Kim jonguns planned and very rare trip to russia. What it could mean to ukraine, and what a former american four star general makes of that and other Key Developments in the par. Plus, is it passover already . The exodus is on from the burning man desert, where Tens Of Thousands have been stranded by a plague of mud. Good evening. John berman here in for anderson. We begin this labor day evening with a picnic, president ial politics, and polling. They all came together in New Hampshire. Several republican Candidates Stumping at the same picnic, and new polling thats no picnic for all but donald trump. It matters, the experts say, because now is when voters really start paying attention. And this is attention getting. Trump now has the race nearly to himself. 59 Report Support from republicans. His nearest rival, ron desantis, now 46 points behind. As for a potential trumpbiden matchup in the general election, its 4039 and a large number, 17 , undied. Head to head without third parties
The prosecution allege it is the manner in which she was paid. And how it was ultimately covered up. Daniels was paid by donald trump just before the 2016 election. The defence say to protect his family. But the prosecution alleged she was paid through his adviser Michael Cohen who was later reimbursed for Legal Services by the trump organisation. An attempt to falsify Business Records in that way, is typically classified as a misdemeanor, in new york. But the prosecution argue that because it was paid right before the 2016 election that then constituted a Campaign Finance crime. A felony. For which Michael Cohen pleaded guilty in 2018. That is what Stormy Daniels testimony is central to this case. What was she paid for, and why was it so urgent . The former president says there is nothing to see. Lets speak to nada tawfik, our north america correspondent, whos in new york. There have been questions in recent days about whether this is actually cutting through. I mentioned the evidence
Accused of hacking personal details of 270,000 personnel, reservists and veterans. Shortly well cross the defence secretary , grant shapps, who secretary, grant shapps, who used to give a full statement in the house of commons. And thats all coming up between now and 6 00. Welcome to the show and always delight to have your company. Later in the show ill company. Later in the show ill be asking this question. Politicians, counsellors crying allah akbar. Others kicked out of their parties for anti semitism. Sexthe honey traps, lobbying scandals, british politics to me seems to be absolutely in the gutter. Is be absolutely in the gutter. Is it time for an independent political ombudsman to kick all of these into shape and kick the bad apples into touch . Let me know. Do you think they mark their own homework too often . How on earth can these counsellors who seem more obsessed with gaza than britain, be allowed to carry on . They seem to get away with all sorts of stuff. Let me know your
My calendar. Did you actually. Oh, i suppose all the semi finals are all this week, but its come into the attention of many people that are, candidate, i suppose , are act candidate, i suppose, are act this year has perhaps not been the most positive about britain in the past. No. No. No. And you would have thought if you were representing your country at such an event that are lots of people enjoy, lots of people enjoy that you would be, patriotic, but perhaps not Olly Alexander. He says he has Olly Alexander. He says he has an ambivalent relationship with the union flag, as it can be divisive and nationalistic now, he says. Now, he says, i think this sounds a tad arrogant, he says. Now, he says, i think this sounds a tad arrogant , that this sounds a tad arrogant, that he is going to reclaim the flag when , of course, he will be when, of course, he will be draped in it, because thats the done thing at eurovision. So he done thing at eurovision. So he thinks that he can reclaim it. An
Negative adequate warnings. There are fears the true number of deaths could be close to 20,000. In britain and arrested on suspicion of murder, detectives are questioning three relatives of ten year old sara sharif. In the uk, the Prime Minister rishi sunak insists it is an absolute priority to protect in the uk from foreign state interference, including beijing. Time for a look at the sport. Hello from the bbc sport centre. If the hosts had hope for theirfirst game of the rugby world cup. The second brings significant expectation france will provide another win. After a three day break, the tournament resumes later with their match against uruguay in lille. France have made wholesale changes from the team that won that opening game against new zealand. 12 in all to take on uruguay. Who are ranked 17th in the world. Theyll be captained by anthonyjelonch, whos recovered from a serious knee injury. While uruguay are playing for the first time at this world cup after sitting out the first