Expert witness. Nobodys ever heard of it before. Thats donald trump yet again making false claims, this time doing so yesterday after testimony wrapped up in his hush money trial. The judge cleared the jury out of the courtroom because of the lawyer trump just referenced. Well have expert legal analysis on that very contentious moment straight ahead. Meanwhile, Rudy Giuliani and other trump allies accused of Election Interference in arizona are due in court today. Well explain that case and how prosecutors tracked down the former mayor of New York City. Also ahead an update on Campaign Cash of President Biden and donald trump as the rnc ramps up funding to overcome the former president s legal bills. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, may 21st. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And we have a lot to get to this morning, and well begin with Donald Trumps criminal hush money trial, which will resume later this morning after the prosecution r
Hello, im samantha simmonds. Welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. Americas top diplomat, Antony Blinken, is meeting with the chinese leader, xijinping, for talks in beijing that are expected to cover several areas of tension between the two superpowers. According to Chinese State media, mr xi told Antony Blinken us and china should be partners not rivals. He called for Mutual Respect and peaceful coexistence. There is concern that china is Making Weapons for use against ukraine. If Making Weapons for use against ukraine. ,. , ukraine. If our future leaders, if the are ukraine. If our future leaders, if they are going ukraine. If our future leaders, if they are going to ukraine. If our future leaders, if they are going to be ukraine. If our future leaders, if they are going to be able ukraine. If our future leaders, if they are going to be able to they are going to be able to collaborate, they want to be able to solve big problems. If we are
found vaccine freedom. hello, i am katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. it s a year to the day the world health organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic. since then, 29 million cases have been reported here in the us, and 529,000 people have died. tonight, joe biden will address the nation, to remember those who lost their lives, and try to give all those who ve survived this year a sense of hope. yesterday, the president announced the us government has bought another 100 million more doses of thejohnson &johnson vaccine. and in the last hour he signed that enormous $1.9 trillion stimulus bill. thank you, all. appreciate it. let s bring in our north america editor, jon sopel. it is 51 days into the biden administration, he sides into law this huge stimulus package, it has to be seen as an early win for him. yes, i think so and this is very much yes, i think so and this is very much a yes, i think so and this is very much a hallmark of what the b
Is time for our world. Kathmandu, the city i call home. My Friend Nirmala and i never felt restricted here, until we started our periods. Suddenly there were lots of things we were not meant to do, like cook or worship. My college friend, shes like im having my period, im treated like a queen, i dont have to work in kitchen, i dont have to go to temples, thats not treating you like a queen, thats like treating you like youre untouchable. The rules didnt make much sense to us growing up. My mother used to tell me that you shouldnt touch plants or they will die. Periods are still deeply taboo here in nepal. And while things in the city are gradually changing, we heard in the remote far west its very different. So were leaving our urban life to travel to the mountains, to discover why the taboos are still so powerful. And ask why some people are so scared of menstruating women that they wont even let them inside the house. They have to sleep in there, im really shocked, this is a place wh
With north korea. The us president also spoke highly of the north Korean Leader kimjong un, calling him a pretty smart cookie. President trump has been marking one hundred days of his presidency with a speech at a rally in pennsylvania. Supporters last night were pleased with how he is performing around the globe, they say they have a tough leader in donald trump. During the rally he explained to his supporters why he appears to have stopped publicly decrying china as a currency manipulator. He said to be tough on china. He explained, look, isat he said to be tough on china. He explained, look, i sat down with the president of china and asked for help with the blood can. When we spoke to supporters, they believe yea rs spoke to supporters, they believe years on the right track. A man i have got to like and respect, the president of china, president xi, i believe has been putting pressure on them also, but perhaps so far nothing has happened and perhaps it has. This was a small missile,