But the Supreme Courts decision to take up the case could delay it beyond the election in november. Earlier, i asked our North America correspondent peter bowes if this announcement comes as a surprise. I think it was inevitable that this would end up in the Supreme Court. Donald trumps claims averted been rejected by a lower court and he claims he is immune to this kind of criminal prosecution because he was president at the time. This relates to the allegations that he tried to overturn the result of the 2020 election and mr trump faces multiple charges including one that he conspired to defraud the come of this was a trial does do to start very soon next month and it is been delayed and it is now on hold reading from the Supreme Court that they intend to hear arguments in april, the third week of april and a decision expected at some point injune and we know now that this trial, if indeed it goes ahead, it will not be happening until at leastjuly and were getting into Political Conv
people off to the insurrection or lied and defamed people in ways that damaged them or their companies. now, the people who have sued aren t always fox haters or critics, the voting company that got over half a billion dollars out of them didn t have longstanding grievances with the company. they were just able to get so far in their punishing lawsuit that they got over half a b out of rupert murdoch and tucker carlson was fired. i say that before i bring in james carville because this comes from a trump supporter, ray epps. he says that tucker carlson, the former fox host, ousted after a different lawsuit, was at an illegal or defamatory level, peddling knowingly false conspiracy theories, specifically against him. he says, quote, carlson was telling a fantastical story in which epps was some sort of undercover fbi agent responsible for the actual mob that broke into the capital. so what you re about to see is what we warned you before, not offered as true, not offered as
loif. again. the justices say affirmative action is wrong. the conservative majority s ruling will change how college admissions decisions are made everywhere. plus personal and pointed. the two black justices on the bench use their opinions to litigate a fight over the role of race in american society. and the ruling is making waves already on the 2024 campaign trail. president trump calls it a great day for america. president biden set to speak in minutes from the white house. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. the supreme court undoes decades of law and precedent. the justices today ruled to gut affirmative action, and it will scramble how colleges pick and choose who gets into their schools. it will also likely force students, especially black and brown students torks rethink where they even apply for college. i want to get straugt to jessica snider in washington. so jessica, this is a major, major ruling. it is. and at this point,
again, patchy fog, and ice. 1i widespread frost, lows of 40 5, so again, patchy fog, and ice. -4 or -5. if again, patchy fog, and ice. -4 or 5. if you showers across the far north of scotland and maybe north east england. otherwise, fine. spells of sunshine, really cold if fog lingers, and even if it doesn t, highs of 5 6. high pressure really establishing itself through the weekend, staying with us into next week. but with the isobars are squeezing together in the south, that shows it will be really quite windy, a significant wind chill making it feel sub 0 across southern parts as we head through monday and tuesday. and further north, it will not be as windy, but here, we will have mist and fog, which will make it feel cold as well. but at least it feel cold as well. but at least it is dry. indeed. thanks, ben. and that s bbc news at ten. newsnight isjust getting under way on bbc two with victoria derbyshire. on bbc one, it s time to join our colleagues for the n
moving, frequent lightning, gusty wind and, again, hailat times. it won t last very long because this will quickly turn back to sunshine. a bit of a mixed bag for some of us over the course of the weekend. overall, it is a hot one. 22 degrees in newcastle on sunday. how long is this warm weather going to last? well into the week ahead, we can see those temperatures hovering about above average, with one or two ago showers still lingering into monday. so summer is well and truly here. back to thanks, tomasz. and that s bbc news at ten. you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. from the ten team it s goodbye. newsnight with faisal islam is just getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. goodnight. boris johnson resigns from parliament, alleging a witchhunt. is this the end for the former pm, or a return to a full blown conservative civ