities in the country. He was presenting on bbc radio two. He was presenting on channel four and many, many other places. And he was also, as you say, acting in hollywood films. You know, his fame had spread across the atlantic. Now, the investigation says that around ten years ago, brand met a businesswoman who theyre calling nadia. She says they did have consensual sex, but when the