Peter bowes has moran if this came as a surprise. Has more. I think it was inevitable that this would end up in the Supreme Court. Donald trumps claims averted been rejected by a lower court and he claims he is immune to this kind of criminal prosecution because he was president at the time. This relates to the allegations that he tried to overturn the result of the 2020 election and mr trump faces multiple charges including one that he conspired to defraud the come of this was a trial does do to start very soon next month and it is been delayed and it is now on hold reading from the Supreme Court that they intend to hear arguments in april, the third week of april and a decision expected at some point injune and we know now that this trial, if indeed it goes ahead, it will not be happening until at leastjuly and were getting into Political Convention season in the election is looming in november and one of donald trump tactics has always been to try to delay these Legal Proceedings ag
a number of afghan refugees have already arrived in the united states as part of president biden s pledge to help those fleeing the country. several hundred have now arrived in the united states. the white house has not been the united states. the white house has not been particularly has not been particularly forthcoming about how many they ll take in total, but temporary accommodation is now being set up at four bases in the united states, and one of those is fort bliss in texas. laura trevelyan is in austin, texas for us tonight. texasis texas is one of the states with one of the closest links to the taliban? that s right, there are 15 military bases here in the great state of texas, and many of those interpreters who worked for us forces in afghanistan, made friends with the us soldiers and have resettled here in the state of texas. so for more on how the
ripples from afghanistan, nearly 8000 miles away, are being felt here in austin, texas, i mjoined 8000 miles away, are being felt here in austin, texas, i m joined now by 21 year old grant rommel, president of the young republicans here at the university of austin, texas. you are 21, so america has been at war in afghanistan for the whole time that you ve been alive. you ve been alive. pretty much, eah. i you ve been alive. pretty much, yeah- i have you ve been alive. pretty much, yeah. i have no recollection - you ve been alive. pretty much, yeah. i have no recollection of. you ve been alive. pretty much, yeah. i have no recollection of a world yeah. i have no recollection of a world where the united states is not in afghanistan. so for me, this is totally in afghanistan. so for me, this is totally uncharted territory. so what do ou totally uncharted territory. so what do you make totally uncharted territory. so what do you make of totally uncharted territory. so what do you
he wanted to get into a bit about the covid that is spreading in texas. it is not interfering with your appearances there in austin? it is to a certain degree. for the most part we are only bucking outdoor gigs right now. and it s the kind of thing that we spent a year plus, 17 months or so not playing a gig at all. so anything we can take at this point, we are happy to do it if it s outside. we are also ready for another round of shutdowns. we re rolling with the punches. that s the best we can do. but rolling with the punches. that s the best we can do. best we can do. but we are at the end of our best we can do. but we are at the end of our programme. best we can do. but we are at the end of our programme. and i best we can do. but we are at the end of our programme. and you i | best we can do. but we are at the i end of our programme. and you i hope it s in a place out. i m going to let you take it away to play as out some funk at the end of our programme. some funk at the end
but with the taliban as well. they ve carried out hundreds of firefights and attacks, many of them suicidal. so they are really dangerous. and the threat intelligence that the us got hold of a few days ago was that they are planning some kind of an attack, probably a suicide bomb attack at kabul airport which could provide targets on us servicemen and women who are operating there, or simply trying to sow chaos and confusion which is what they thrive on and to embarrass the new taliban authorities, to be able to say, look, you aren t in trouble of the country in control of the country. country in control of the country- country in control of the country. country in control of the count . . ~ ., , . stay with us on bbc news. still to come: we ll be live in texas, one of the american states where temporary accomodation is being set out for afghan refugees.