The countrys far east. More protests against the Military Coup in myanmar, as the United Nations humourous cuts because for Immediate Release of Aung San Suu Kyi. Human rights council. How normal will valentines day be . Hello and welcome to bbc news. Donald trumps lawyers have closed their defence arguments, concluding he was not responsible for inciting the riot at the us capitol onjanuary 6. Michael van der veen, one of his attorneys, claimed mr trump couldnt incite what was already going to happen. He argued the former president was simply exercising Freedom Of Speech when he said the election was stolen. Jon sopel reports. Chanting fight for trump, fight for trump. much of this Impeachment Trial has turned on one section of Donald Trumps speech before an angry Crowd Onjanuary 6. We fight like hell. And if you dont fight like hell, youre not going to have a country anymore. The presentation of the case for the former president. The Trump Defence Team, though, arent in the least bit
of the league cup. if liverpool win the trophy, it would be for a record tenth time. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. in the last hour, the prime minister has announced that new legislation will be brought in to make sure that those convicted in the post office it scandal are swiftly exonerated and compensated. rishi sunak also announced an initial £75,000 in compensation for over 500 of those affected. it follows intense pressure on the government to act, after faults in the post office s horizon it system resulted in over 700 subpostmasters being accused and prosecuted for fraud and false accounting between 1999 and 2015. only 93 convictions have so far been overturned. in a moment, we ll be hearing from a group of post office employees who ve spoken to the bbc about the ordeal they ve been through, and also about their reaction to the government s announcement. but first let s go to westminster, and our chief political correspondent henry zeffman. this i
Have a longer interview soon. We really appreciate it. And that does it for this edition of Andrea Mitchell reports. Chris jansing starts right now. Good day. Im Chris Jansing, live at msnbc headquarters in New York City. For donald trump, it has been a Winning Strategy his entire life. When youre in legal trouble, go on the attack. So, can a Criminal Court Judge convince him to change course, keep quiet and play by the rules . That question at the heart of a Court Hearing less than 90 minutes from now. Plus, a missouri teenager charged with threatening to kill or harm President Biden after plowing a uhaul into Security Barriers near the white house. The latest on what the Secret Service says the 19yearold was trying to do and the disturbing evidence they found inside that truck. And Speaker Mccarthy reportedly telling House Republicans theyre nowhere near a deal on the debt limit. That as a sense of pessimism begins to take hold among some lawmakers and the calendar pushes the economy
have a longer interview soon. we really appreciate it. and that does it for this edition of andrea mitchell reports. chris jansing starts right now. good day. i m chris jansing, live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. for donald trump, it has been a winning strategy his entire life. when you re in legal trouble, go on the attack. so, can a criminal court judge convince him to change course, keep quiet and play by the rules? that question at the heart of a court hearing less than 90 minutes from now. plus, a missouri teenager charged with threatening to kill or harm president biden after plowing a u-haul into security barriers near the white house. the latest on what the secret service says the 19-year-old was trying to do and the disturbing evidence they found inside that truck. and speaker mccarthy reportedly telling house republicans they re nowhere near a deal on the debt limit. that as a sense of pessimism begins to take hold among some lawmakers and the cale
the ground and into the water, josh shapiro, the governor of pennsylvania, held a press conferences about it. shapiro announced that authorities had decided to set thoso announ e chemicals on fire. goo and that was a very good thing.e no one should be unduly alarmed . the burning ohemicaf theslse chemicals, shapiro said, had gone, quote,e, as planned. whil, officials on the scene, meanwhile, declared the burn dquote, perfect.ohio a gr mike dewine, the governor f ohio, agreed with all of this. the people in charge, the railroads, engineers and the state official engineesd overseeing them had everythinger under control. so two days later,tw evacuation orders for residents were officially lifted, both in east palestine over the border in pennsylvania. iorders were link subsequent days, a lot of people have wondered out loud, was it really a wisewondered den to light thousands of gallons of vinyl chloride on fire, releasing a world war one era bioweapon into the air over