here in new york by all appearances it looks like da alvin brag is wrapping up his investigation into potential hush money payments before the 2016 election. and there is a chance that criminal charges could be filed against donald trump a chance his former attorney, michael cohen, who served time for violating campaign finance rules when he paid porn star stormy daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about the affair she said she has with donald trump is testifying before a grand jury as we speak. michael cohen is he said that donald trump knew what he was paying for and knew that michael cohen, his lawyer, was doing it on his behalf we ll get into the evidence he could be presenting to the jury in a moment. we also have an answer from donald trump s lawyers about whether he, donald trump, will accept his own invitation from da alvin bragg to also sit for the grand jury. we have no plans on participating in that proceeding it s a decision that needs to be made still, no deadline h
millions of dollars to deal with illegal channel crossings. hello and welcome to bbc news. start in the us where regulators have shut down silicon valley bank, one of the major lenders to tech companies and start ups. in one of the largest banking failures in the us since the 2008 financial crisis. tech correspondent jane clinton has explained how it happened. but forjames. this is one of the days that will go down in silicon valley history and it certainly one of the most stressful days for silicon valley founders in modern times. we spoke to people today who have been able to withdraw their money from silicon valley bank and some haven t. one person put in a wire request yesterday and waited nearly 2a hours and eventually found out they got the money out but another person says they have tried and tried and tried and have not been able to withdraw any funds and say they physically came down to one of these branches to try and get these branches to try and get the money out.
prediction yet. and in los angeles, the students are told to stay home as there a massive strike in the school district. that is what we are watching at this hour. thank you for being here. i m kate bolduan. we continue with the focus in new york city and the possible indictment of donald trump. over the weekend the former president claimed that today is the day he would be arrested though he is the only one to say so, a not even his legal team is saying that. this all has to do with the manh manhattan district attorney s movement to get a indictment against the former president. but this has not stopped officials from new york to washington to get prepeared an bracing for possible protests today, and internal nypd memo says that all officers are expected to be in uniform and ready for deployment. kara scannell is outside of the courthouse, and what you seeing for us? well, we are in a wait and see mode. we were outside of the courthouse after michael cohen was provid
but only on the gun crackdown policies that he supports. instead of trying to find commo ground. the president taking the opportunity to bash and blame republicans. according to a new poll, the majority of americans don t agree with biden. over half don t see school shootings is the guns problem. but that s not stopping biden from trying to strong-arm congress into doing what he wants. president biden: for so many of you at home, i want to be very clear. this is not about taking away anyone s guns, we need to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. if we can t ban assault weapons we should raise the age to purchase them from 18-21. the fact that the majority of the senate republicans don t want anti- of these proposals even to be debated or come up for a vote i find unconscionable . i believe the majority of you will act and turn your outrage into making this issue central to your vote. enough, enough, enough. that s not good enough from some on the left. here ar
Deserves our supporter. General jack keane, thank you so much. Well talk to you soon. Second hour of fox friends starts right now. Steve it is 2 00 in the afternoon in israel. A newly released hamas hostage speaking out for the first time this morning recalling the terrifying moment she was kidnapped by the terrorist group. To tell you the truth, ive been through hell. We never knew that we would come into this situation. Ainsley 85yearold Yocheved Lifshitz still awaiting the release of her husband in hamas custody with around 220 other hostages. Lawrence we heard from the some of those families in the last hour detailing the last conversations they had with their loved ones before they were taken. Brian trey yingst is on the ground in southern israel with the latest. Trey. Reporter hey, guys. Good morning. Israelis ramped up air strike on the gaza strip and more than 400 targets of hamas and Islamic Jihad hit by the israelis and were continuing air strikes on the gaza strip behind me