Good evening and welcome to a special early edition. Im laura coates. Live. We begin with breaking news. Special counsel jack smith is now thinking a gag order against donald trump in the classified documents case. Jack smith is asking the judge to quote, make clear that trump may not make statements that pose a significant imminent and foreseeable danger to Law Enforcement agents who are participating in the investigation and prosecution of this case. So now, why is it special counsel asking for this . You might be asking, well, its because of what donald trump said this week when he falsely claimed, but fbi agents who searched maralago or quote, Locked And Loaded and authorized to shoot him. He was misrepresenting the standard language and documents and the fbi says it uses routinely. Heres by the way, how attorney general Merrick Garland explain it just yesterday okay. And that one that allegation is false and it is extremely dangerous the document that is being referred to in the a
Was for gold. Now its for oil. Guyana is fast becoming a petrostate, the Fastest Growing economy in the world. But new wealth has stoked old tensions. Neighbouring socialist venezuela claims a vast chunk of guyanese territory. The stakes are suddenly very high. We shall Never Surrender an inch of our territory. Heavily forested guyana has always been a carbon sink. Now, with the oil and gas flowing, some call it a carbon bomb. Fragile ecosystems are vulnerable to possible oil spills and rising sea levels. Guyana is making choices which will have global impact. Will they be wise ones . Its republic day in georgetown, guyanas capital. Party time for the countrys 800,000 people. The ministry of Natural Resources is on the road. I want to hear you make some noise. The stage is set here for transformational change, a resource driven economic boom that will spread unprecedented wealth through the generations. In past decades, guyanas dominant commodity was gold, found deep in the forested in
Seriously, im more excited than a Guy Seeing Beetlejuice with lauren boebert. Im more excited than a jets fan during the first three plays of the season. Youve got to be kidding me in case youve forgotten, im jimmy. Ive been off the air five months. Weve been gone so long. Weve been gone so long, the bachelor is now a grandfather. Its been a long time since our last late show. We looked at the calendar today, and check my math on this, i believe we have been off the air for 154 indictments. A look at some of the late night shows which returned to tv for the first time in five months. We have a lot to get to this morning, including a recap of day one in Donald Trumps Civil Fraud Trial in New York City. Part of that is the Punishment Phase. Well tell you about the moment that seemed to enrage the former president. Also ahead, the latest on Kevin Mccarthys Speakership Battle as a far right Republican Forces a vote in the house to decide his fate, whether he keeps his job as speaker or whe
For the last three decades. Last week, azerbaijan seized this disputed region. Fears of Ethnic Cleansing and persecution have driven over 6,650 people to cross into armenia, according to the armenian government estimates. Roads leading towards the Armenian Border are jammed with traffic as people leave in search of shelter, safety, and humanitarian aid. Our reporter Natasha Zotova is on the ground at one of the aid tents in armenia where refugees have sought help. She sent in this update. We are in this village right on the border between armenia and Nagorno Karabakh. We can see the refugees coming through the border to armenia. Here in this tent, they are being registered. People are fleeing with their belongings because they are afraid, theyjust dont believe they can be safe in Nagorno Karabakh under azerbaijan rule. Some people told me they dont expect to get home ever. Azerbaijan is promising not to target civilians and to respect the rights of Ethnic Armenians living in the region
This small group of House Republicans to want to live up to that deal and america could be faced with paying the price for that. Republican hardliners want more spending cuts. A partial shutdown could result in Paycheque Delays for millions of americans, Air Travel Distruptions and impacts to public programmes focused on everything from poverty to environmental safety. Earlier on monday, the Us Agriculture secretary, tom vilsack, warned that if a decision isnt reached by october 1st, millions risk food insecurity. It isa it is a programme that impact and effect of a 50 of all newborns in this country. Nearly 7 million pregnant mothers, new mothers and Young Children count on it every single day to receive support. With a shutdown, what we would see across the United States is a denial of those benefits and opportunities. In some cases, it would be literally within a matter of days. The last Government Shutdown in the us was in 2019. Us senator bob menendez says hes confident hell be cl