A story. The pentagon says the trump campaign was warned. It s not disney world, it is arlington national cemetery and it should be respected. Tonight the controversy over the altercation at arlington cemetery. On the practical reality of political shockwaves from donald trump s latest indictment. Is the former president going to show up in court to file a plea with these new charges? plus, as the harriswalz campaign looks for votes in the rural south, a republican nominee taps and antivax conspiracy theorist for his transition team and that s only half of it. And also cut the head off of a dead beach ball with a chainsaw and tied it to the roof of his car to take home. Good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. We re 69 days out from the presidential election and if there is one thing we know about donald trump no matter where we are in the campaign, no matter where the polls are up or down is that he is going to be exactly who he is, all the time every day no matter what. Nothing
Promising a games to remember. After covid saw no fans in tokyo and rio was dogged by financial issues, the pressure is on for paris to rival, or even better, london 2012. Beyond just the sport however, those involved say they re mindful of a secondary purpose for the games. It is always important, we are here hoping on winning at least medals but we are part of the incredible global movement, the paralympic movement which on and off the field want disabled people to be realised in society. Those performances on the field can only help us in that cause. England and sri lanka are making theirfinal preparations before the second test at lord s tomorrow. England beat the visitors by five wickets in the first test at old trafford last week, chasing down a fourth innings target of 205. England captian 0llie pope says he s expecting another challenging game from sri lanka who impressed with their tenacity in manchester. For the guys to put together some good scores, and set us a chase from 1
Also, a report today suggests the current system of uk press self regulation isn t working for people who aren t celebrities and royalty. We ll talk to the mums of caroline flack and anisha vidal garner, who say their privacy has been invaded by newspapers. Welcome to newsnight with your weeknightly interviews and insight. Here tonight, labour member of the house of lords lord wood, a former foreign policy adviser to prime minister gordon brown, and chief adviser to former labour leader ed miliband. He is plugged into the current pm s views on what a closer relationship with the eu actually means. Luke tryll is uk director of the pollsters more in common. He ll talk to us about the latest public attitudes on brexit. Also with us, anita boateng, who was a tory special adviser through the brexit years, and nick watt, our political editor. Nick, what does keir starmer want? what was he trying to do today? right now, he is in paris for the paralympic opening ceremony. Tomorrow, he will bea