The sun coming up 6 00 a. M. Its wednesday, august 28th. And we have a lot to get to this morning. Including special counsel jack smith trying to salvage the federal Election Interference case against donald trump. Filing a formal indictment against the former president. Were going to bring you excellent analysis in just a moment. Meanwhile, donald trump now says that he will debate Vice President Kamala Harris in two weeks, but the Harris Campaign still needs to be resolved. And well have more details about that the operation that rescued an israeli man who was held hostage by hamas for more than 300 days. That comes as israel launches a broad operation in the west bank with raids and air strikes in that territory. Im Jonathan Lemire along with u. S. Special correspondent for bbc news katty kay in this morning for joe, mika and willie. Well be joined by Symone Sanderstownsend, and mike barnicle, and nbc news capitol hill correspondent, you just saw her on way too early, ali vitali. Lo
We go through the end of the wheat. Other parts of the uk. So how would an expected move by nhs england to reconfigure the targets for Cancer Care Waiting Times affect that . Nhs england is taking a new tack on cancer Waiting Times. Well be asking Cancer Research uk and Labours Health minister in the welsh senedd whether this will bring radical improvement for patients on waiting lists, or is itjust a way of covering up failure . Also tonight more possible danger ahead for donald trump as his fourth indictment could be delivered this week, this time a state, not a federal charge, which a future President Trump could not pardon. Well be joined by a lawyer who tried to prosecute trump and one who worked to defend him. And on the eve of the 25th Anniversary of the 0magh bomb, which took 33 lives and injured 200 more four months after the good friday agreement, why has justice never been served . Well hear from voices across the communities in Northern Ireland. Good evening. Nhs Waiting Ti
The primary campaign in the election season. Unlike we have ever seen before. Good evening, everybody, im martha mccallum. Bret im bret baier. It is Super Tuesday. The most states, the most delegates. The most votes on the line as both parties march towards a 2020 rematch it looks like. At this hour polls are closed in virginia and vermont. Vermont could be nikki haleys best chance to win a state tonight, thanks to moderate northeast Republican Voters and an open primary system. Martha virginia is also holding an open primary and she could do well in the suburban areas near d. C. Both states also host democratic president ial primaries tonight where biden is widely expected to win. Bret those are just the first prizes of the night. 16 states and one territory heading to the polls today, including the two biggest states, texas and california. A lot of delegates there. Martha indeed, on the republican side there are 854 delegates up for grabs tonight. That is more than 70 of what is need
it s wednesday, 31st january. our main story. scotland s former first minister, nicola sturgeon is due to give evidence about the decisions she took during the pandemic, when she appears before the covid inquiry today. ms sturgeon, who led the scottish response to the coronavirus outbreak is expected to face questions surrounding lockdowns, and missing whatsapp messages as the inquiry continues sitting in edinburgh. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. 1,044 positive cases were reported yesterday. nicola sturgeon was at the helm throughout scotland s pandemic response. as head of the scottish government, she was the key decision maker and first in the firing line when things went wrong. we will have made mistakes on all aspects of the handling. now about to be questioned on that handling and how decisions the truth, the whole truth. the former first minister s closest political ally amongst those who admitted texts between the pair no longer exist. are those t
is about the outlines of what the budget will look like. not about whether or not we re going to in fact pay our debts. mccarthy says that they will reach a deal but says was biden has left congress in a race against the clock. you know what i told the president 105 days ago? i had no conceived notion of what to do except two things. we re not going to raise taxes and we won t pass a clean debt ceiling. but we have to spend less than what we spent last year. let s talk about that. he decided no, i shouldn t negotiate with somebody. i m going to do what i want to do. my way or the highway. president biden has appointed his top aides to carry out negotiations while at the g-7 this week. he s cancelling the second leg of his trip and hopes to get a deal finalized by the u.s. goes into deat all time. congressman jody arrington from texas joins me now. great to have you on, as always. i want to play this sound bite. we talk about this race against the clock. part of the reas