donald trump has become the first us president in history to be charged with a crime. he ll be charged in new york over alleged hush money given to porn starjust before the 2016 presidential election. mr trump, who s running again for president, has repeated he s innocent, and called the indictment political persecution and election interference. his son eric said it was the opportunistic targeting of a political opponent in a campaign year. in a moment, we ll get the view from washington with our correspondent nomia iqbal. first, let s go to the court in new york. the bbc s nada tawfik is outside the court in new york. you have been there for the last few hours. what is the latest now? latest now? well, we are caettin latest now? well, we are getting a latest now? well, we are getting a better - latest now? well, we are getting a better sense i latest now? well, we are getting a better sense of| latest now? well, we are - getting a better sense of how all of this is lik
the fbi last year, there was a boost in support for him amongst republican voters and republicans. i think it is genuine generally thought this will secure the robert w relation. to get to the actual presidency, if he does get the nomination and let s just say he faces president biden again who hasn t officially announced is running, they will be a rematch of 2020, whether or not he wins that, who knows? whether this investigation and the charges that it is going to bring, and other investigations is facing by the way, if that helps him secure new voters, thatis helps him secure new voters, that is really unknowable at this stage. that is really unknowable at this stage- this stage. what has the reaction this stage. what has the reaction been this stage. what has the reaction been in - this stage. what has the - reaction been in washington at large to the news of his unprecedented indictment? i think you can split it down party lines. democrats have generally reacted by saying
next guest details the mystery in his award-winning book, last master outline and an expert on db cooper and case breakers solving cold cases like this one. tom, you are an expert on db cooper, who do you think he was and why did he do it? robert w was his name, a vietnam pilot, explosives expert, we know he did because when he came back from vietnam, he was kicked out for abusing his wife and that s when he plotted his revenge and spent several months doing it and after hijacking the plane asking to go to mexico, he jumped. we know where he went. eric: where did he go? as we learned in essence, he became a cia pilot before and