welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. donald trump has become the first us president in history to be charged with a crime. he ll be charged in new york over alleged hush money given to a porn starjust before the 2016 presidential election. mr trump, who s running again for president, has repeated he s innocent and called the indictment political persecution and election interference . his son eric said it was the opportunistic targeting of a political opponent in a campaign year . the bbc s nada tawfik s outside the court in new york. nada, you ve been outside there for a few hours now. what is the situation like now on the ground? the situation like now on the round? , , the situation like now on the round? 3 , ground? it s very calm here in new york- ground? it s very calm here in new york. there ground? it s very calm here in new york. there is ground? it s very calm here in new york. there is an - ground? it s very calm here in l new
tone coming from republicans and democrats in relation to this legal case. this legal case. nada, thank ou for this legal case. nada, thank you for the this legal case. nada, thank you for the update. - i m joined now by former congressman and podcast host joe walsh from washington, dc. thank you so much for coming on the programme. this is a monumental day. just what is your reaction to all of this? it is a monumental day and it s something that s never happened in america before but one thing we all cherish in this country, we all cherish in this country, we love, is that no one is above the law. not me, not donald trump, not anybody. and, look, eitherwe donald trump, not anybody. and, look, either we believe that or we don t. if we believe that, well, donald trump will have his day in court, just like any other american wood. donald trum - , other american wood. donald trump. of other american wood. donald trump, of course, other american wood. donald trump, of course, denies
is always blazing in the ukrainian industrial zone which is being shelled. none of the countries of europe know what the military funerals are around the country, in all regions, and none of the european leaders knows what it is to regularly meet with families of the dead soldiers. no matter what, we are going to protect our beautiful land, our borders. eitherwe are going to protect our beautiful land, our borders. either we have 150,000 or1 million soldiers of any army. in order to help ukraine indeed we don t need to hear how many of them are there, and how much armament they have, we need to hear how many there are of us together to help ukraine. we don t need to be reminded of the days of plausible intervention. we are going to protect our land on the 16th of, on the 1st of march, on the 31st