hello and welcome. donald trump will be the first former us president to face criminal charges, after a grand jury indicted him over money paid to the former porn star stormy daniels. mr trump is expected to appear in court in new york next tuesday to face the charges and enter a plea. he denies any wrongdoing and the affair saying the indictment is political persecution . our north america correspondent gary o donoghue reports from new york. but then it s not everyday a former president gets charged with a crime. in fact, it s happened before. and this is the man who s brought the charges against donald trump, district attorney alvin bragg a democrat and a prosecutor in america s highly politicised legal system. but if mr bragg was saying nothing, the former president wasn t so reticent. he s called it political persecution , election interference and his opponents thugs and radical left monsters . no one is above the law, not even a former president of the unit
i m lindsey reiser, we ve got a jam-packed hour ahead. right now, 50 million americans are waking up to winter alerts, including heavy snow, ice, even some tornadoes. a fast moving storm system tearing across the great lakes into new england, dumping heavy snow and complicating the morning commute for many. new york city is seeing its first steady snowfall of the year. take a look at this, the normally bustling bridge in the daylight hours eerily empty covered in a soft bed of snow. illinois dealing with its own severe weather. two tornadoes touching down, setting off terrifying sirens. we re tracking all of it for you this morning. plus, growing frustration in east palestine ahead of the epa administrate s third trip to the town since that toxic train derailment. federal officials knocking on more than 500 doors in town checking on residents, some of whom have been diagnosed with health conditions like bronchitis. others are fearful of getting sick in the future. i m sca
the world s climate. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. first, upset, angry, but not worried that s how donald trump s lawyer has described the former us president s reaction to his indictment by a new york court. he will appear there on tuesday, charged with falsifying business records. at least one felony offence is included that could result in a jail sentence. it s all linked to alleged hush money paid by mr trump to the former porn star stormy daniels. our north america correspondent gary o donoghue reports from new york. this manhattan courthouse doesn t normally look like this. but then, it s not every day a former president gets charged with a crime in fact, it s never happened before. and this is the man who s brought the charges against donald trump district attorney alvin bragg, a democrat and a prosecutor in america s highly politicised legal system. but if mr bragg was saying nothing, the former president wasn t so reticent.
antarctica slowing down deep ocean currents which could have devastating impact for the world s climates. upset, angry, but not worried that s how donald trump s lawyer has described the former us president s reaction to his indictment by a new york court. he will appear there on tuesday, charged with falsifying business records. at least one felony offence is included that could result in a jail sentence. it s all linked to alleged hush money paid by mr trump to the former porn star stormy daniels. our north america correspondent gary o donoghue reports now from new york. this manhattan courthouse doesn t normally look like this. but then, it s not every day a former president gets charged with a crime in fact, it s never happened before. and this is the man who s brought the charges against donald trump district attorney alvin bragg, a democrat and a prosecutor in america s highly politicised legal system. but if mr bragg was saying nothing, the former president was
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. let s just bring you an update from the us state arkansas. we have been reporting on a tornado that ripped through the state. the governor, sarah huckabee sanders, says at least two people have been killed. at least 2a others have been injured and tens of thousands have lost power. governor sanders has declared a state of emergency. arkansas is close to mississippi, which has just suffered its own tornado disaster. our reporter shelley phelps has more. oh, my god! it s coming our way, y all! ripping away building tops, uprooting trees and flipping over vehicles, the catastrophic tornado started moving through little rock on friday afternoon. this was the moment a weather presenter spotted it while live on air, giving warnings to locals. here it is and could be a strong tornado, ef2 or stronger. this is exactly what we didn t want to happen today. over reservoir road at this time. over reservoir road. we re gonna k