ab absentia on a number of murder trials. it s a three-tier system. he was convicted in the first degree. everyone is allowed an automatic right to appeal to this is the apellant level and his lawyer happens to be his niece. she s an untried criminal defense lawyer. we ll be learning more about her defense of him. this is the first time he ll be facing a judge. it s not the last time either. all of the cases he was convicted in absentia will have to go through this process. we can expect the coming months with him in the court. he s not in the courtroom today. he s in a maximum security prison with the cancer wing. he s being treated for cancer here on the mainland. we don t know if he ll eventually go into a courtroom but today just appearing by video link. we ll be watching. thanks for joining us from rome. the u.s. justice department says authorities have arrested the founder of cryptocurrency exchange accused of being an
if that were to happen, the germans would have to be willing to pay a lot more to heat their homes, to put it in very simple terms. and i don t know that german politicians are willing to take that cost. that is the weak link in the western alliance right now. it s not joe biden, who s doing all things considered a pretty decent job. the problem is in europe. the germans are very unsure about whether they want to be part of this deterrence piece of it. you know? and you ve got to do both. you ve got to do the deterrence. you ve got to do the diplomacy. how do you bring germany on board? is that a possibility? is that feasible? well, you know, angela merkel would have come on board, i think. but merkel had a broader conception of germany s role. it s a new government. it s untried. it s untested. but that s you know, the biden administration are having active discussions. they re trying to get other european countries to kind of persuade the germans.
the germans are very unsure about whether they want to be part of this deterrence piece of it. you know? and you ve got to do both. you ve got to do the deterrence. you ve got to do the diplomacy. how do you bring germany on board? is that a possibility? is that feasible? well, you know, angela merkel would have come on board, i think. but merkel had a broader conception of germany s role. it s a new government. it s untried. it s untested. but that s you know, the biden administration are having active discussions. they re trying to get other european countries to kind of persuade the germans. i think a lot will depend on what exactly happens. are we talking about a small skirmish, you know, biden got into trouble, as president he shouldn t have said this. but obviously it matters whether you re talking about a small incursion in eastern ukraine to
to extend those coded restrictions. they are obviously worried. they would open all businesses if in fact they felt it was safe to do so. and wouldn t that also i suppose travel just be an extension of those restrictions? just be an extension of those restrictions? , ., ., ., , restrictions? yes. you have to be wa of restrictions? yes. you have to be wary of that restrictions? yes. you have to be wary of that issue. restrictions? yes. you have to be wary of that issue. we ve - restrictions? yes. you have to be wary of that issue. we ve talked . wary of that issue. we ve talked about wary of that issue. we ve talked about there s so many times. untried, about there s so many times. untried, untested times. and it s difficult untried, untested times. and it s difficult to untried, untested times. and it s difficult to know whether or not the government is doing the right thing. they are government is doing the right thing. they are being very mindful about the health they
want a trial. mcconnell appears more interested in covering up the president s misconduct than pursuing truth and fairness. he s trying to limit the impeachment trial and he has all but announced a verdict in doing so. he s actually seems to be agreeing with sflath tor harris saying he d rather not have a trial at all. what do you think are the chank chances there would be no trial at all and that donald trump will be left impeached and untried? i think that the senator harris has it exactly right. i don t think that mitch mcconnell wants to have a trial. he knows full well to have a trial you will swear in witnesses, he will bring them to testify, but what it is they know and when they found it out, he does not want that. he wants a kangaroo court. it s not a trial. that is just a process that you go through to legitimize what you know to be unfair and in