the times reported that mr menzies is accused of receiving £14,000 from tory donors, which was used for private medical expenses and to pay off what he described as bad people who had locked him in a flat. the conservative party has completed its investigation and says it can t conclude that there has been a misuse of conservative party funds. mr menzies has strongly denied the claims. let s get more from our political correspondent, iain watson, who s in the newsroom. could she remind us of some of could she remind us of some of the could she remind us of some of the allegations first? it enters could she remind us of some of the alleaations first? . , . . allegations first? it was a rather bizarre story- allegations first? it was a rather bizarre story. it allegations first? it was a rather bizarre story. it first allegations first? it was a rather bizarre story. it first appeared i allegations first? it was a rather| bizarre story. it first appeared in the times n
it today, go to pretty litter, i m zachary cohen in washington. and this is cnn welcome to cnn special coverage on big tapper and you re looking live inside the manhattan courthouse right now, let s bring up those pictures where the judge has just entered the courtroom and donald trump is about to make history. the first former president in the united states to ever face a criminal trial. any second, can we expect jury selection to start? what s called void here? and we just got our first look at the former president s inside that courtroom is still photograph cameras are not allowed in general. there he is facing 34 counts of fall falsifying business records allegedly part of a scheme to keep adult film star and director stormy daniels from speaking out about their alleged sexual interlude ahead of the 2016 election, cnn s kaitlan collins and paula reid are outside the courthouse for us right now, caitlyn, at the prosecution and the defense are about to start this pr
specifically on that topic. now, this is expected to be a record breaking year for air travel. tsa says to get to the airport early. to avoid all the, you know, the long lines and everything, so that s why. it would help if more people did that, right? it would help, yep. i think with the amount of people that do travel, it s good to just give yourself some leeway. and sandra, as always, check with your airlines for any updates and good luck out there. sandra. sandra: good luck out there. that s the message, right? looks ok for now there in denver. we hope it stays that way. it is going to get busy as it always does. alicia, thank you so much and great to see you as we kick off a new hour, college campuses under the microscope. the federal government investigating more than a half dozen schools after a series of alleged antisemitic incidents. welcome, everyone, sandra smith in new york and john, we are closer and closer to the weekend, but a lot still to get to he
good afternoon. i m bret baier in for martha maccallum. right now on the story, president biden s education department now probing a handful of ivy league universities, colleges, even a k-12 district all reporting cases of anti-semitism or islamophobia as the israel-hamas war continueses to roil american schools. in moments, we ll go live where pro palestinian students are rallying against ethnic cleansing and genocide of palestinians. first, to molly line. good afternoon, molly. good afternoon, bret. the aim according to the education department is to take aggressive action to address the alarming nationwide rise and reports of anti-semitism, anti-muslim, anti-arab and other forms of discrimination. the seven schools under investigation, lafayette college, cornell university, columbia, wellsly college, the university of pennsylvania and the cooper union and maize college. the level of intensity is high. we need to match it with a level of response that meets the moment
with malta and north macedonia with a shoulder injury. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a senior officer involved in the stephen lawrence murder case was corrupt, according to a secret metropolitan police report from the year 2000 uncovered by the bbc. it said ray adams was cleared by a corruption probe which relied on false testimony from a man linked to the family of one of stephen s killers. the revelation contradicts years of police denial about the role of corrupt officers in the case. daniel de simone reports. the spectre of police corruption has long haunted the stephen lawrence murder. for three decades, scotland yard kept the secret we now expose. the met knew about it, that s what s so shocking. today we reveal a met police report concluded that a senior officer involved in the case, ray adams, was corrupt. the early failure to bring stephen s killers to justice has led to suspicion that corruption infected the investigation. the father of one kill