seen time and time again. and, they will not leave it alone. they won t let it go. and it would be, perhaps more evident, if the congressional delegation from ohio wasn t so outrageously gerrymandered. yes. anyway, it s a good day for people who like democracy, and representative democracy at that. thank you my friend. and thank you for joining us from home, for this hour of television. imagine, for one second, what a speech from a former president normally looks like. maybe it s the opening of a presidential library, maybe it s a university commencement, you get the idea. and then, there are speeches from our most recent former president. before i show you his speech today, i have to warn you, it is vulgar. but we are going to play it, uncensored for reasons that i won t will outline after i play you the sound. so, prepare yourself. i m sorry, i will be able to go to iowa today, i will be able to go to new hampshire today, because i m sitting in a courtroom on [bleep
welcome to world news america in the uk, on pbs, and around the globe. we start in moscow where president vladimir putin has been playing host to one of his most important remaining allies, china s president, xijinping. it s the chinese leader s first visit to russia since russia invaded ukraine last year. beijing still maintains that its position in the war is neutral and it s come up with a plan for peace talks between the two sides. mr putin who just days ago was accused of war crimes by international prosecutors said he was looking forward to discussing that plan. our russia editor steve rosenberg, has sent this report from moscow. just three days ago, vladimir putin was named as a war crimes suspect by the international criminal court. but that didn t stop china s president flying in and shaking his hand. putin and xi have met many times before, but never before has russia s president been under such pressure. his war in ukraine not going at all according to pla
family members are not going to be harassed and threatened. and it doesn t mean that donald trump is going to do it himself, but he is certainly aware that his reckless talk leads to those consequences. and unfortunately, this country has seen examples of that, and we have talked about people like ruby freeman and her daughter. and we ve talked about paul pelosi, fbi offices, the family members of alvin rag, of judge in new york. all of whom have been actual people, who are victims of donald trump s mouth. with and saying things that he shouldn t. and that is the reason why you have this kind of protective order, to make sure that this doesn t happen. and he continued on tonight. he posted to truth social, going after judge chutkan, imputing her reputation. the beat goes on, as it were. betsy, thank you so much for that great reporting. thanks for joining me tonight, andrew weissmann, we are never
Donald trump and stormy daniels and god knows what else may come out, it s going on in georgia you talked about. i hear republicans say they like to discuss, this by like to say a republican rand paul had to say earlier today. a very politically motivated da, the criminal penalties for a campaign violation, most of these things should be criminal at all, for ordinary citizens, much of an ex president was terrible for the federal government refuses investigation until the very extreme and radical da in new york as wanting to make his name off of this as disgusting efforts gonna lead to serious problems for our country. that is all you know alvin rag who is an nda. when you think of his comments? first of all while republicans are delaware this to go away.
Lower manhattan finds itself the centre of the political and legal universe this week. security has been beefed up there, following speculation over the weekend that donald trump could soon be indicted. the former president himself has fuelled a lot of that discussion, saying that he expects to be charged on tuesday although there s so far been no evidence that the new york district attorney is planning to follow such a timetable. joining me now from outside the courthouse in manhattan is the bbc s nada tawfik. what are you hearing about the likelihood of charges being brought against the former president? daeid. against the former president? david, des - ite against the former president? david, despite what against the former president? david, despite what donald against the former president? david, despite what donald trump - against the former president? david, despite what donald trump is - against the former president? david, despite what donald trump is set - against the fo