in the primary calendar that in previous cycles has given us a clear indication of which candidates will win their parties presidential nomination. but this year, there is far less suspense. both parties have already steered us to who their nominees will be, as biden and trump cruised through the early voting states. the republican presidential candidate nikki haley is still in the race, for now, but the expectations are low. these are the states voting today. the us territory of american samoa, also staging a democratic caucus, tuesday is also the last day for democrats in iowa to mail in their primary ballots. almost a third of the delegates will be up for grabs on super tuesday. on the republican side of the ledger, the winning candidate needs 1,215 delegates to capture the nomination. a clean sweep today would put donald trump within touching distance of the nomination. and if the polling is right, then the 2024 election will be the contest 70% of the country didn t want
but the interview, which was requested by special counsel prosecutors, marks a moment of potential peril for trump, given that epshteyn has been one of his closest advisers in recent years, with more knowledge about his affairs than perhaps anyone else. let s speak to our correspondent anthony zurcher in washington. knows a thing or two, mr epshteyn, anthony? knows a thing or two, mr epshteyn, anthon ? . ., , ., , anthony? yeah, he does. he was there, in anthony? yeah, he does. he was there. in the anthony? yeah, he does. he was there, in the inner anthony? yeah, he does. he was there, in the inner circle - anthony? yeah, he does. he was there, in the inner circle of- anthony? yeah, he does. he was| there, in the inner circle of donald trump, during those last few weeks of trump s presidency, as they were attempting to challenge the election results. apparently had some arguments with other members of donald trump s inner circle, very famously during the january 6 hearings
sophisticated weaponry is helping ukraine challenge for key cities, in the south and the east. us presidentjoe biden and china s president xijinping held a phone call today, and there were warnings and assurances about the us position on taiwan. taiwan is an island off china s south east coast. it behaves like an independent state but beijing considers it part of china, and says it will re take it, by force if necessary. there have been tensions between the us and china over that possibility. and today, xijinping told joe biden that the us should abide by the 0ne china principle with regard to taiwan according to chinese state media. with regard to taiwan and president xi said: those who play with fire will only get burnt. joe biden responded that on taiwan. the us policy has not changed. let s remind ourselves what this is all about. back in may, this happened. are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan, if it comes to that? yes. you are? that s t
a key role in his crimes. next year. and at least 50 people are known to have died in a truck in texas 250 km from the border with mexico. the white house has described as horrific and heartbreaking. we start in washington and the congressional hearing into the attack on the us capitol onjanuary 6th, 2021. today is being called a surprise hearing the committee says recently obtained evidence will be presented. today, this woman is at the centre of the proceedings cassidy hutchinson worked in the white house towards the end of donald trump s presidency. she was an aid to donald trump s chief of staff, mark meadows. let s go right to the hearings and continue to listen in. well, with impeccable timing just as i went to listen in, it s taken a ten minute recess, we are told. so thatis ten minute recess, we are told. so that is expected to pick up in ten orso that is expected to pick up in ten or so minutes time, and when that happens we will bump back in. liz cheney is