hello and welcome. ukraine s president zelensky has left the british prime minister s country residence, following a surprise visit to the uk. after talks between the two, rishi sunak pledged long term support for ukraine to ensure that it s able to defend itself into the future. mr zelensky said the pair had discussed western nations providing kyiv with fighter jets, with the aim of creating what he called a jets coalition . our world affairs correspondent caroline hawley reports. the latest stop in the whirlwind tour. his visit here only announced this morning. president zelensky arrived at chequers fresh from talks in france with president macron. the mission to get from the west of the weapons he needs to fight back against russia. it is a second trip to the uk this year and he says he and his team are here to discuss substantive negotiations. you are the first foreign leader i have had the privilege of welcoming here as prime minister. yes, a privilege to be here. you
i am a victim of one of the great political smear campaigns in the history of our country. the entire thing has been a witch hunt, and there s no collusion. if there were lawyers they d be disbarred for what they re doing. it s a one-sided witch hunt, and i am a victim, i will tell you i m a victim oh, they re after me for so many things oh, those prosecutors. for years donald trump has complained about potential legal problems now it s a reality for the former president we have a lot to get to this morning on the historic indictment by the manhattan grand jury plus, we ll have reactions from top republicans including former vice president mike pence. and also ahead, a look at the security measures being put in place across new york city as authorities prepare for possible protests ahead of trump s arraignment. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this friday, march 31st, i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us, and we will begin this friday w
someone who used to be president and currently running to be president again, is caught up in so many allegations of misconduct, of crimes. and so everything changes now. i mentioned this once earlier tonight. we will remember march 30th. it will be marked in the history books. the future is unwritten, whether it s marked at the beginning of a trial that sends someone to prison or the beginning of a process that cleared his name. we can t tell you that and anyone that tries to p prejudge that might be getting ahead of the process but is the end of a period where donald trump was not legally held to account. and today, in the rest of donald trump s life are different, as he learns, perhaps for the first time in his life, what it is to be completely out of control, to have to react to a government and propecsecutorial system whe his antics do not matter what matters is what a judge says, what a jury of his peers says not what he says or posts. so we re going forward on this tog
hi, everyone we start with the fireworks in washington, d.c., today. emanating from the committee set up by the housegop. it took republicans 15 votes now in the days and months that fod followed, the house gop has done nothing except projecting the rest of their colleagues and us to the grievance of lies and conspiracies that animate life over on earth 2 where they live. today a hearing by the so-called weaponization commit presumably focused on censorship on social media and a lawsuit brought by the then-republican attorney general of missouri, he has to be an attorney from missouri, pushing back against efforts by social media to fight disinformation schmidt was one of two witnesses brought forward by republicans, but republican majority on this committee who testified and was dismissed, sent away before democrats could ask one single question so much for a functioning committee in which the free exchange of ideas and sharing of witnesses prevails democrats were justifiabl
worse. the economy is in a recession at a 40 year high and gas prices more than doubled and supply chain is a disaster and housing market in a huge tail spin and violent crime on the rise in small towns and big cities all across the country and california, they can t keep the lights on. meanwhile broad europe at war and china threateddenning to blow us up and reunify with our ally taiwan and afghanistan is once again a safe haven for the terrorists who perpetrated 9/11. now naturally according to joe biden and his fellow democrats, maga republicans are the greatest threat to america. that s their primary campaign message. take a look. we have a enough republicans to get it past but the truth is there s a lot more republicans taking credit for the bill than we voted for. we re building this new bridge here and we re all for it. we ll have an internet. i love him, man. they ain t got no shame. no shame. republicans have awakened a powerful thing in this nation. women. no, i m