new york as a criminal defendant facing 34 felony charges in connection with an alleged scheme to cover up extra marital encounters, one with a porn star , one with a former playboy playmate of the year. we ran the comments from district attorney alvin bragg earlier, so too, will we bring trump to you and jake, whichever donald trump shows up whether he s angry to find defensive, mocking or all of the above, it will be a far different donald trump. from the one earlier today on the 15th floor, the manhattan criminal court building with no one holding the door for him on the way into his arraignment, or the donald trump, who sat stone faced at the defense table for the first what could be many such appearances to come. we don t yet know what the former president makes of this. we could learn shortly, and as we wait for him to speak, we have, as only cnn can a team of correspondents. legal and political analysts help make sense of what happened today and what happens next. let
just the way that the man behaves. um there s no again it s why he s having such a difficult time in terms of getting competent counsel because he refuses to listen to anyone. he allows his worst nature to come forward, and that s not going to help him in this case, you know, it s not just this case. he knows that there s the georgia case. the fani willis the d a case coming down the pike very soon you have both of jack smith s case also, and this notion that well, why did alvin bragg go first? what s the difference? why all of a sudden? are we treating this like? it s a horse race who s coming in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th. didn t matter if you break the law. it s called accountability , and it goes right back to the adage that no one is above the law, and that includes donald j. trump. michael cohen. thank you so much for coming in tonight. really appreciate it, anderson. in fact, check, uh, mentioned
who s coming in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th. didn t matter if you break the law. it s called accountability, and it goes right back to the adage that no one is above the law, and that includes donald j. trump. michael cohen. thank you so much for coming in tonight. really appreciate it. anderson jake michael cohen. fact check. uh mentioned fact, checking a moment ago in the former president s rambling appearance tonight, he repeated a whole slew of lies and as daniel dale is with us tonight with some of the fact check so, daniel, what did you hear? what did you want to talk about? anderson it was a donald trump s speech, which means it was a barrage of false claims. many of which i m comfortable calling lies because they ve been debunked repeatedly . and yet he keeps saying them things like $85 billion worth of equipment left in afghanistan when it was actually about seven billion, or that nobody had a problem with his call with georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger. until months lat
welcome to bbc news this morning. rail bosses say the rmt union is playing fast and loose with commuters festive plans after it confirmed more industrial action over christmas. rail bosses say the rmt union is playing fast and loose the union is involved in two sets of talks in a long running dispute over pay, jobs and working conditions. last night the rmt confirmed industrial action at 1a train companies will take place on the 13th and 14th and 16 and 17th of december, as well as further strikes injanuary on the 3rd and 4th, 6th and 7th. talks with the rail delivery group who represents the 1a train companies will take place today. the rmt also announced another strike invoving network rail employees that s staff who maintain the railways lasting from late on christmas eve to the morning of the 27th of december. you can see the dates in the middle,
and 16th and 17th of december as well as further strikes injanuary on the 3rd and 4th, 6th and 7th. talks with the rail delivery group who represents the 14 train companies will take place today. the rmt also announced another strike invoving network rail employees that s staff who maintain the railways lasting from late on christmas eve to the morning of the 27th of december if it goes ahead. the rmt union is putting a new offerfrom network rail to its members in an electronic referendum, which will close in a week s time. but the union is urging them to reject the offer, which its general secretary mick lynch said was not acceptable . network rail had said the latest offer was its best and final . it includes a 5% pay rise this year and 4% next year. also, no compulsory redundancies for workers who are not managers and controllers until 31 january 2025 and a 75% discount on leisure travel for staff and their family members. the rmt says this offer is far below the increase