new york times. special counsel jack smith has been defeat donald trump s son-in-law and former top white house aide jared kushner. the times reports that in an interview last month, the special counsel focused on whether trump had privately acknowledged that he had lost the 2020 election. in other words, when trump claimed the election was rigged, did he know he was lying? did trump have corrupt intent when he allegedly tried to subvert the election? also today, checks myths senior assistant special counsel, a lawyer named tom wyndham, was let ventral courthouse for the second time this week. mr. wyndham is one of the top prosecutors working on the general sixth probe. that was a role he played before jack smith was appointed special counsel. this afternoon, mister wyndham was back in court, indicating that the current jury is amazing. with all of these new details, it really does seem like jack smith might be getting that much closer to potentially and i think trump over hi
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matt damon and emily blunt left the premiere of christopher nolan s oppenheimer in london last night as the strike was declared. the studios say they have made meaningful offers but that s been our correspondent nada tawfik is outside the headquarters of netflix in new york. great to see you. what is happening there? ~ . , u, great to see you. what is happening there? ~ ., u, , great to see you. what is happening there? ~ ., , , there? well, as he can see behind me, members of there? well, as he can see behind me, members of the there? well, as he can see behind me, members of the screen - me, members of the screen actors guild arejust starting me, members of the screen actors guild are just starting to assemble now. in fact, guild are just starting to assemble now. infact, other unions guild are just starting to assemble now. in fact, other unions as well here to support them from the beginning their action. and they are going to be notjust here at netflix picketing,
legal analyst. of course, the one and only, rick wilson, cofounder of the lincoln project, republican media strategist. welcome to all of you. he is also the author of run against the devil, a plot to save america from trump and democrats from themselves. i love that one. so, barbara, let s start with you. will the supreme court be forced to weigh in on trump s ballot eligibility? i think that s the driving question right now. i think so. i don t know how they dodged this. in light of the fact that we have seen different opinions now coming out of different states. i think, ultimately, there is a risk that we get this patchwork of eligibility that s different in all 50 states. even that each state gets to decide procedurally how they handle ballot questions, the substance of who is eligible is really a question for the u.s. supreme court interpreting the 14th amendment, it s a question. i think most people expect that the court might find some procedural off-ramp to avoid a
this is bbc news. it s newsday. hi there, thank you for being with us. we start with the notable increase in military activity, in southern and eastern ukraine. the ukrainian armed forces say they ve launched several attacks, but the russians insist those attacks have been repelled. russian officials are claiming that their troops have succeded in blocking attacks around donetsk, luhansk, and zaporizhzhia the ukrainian attack on donetsk was said to be on a significant scale. but the eastern city of bakhmut is described as the epicentre of hostilities , where ukraine s ground forces are said to be moving forward strongly against russian positions. in a moment, we ll have the latest from moscow but first to kyiv, and our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse. shh. in a war of words, a call for quiet from kyiv. when it comes to its anticipated counteroffensive, ukraine has certainly revelled in trying to confuse russia. this video came with the caption plans love silence