and while all eyes have been on manhattan district attorney, alvin bragg, as the nation s been watching literally his every move. special counsel, jack smith, appears to have reached a turning point. when it comes to his, investigation surrounding the former president. there are signs of the special counsel now four months into the job may get the testimony of two of the closest people to the former president. at the two people who knew presumably everything when it comes to trump. his attorney, evan corcoran, and his former number two in the white house. mike pence. today, recorder spotted attorneys for trump heading into the d. c. federal courthouse, where the grand jury investigating the mar-a-lago documents case and the january six riots, where they were meeting behind closed doors, one of the special counsel prosecutors investigating january six of the efforts to overturn the 2020 election was also spotted entering the building. you know who else was there? an attorney n
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Now on bbc news, dateline london. Hello and welcome to dateline london. Im ben brown. Were looking at two of the weeks big stories whats happening in russia as men flee the country after president putins call up of reservists to fight in ukraine and his threat to use Nuclear Weapons, and also the british governments announcement of sweeping tax cuts the most far reaching for half a century. Well, im joined to discuss all this with polly toynbee, columnist from the guardian, Stephanie Baker of bloomberg news, and Latika Bourke of the sydney morning herald. So, cuts to income tax, corporation tax, National Insurance and stamp duty and removing the cap on bankers bonuses. It will cost tens of billions of pounds. The government says it will boost growth, the labour party say it will reward the rich. Stephanie, lets start off with you. This is being called a gamble for growth. Is it a gamble thats going to pay off, do you think . Well, its certainly a gamble. I have real doubts about whethe
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are two authors and journalists they are yasmin alibhai brown, and emma woolf. tomorrow s front pages starting with. and daily mail focusses on russia carrying out missile strikes across ukraine, hitting civilian areas in the capital, kyiv, and many other cities the day death rained from the sky is it s frontpage. he describes the scene the day death reigned from the sky and it is a situation report byjournalist on the ground. the guardian quotes president zelensky pleading for more help to moscow s terrorists attacks. elsewhere, the i newspaper predicts a make or break week for the pm and her tory mps after a difficult party conference truss faces showdown with rebels is it s headline. the ft says kwasi kwarteng and the bank of england have failed to calm financial markets as borrowing costs soar once more. senior tories tell the paper, the chancellor will struggle to come up
investigations. a move certain to frustrate newly-empowered republicans. plus, alec baldwin s lawyers say they were blind-sided when the actor was set to be charged with manslaughter this week. that has many wondering, do prosecutors actually have a case? are they overreaching? we ll discuss. and the desantis administration blocks an a.p. african american studies course from being taught in high schools. we re joined by one professor for a look at what s actually in that course and why she feels it s critical for students. your weekend is finally here. we are glad to have you. it s saturday, january 21st. good morning. good morning. good to see you. we are going to begin with the war in ukraine this morning. a stalemate over tanks. ukraine s president says the country desperately needs them and there s no alternative. but germany failed to reach an agreement on sending its leopard tanks to ukraine because german officials say they will not send those tanks unless th