russia is targeting the u.s. while strengthening ties with china. lead u.s. hostage negotiator is here to weigh in coming up. sandra: we begin, however, with the breaking details in the historic indictment of the former president. hello and welcome, everyone. sandra smith in new york. john, a good friday to you. john: and you as well. the news never quits, does it? i m john roberts in washington. this is america reports. a manhattan grand jury sending shock waves through the country. sandra: after they voted to indict former president trump relating to the alleged hush money payments made in the run-up to the 2016 election. marks the first time a former president has ever faced criminal charges. john: a source saying fox is expected to be arraigned next tuesday at 2:15 in the afternoon. he will not be placed in handcuffs after an agreement struck between alvin bragg and trump attorneys. sandra: bryan is live outside the courthouse here in lower manhattan. how is l
Life changing. Plus, marine a is a free man. Royal marine Alexander Blackman, who was jailed for shooting dead a wounded taliban fighter, has been released from prison. Overnight. He received a life term in 2013 for murder, but his conviction was reduced to manslaughter. His wife spoke to this programme in march when she heard the news that he would be released. I spoke to him shortly afterwards and i think it took a little longer for the realisation to hit. I think he had worked very hard to prepare himself for not such good news, so once it had finally dawned on us that we were going to be together soon, we were very happy. Well bring you all the details in the next half hour. Hello, welcome to the programme, were live until am this morning. So much to talk about today, please get in touch, please get in touch. Porna bell was married to rob, a Science Journalist for three years before she discovered he was a secret heroin user. We have been speaking to her in her First Television int
fight with lyndon johnson over medicare and the words he used was that it would compel all americans to spend their sunset years telling their children and their children s children how it was when men were free, and that is what it is like. and however, medicare has been sustained and approved, but the public sentiment lay ahead. one thing we have not gotten and what the president has been trying to do today which as you say is to make a clear understanding of what this bill is about. because lincoln said with public sentiment nothing can fail and without it nothing can succeed. so without it, he who encourages it, will continue. and so that is the battle of the louise ads with president clinton, and so that is the side that americans have to come down on. thank you, doris kearns goodwin. just a little past the hour, and the supreme court has upheld the sweeping health care reform law proposed by president obama. i m candy crowley. in a 5-4 decision, the court upheld the i