one-man professional firing squad targeting lifelong republican chris krebs. krebs, of course, declared the election, quote, the most secure in american history that will cost him his job. the firing of the top expert has reportedly come under scrutiny by special counsel jack smith as he investigating every piece of the trump coup plot. and the new york times reports, the team led is asking witnesses about the events surrounding the firing of chris krebs. he was the top official in the 2020 election. mr. krebs selection that the election was secure with the assertion that it was, quote, a fraud on the american people. the special counsel reportedly issud subpoenas two weeks ago to staff members in the trump white house. a key focus for jack smith according to the times. the investigators appear focused on trump s state of mind around the firing of mr. krebs. as well as on establishing a time line of events leading up to the attack on the capitol by a pro-trump mob on janu
of children in the uk. charities condemn the govenment for holding back half the money it promised to spend on the social care workforce in england. hundreds of former football and rugby players take legal action, claiming they weren t reasonably protected from head injuries. why life could get easier for air passengers, with the rules on carrying liquids to be relaxed. and the belfast boy awarded the freedom of the city for inspiring changes to the laws on donating organs. coming up on the bbc news channel. british boxer amir khan is banned from sport for two years after testing positive for a prohibited substance following his fight against kell brook last year. good afternoon. donald trump is preparing for his historic court appearance in new york today, when he ll become the first former us president to face criminal charges. he denies allegations that he paid hush money to the porn star stormy daniels before the 2016 presidential election. mr trump, who wants to run for
Youll get a different story depending on who you talk to but some of the observations i have are that the commercial retail model has had certain drawbacks that may be addressed by the social club model. Its still only about two thirds of purchases of cannabis are being made on the legal market, so theres still about a third of the market being served by illicit dealers, which, after five years, itjust suggests it has been a slow road to diminishing that stranglehold that the illicit market had on the cannabis business. To discuss that in a bit more detail lets go back to our panel. Im joined by leon emirali, former political adviser, as well as mary anne marsh, a democratic strategist. Leon, what do you think about this decision by germany . I leon, what do you think about this decision by germany . Decision by germany . I think it is interesting decision by germany . I think it is interesting. It decision by germany . I think it is interesting. It certainly decision by germany . I th
Michael cohen testifying. I watched him inside the courtroom where cohen was speaking against his former boss just a few feet away. Defense started their Cross Examination. We have been reporting on that along with our colleagues here. How it has been going. Asanother pivotal day. Michael cohen back on the stand. Trumps former fixer Michael Cohen taking the anstand. It is a whole new game this afternoon. This is the moment we have been waiting for. The crossexamination. Will cohen keep his cool when trumps lawyers begin an intense crossexamination . It has been an explosive last hour of testimony. It is getting testy. Michael cohen is about 45 minutes now into todd blanches crossexamination. Donald trumps attorneys attempted to shred the credibility of the star witness. That is some of what went down. Prosecutors have you confirmed something new. Cohen is their last witness which means they are on track to rest their case here because there will just be this Cross Examination i told yo