president trump and going after his possible pending indictment as politically motivated. un-american, and another a partisan attempt to try to bring him down. a manhattan grand jury is hearing a case related to a hush money payment made to adult film star stormy daniels in the run-up to the 2016 election. today they will hear from one final witness robert costello, a one-time legal adviser to president trump s former attorney michael cohen. he is expected to rebut cohen who has been the key witness against donald trump, isn t he a known liar? just establishing that fact. the grand jury will then need to decide whether it will indict donald trump and that could happen as soon as tomorrow. several legal experts are questioning the strength of this case however, manhattan district attorney alvin bragg is looking to elevate the misdemeanor issue to a felony and make donald trump the first former president in history to face criminal charges. and house speaker kevin mccarthy went
First, new year, new congress and new problems for Kevin Mccarthy as he struggles to secure the speakers gavel. The pushback hes getting from his caucus with time right nowing out to secure the votes he needs before republicans take control of the house. Its one of the busiest travel days for what has been one of the craziest travel seasons in recent memory. Ahead, were on the ground at one of americas busiest airports. And youll want to turn up the volume for this one. Who stands to benefit from new big changes for Retirement Plans and Student Loan Payments this year . How it could affect your bottom line. Plus, the new restrictions for women in afghanistan that groups say will cost lives. About 25 hours from now, the 118th Congress will convene with republicans in charge of the house of representatives. But its still far from certain who their next speaker will be. Nbc news has obtained a letter Written On Sunday by a group of nine current and incoming House Republicans expressing sk
two democratic members for disorderly conduct after they took part in a protest for stricter gun laws in the chamber last week. justin jones and justin pearson have been ousted, but a third democrat seen in the middle of these pictures, gloria johnson narrowly survived the vote, which requires a two thirds majority. the three led a protest in the state capitol in the wake of a deadly school shooting in nashville that left six people dead, including three young children. with me now is former representative justin jones, one of the democrats who was just expelled from the tennessee house. justin, thank you very much for joining us here on bbc news. first and foremost, where exactly are you? you know there have been massive protests at the house in nashville so what is happening around you? yes. is happening around you? yes, thank you is happening around you? yes, thank you so is happening around you? yes, thank you so much is happening around you? yes, thank you so m
ali velshi we re following our top stor this morning in a new post for truth social former president donald trum is claiming that leaves from the manhattan district attorney s office indicate tha he will be arrested on tuesday he is calling for hi supporters to protest and quote, take our nation back to be clear, right now, this i just a claim being made by the former president the manhattan da s office ha declined to comment, and there has been no other indication w know of at this hour tha charges have been filed. in a statement following up on trump s post, a spokesman also confirmed that they have not received a notification that trump will be arrested o indicted trump s super pac that out a press release slamming manhattan s district attorney, alvin bragg. this comes after a week of major developments in the da s investigation into trump s rol in the hush money payment made to adult film star, stormy daniels. daniels met remotely wit manhattan prosecutors on wednesday. t
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