o er the ramparts we watched were so gather lently streaming and the rocket s red glare the bomb s bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh say does that star spangled banner yet wave o er the land f the free and the home of the brave pete: secretary of state antony blinken in beginning shinning this beijing this morning on a rare trip to china as relationships sour. will: unclear if he ll sit down with president xi jinping. rachel: alexandria hoff is live with the latest. good morning. reporter: yeah, the question is if the sit down will happen and the primary goal of the visit is to reestablish senior level communication and that includes military to military. there s also other issues that will be brought up as well. secretary blinken meeting with chinese officials and that official plaid down that a broad range of deliverables would come from the trip. the visit was delayed once after the chinese spy craft was found drifti
a huge response to the tv drama about the post office scandal that saw hundreds of innocent branch managers wrongfully prosecuted for theft. we ll hear from one who s fought forjustice for 20 years. whilst there are some brighter skies ahead for us all there is still some rain in the forecast today particularly across the south, i will have your full forecast here on breakfast. it s thursday 4th january. our main story. a row about emergency cover has broken out between nhs bosses and union leaders, as a strike byjunior doctors in england enters its second day. yesterday nhs leaders made 20 requests for striking doctors to return to the wards and help overstretched services but the british medical association accused them of misusing the system, which is known as derogation. a number of nhs trusts have reported long waiting times in a&e, with some declaring critical incidents. here s more from our health editor hugh pym. # hey, vicky, ooh, ahh # i wanna know when you ll pay u
good evening, i am abby phillip in washington. tonight, just one sentence from the supreme court may trigger eight train reaction for jack smith, donald trump, and every single voter in the 2024 election. the nine justices only required 11 words to turn down special counsel s request to rush and provide an answer to any central question. is donald trump ultimately immune from prosecution? the high court s decision to take special counsel case off the fast track ushers in a world of uncertainty. the special counsel now must go through the regular process. he and trump s lawyers will make their arguments before the d.c. circuit in january. on january 9th, just six days before the iowa caucuses. now, today s choice by the justices almost certainly guarantees that the trial, scheduled for march 4th a day before super tuesday, mind you will like and are we on schedule. and if the supreme court decides to take the case, and no one knows of course right now if that will ha
and before we go, dasher, dancer and vixen, is that you? what could have been an early christmas miracle in the skies above utah, well, actually it is a routine check of my wildlife officials. instead of pulling center s slate, the deer were pulling three at a time transporting them to biologists. while nora truck santa claus s journey on christmas eve, the dwr tracks of your migration with gps devices. oh dear. thank you for joining us. cnn newsnight with abby phillip starts now. read it and weep, that s tonight on newsnight. good evening, i m abby phillip in washington, and tonight, just one sentence from the supreme court may trigger a chain reaction for jack smith, donald trump, and every single voter in the 2024 election. the nine justices only required 11 votes to turn down the special counsel s request to rush and provide an answer to an essential question, is donald trump ultimately immune from prosecution? the high court s decision to take the special counsel s c
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