It s the school charity concert with a showbiz twist music legends send in video messages introducing their greatest hits hello and welcome to the programme. Dominic cummings was once the british prime minister s most trusted advisor. This morning, he is expected to accuse borisjohnson of being too slow to introduce a coronavirus lockdown last september. Mr cummings will appear before a parliamentary commitee. He has become an arch critic of his former boss since leaving number ten last november. Downing street says throughout the pandemic, the government s priority has been to save lives. Helen catt has the latest. It was a year ago that one of the prime minister s most senior behind the scenes advisers found himself in the spotlight. This was dominic cummings taking the highly unusual step of giving a press conference in the garden of downing street after he made a trip from london to durham while england was in its first lockdown. It included a drive to barnard castle, he said, to
Manchester united are in the europa league final. Ole gunnar solskjaer is aiming for his first trophy as the club s manager. Villarreal stand in their way. It s the school charity concert with a showbiz twist music legends send in video messages introducing their greatest hits. Mickjagger here. I d like to wish everyone at hutchesons all the best for your concert. Hope you enjoy the music. Good morning. Still some rain in the forecast. But the weather will settle down in the next few days. It will turn warmer and drier with more sunshine. Details later. Good morning. It s wednesday, 26th may. The prime minister 5 former advisor, dominic cummings, is appearing in front of mps today, to answer questions about the government s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. He is expected to criticise the actions taken, particularly around the decision not to toughen up restrictions last autumn. But mps are likely to question his own choice to travel to barnard castle in the spring. Here 5 our p
indictment. those indictments aren t wort the paper they re written on. how will he defend himself? and will he go to trial before the election? trump s attorney john loro joins in me moments. and too honest. a central figure in the new case, the former vice president ramps up his criticism of his old boss. the president ultimately continued to demand that i choose him over the constitution. what does he make of the case? gop presidential candidate mike pence is next. plus, on message. with just over two weeks until the gop debate, other candidates struggle to break through. is there a new opportunity to edge out the front-runner. gop presidential candidate chris christie joins me ahead. hello, i m dana bash in washington, where the state of our union is watching court filings pile up. donald trump is kicking off a new week, juggling an ever-more legal calendar over his third indictment over alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election. as usual, the former pr
getting knocked out by sweden. we ll have the low lightsond the game. and simone biles qualifies for the national championship after coming back from a two-year break. and donald trump s legal troubles mount. a group of house democrats is calling on the judge in the january 6 case to televise the trial. one of those lawmakers are join us live. and the heat costs money. how extreme heat is costing you more as you buy gas. and with that, the u.s. women s soccer team s world cup dreams are dashed. the u.s. loses to sweden in absolutely heartbreaking fashion. no one was able to score for 120 minutes forcing penalties kicks and this is how it was decided. a review determined that the ball crossed the goal line by a fraction of an inch. but that is all they needed. carolyn manno is live in midtown manhattan. still fresh. the disappointment obviously, we heard a few cheers from some sweden fans. tell us what happened and what is going on there now? yeah, you know, victor
viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i m lynda kinkade. welcome to cnn newsroom. coming up we call it a sham indictment. the man who s doing it, we really believe he s mentally ill. donald trump continuing his pattern of stunning public statements on his indictment a day after running into legal trouble for comments he posted online. coup leaders in niger face an ultimatum. reinstate the president today or face potential military intervention. we ll have a live report from the region. and we re an hour away from the u.s. facing off against sweden in the women s world cup and the excitement is building. we ll take you live to a world cup watch party in new york city. a new deadline and a new legal ruling in the latest indictment of donald trump. the federal judge overseeing trump s election fraud case has responded to a court filing from special counsel jack smith last night. smith wants the protective order after trump posted this. q