Breaking tonight, there is word that New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers could be in the running for the vise presidency. Hes reportedly on the shortlist for Robert F Kennedy junior and rfk junior joins us live with answers about that in minutes. But first, dismissed. Several key charges in the election interfere his case against former President Donald Trump have been dropped and the Fulton County da pursuing the case might also be on her way out. For Senior National correspondent kevin cork is live in dc with wear the case goes from here. Reporter good evening trace. The charges dropped against the former president , notably involving what prosecutors have deemed a Pressure Campaign on georgia secretary of state. Including the infamous call in which mr trump asked him to find enough votes. Exactly 11,779 to overturn joe bidens apparent victory in the state. The judge ruled that as written, the six counts contain all the essential elements of the crimes but failed to allege suffic
Daily shows roy wood jr. And before the speeches over the next couple of hours, were going to cover the biggest stories driving the week. Setting the stage for our coverage, and of course of this iconic d. C. Event. That also includes mike pence testifying before the special counsel reinjury, to e. Jean carroll trial, newly incriminating sound that could come up in the future lawsuits against fox, the firing of Tucker Carlson, the ethical lapses of Clarence Thomas, neil gorsuch, and the conservatives on the Supreme Court. But lets talk about some of the characters who are certain to play a prominent role at tonights event, perhaps in the remarks as well. This week President Biden officially kicked off his Reelection Campaign. In his First Campaign ad, biden cast himself as a warrior, fighting for the freedom of the American People. Part of the president strategy here is to frame the gop as a quote, extreme movements bent on overturning fair elections, restricting access to abortion, an
the bbc finds evidence of a mounting death toll in rural areas. we ll be live in sydney for australia day and examine the divisions over the country s colonial legacy, with many young people shunning the holiday. and there is new evidence that the way humans communicate could have come from apes. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. meta has announced it will reinstate donald trump s facebook and instagram accounts, two years after he was suspended following the capitol riots. nick clegg, the president of global affairs, has laid out the reasons for the decision on the meta website. he says: and that: the former us president has also given his reaction on his own social media platform, truth social, saying: he goes on to say that: peter bowes told me more about the events leading up to donald trump s removal. he was removed from facebook the day after the january six riots, the assault on congress. the former
with artemis, we are going to stay. proving humanity. can live on the moon. mars. and other worlds. the countdown is on. a historic launch just hours away that could pave the way for a mission to mars. newsroom starts right now. hello everyone. thanks for joining me. i m fredicka whitfield. we begin with major developments into the investigation of former president donald trump, the director of national intelligence now telling congress she is conducting a damage assessment of the classified documents seized by federal officials from the president s home. according to the heavily redacted affidavit released on friday, 184 classified documents were recovered from mar-a-lago in january months before the fbi search, some of which were labeled among the highest classifications of top secret intelligence, and there is new movement in the courtroom. a federal judge overseeing the case says she has preliminary intent to appoint a special mas s master as trump requested
ballot. that s true. but he is casting a pretty big shadow as he continues to endorse some, it s not always clear, i might add, who he is endorsing, more on that in just a moment. and the timing will be pretty interesting here. it isn t just post january 6th. it s post the first series of january 6th hearings. we ll see whether it impacted voters and which way it did. it hasn t seemed to impact the platforms, though, of candidates in several swing states. some continue to echo the baseless fraud claims and there is a whole slate of them in arizona who are running for top positions like governor and attorney general, secretary of state and senate, you know, consequential office holders for those who run elections. also closely watched, the senate race in missouri. trump has endorsed an eric. okay, but which eric did you mean to endorse, sir? rivals eric greitens and eric schmitt both claim trump meant them and trump for his part has yet to clarify, now, on election night. it s