as soon as possible . the defence say, we can t tell you when we re ready until we ve even seen any of the evidence . the big argument we need to look out for will be on the 28th of august when, based on the information that is given to donald trump by the prosecution, the two parties will argue when he can stand trial. will that be before the 2024 election date in november or afterwards? well, it certainly seems eminently possible that it would be before. now to the us state of texas, which has seen one of the most significant challenges to its abortion ban since it came into force last year. on friday, a districtjudge ruled that the ban is too stringent for women facing dangerous pregnancy complications, adding that the ban must allow for exceptions in good faith , without doctors fearing the threat of criminal charges. the ruling was blocked just hours after being made public, however, after an appeal was filed to the texas supreme court by the state s attorney general.
hours after being made public, however, when an appeal was filed to the texas supreme court by the state s attorney general. court by the state s attorney general. if the high court upholds the ruling, women with fatal fetal abnormalities as well as health concerns would become eligible for an abortion. unseasonable weather has been hitting parts of europe with flooding in slovenia and austria with storm antoni passing over large parts of britain and ireland. our reporter nicky schiller has been monitoring what s happening across europe. unseasonable summer weather has hit large parts of europe. i want to take you first to georgia and show you some pictures there. as the search for survivors continues after a deadly landslide on thursday, you can see there a torrent of mud swept down that valley. 11 people died and dozens are feared missing. the army has been brought in to try and help find them. the good news is that 200 people were evacuated to safety.
from those two during the january 6th committee meetings. that shaye moss was afraid to do so much as go to the grocery store or speak her mother s name out loud. yes, fani willis is being smart and heads up to make sure there s no one in her county who is endangered because of whatever decisions she ll make in the next couple weeks. we don t want to get too far ahead of our skis. if there is an indictment, what are the most likely charges? i think we ve long been working under the assumption, who is an expert in georgia s rico statute, is envisioning a widespread sort of indictment. we ve also seen in the last couple weeks a michigan indictment by the state s attorney general where she charged only the inside folks in michigan, only the people involved in the fake electors scheme there leaving other charges related to the election
department of being a political weapon. we have a man the only way he can get elected is to weaponize the justice department, which he s gone around doing. i didn t know practically what a subpoena was. and grand juries and all of this. now i m becoming an expert. i have no choice because we have to it s a disgrace. if you say something about an election, they want to put you in jail for the rest of your life. we have prosecutors that are evil people. these are evil people. deranged. i call them deranged. meanwhile in michigan the state s attorney general has brought felony charges against 16 fake electors who signed certificates falsely claiming that trump had won the election. and in florida, a federal judge is signaling that she may push back the start date of trump s criminal trial for allegedly mishandling classified documents. she suggested that mid december is actually too soon. we have full team coverage on all of these angles and these big developments. starting with pau
very close yearslong friend chris christie could be inching closer to a possibility. special counsel jack smith giving us the biggest signal yet he s close to seeking an indictment of the already twice-indicted ex-president. trump broke the news this morning that he has been sent and has received a target letter in smith s probe into the efforts on trump s part to undo his 2020 defeat. we do not know what exact parts of smith s expansive investigation the target letter pertains to, but trump was told he had four days to report to a grand jury. over in michigan, the state s attorney general, dana nessel has announced felony charges against 16 fake electors, people who signed paperwork falsely claiming that trump won the 2020 election as part of a scheme to overturn the results there. today also marking the first pretrial hearing in jack smith s other criminal case against the ex-president when examining his