Ceefax, a name manufactured from seeing facts. And, before we had laptops and mobiles, we had ceefax. Launched 50 years ago, it told us what we wanted to know. On newsnight at 10. 30pm, well bring you fresh insight on the stories of the day, with big interviews and our regular panel of newsnighters, and of course look at what the papers are saying about tomorrows news. Good evening. Fears of an all out regional conflict in the Middle East are growing tonight, as lebanese officials say nearly 500 people have been killed, including 35 children, and 1600 others injured in israeli strikes on the south of the country. The Israel Defence forces say theyve hit around 1300 positions held by the iranian backed group hezbollah. It says its fired dozens of rockets at israel. The Cross Border strikes have intensified after a series of exploding Device Attacks on hezbollah members were blamed on israel. Well hear from our international editorjeremy bowen, whos injerusalem, our diplomatic correspond
A machine whos been in and out of a lot of stories here. Bernie carrick facing questions about the efforts to capitalize on the big efforts after election day, including a kind of grift and questions of wire fraud. Jack myth also continues to probe the elector fraud scheme. Giuliani an Unindicted Coconspirator there. There are new subpoenas that came out in the last week as they bear down on that plot. Meanwhil there may be other people who tried to steal your vote who could be held to account. Some of that, as journalists a little behind where the probe could be. Next the trial. Jack smith sparring with trumps attorneys over the evidence rule, the protective order which has to do with whether donald trump would use or abuse certain information. Theres a new filing where smith and his team are seeking a case that would try this case in the media rather than the courtroom. The Special Counsel referencing media over the past weekend. You see there, what they call the full ginsberg, the p
Election. Though the dispute is technically over the handling of evidence, its become a proxy war of the expresident s mob boss tactics. Its a little complicated, but incredibly important. Here is where things stand right now. Federal judge chutkan was ordered a hearing over the Justice Departments request for a protective order. The rules governing the process between prosecutors and the defense team. The Washington Post notes such orders can be technical but are routinely approved by judges to protect witnesses and government investigative methods and priorities by limiting evidence by the defense to people authorized by the court. In its argument for a protective order, the Justice Department made a nod to the fact that the defendant has prosecutors explained they wanted to immediately turn over evidence to speed Defense Trial Preparations but were concerned in part over trumps history of posting on social Media Associated with cases against him. Trumps defense team complained the g
Of manhattan, alvin bragg. I want to give you one piece of context here. Thats an individual at a Law Enforcement level whos not been nationally famous. Indeed, most people around the country following the show in utah, for example, wouldnt be able to name the random d. A. S in random cities. Yet, this is the d. A. That donald trump has been publicly targeting since the manhattan d. A. Indicted donald trump. Now i say with precision because thats a fact. Law enforcement is not making any direct link, causal or otherwise yet but this is the environment were in. Msnbc reporting this manmade to trip to utah and discussed preparing camouflage and a sniper rifle. Then he called d. A. Bragg a hack, brought up a Conspiracy Theory by george soros and discussed a plot to somehow assassinate bragg in a Parking Garage according to these charging documents. The fbi is reviewing the shooting. So, how do you go from being an unknown lawyer to being elected d. A. , to being caught up at a president i
Alleged coconspirators in that indictment. Charles burnham, defense attorney for coconspirator number 2 from the recent indictment. This is a person who has been confirmed and identified as john eastman, the lawyer, who advised donald trump, who spoke at the January 6th Rally there next to rudy giuliani, and was a key architect of much of what the president and his aides were trying to push heading into the january 6th certification. Charles, first of all, thank you very much for making the time and joining me tonight. Thank you for having me. Absolutely. We put aside some time for this. I want to start with a couple of quick things and then get into the case. But first and foremost, donald trump lost the 2020 election. You accept that fact . Well, look. There is a large portion of the country that has issues with the 2020 election. There are still discussion about things that went on. A large portion of the country believes in goats or horoscopes. Im asking do you accept the results o