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welcome to the beat: weekend . let s get right into the headlines. our top story right now, is these diverging paths in accountability for donald trump s failed coup and insurrection. that includes some bad news for trump in the rico case today, where he just lost an effort to dismiss it, a judge rejecting the bizarre legal claim that indicted crimes would be okay because trump claims they were his free speech. that is not the actual law. in fact, plenty of crimes may include people talking, but the first amendment does not protect words used for blatant criminal conduct, fraud, imminent threats, as the judge reminded trump s lawyers. now, that new ruling against trump and the coup case along with the other cases against trump and the january 6th plotters does show how on one path in the courts, there are tough prosecutions and punishment for the coup. it is a court process that has escalated over time, and initially you had all of the efforts around january 6th slow d ....
the news today is that the jury in the hunter biden gun trial getting dismissed for the day as deliberations wrapped up with no verdict. they will be back at it tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. as they decide whether the first son gets up to 25 years in prison. hunter s defense as the president s son did not to knowingly lie about his drug use from purchasing a handgun in 2018. but federal prosecutors arguing hunter had lost the power of self-control when he bought it. and that the evidence backs that up. they showed off text messages, hunter biden sense, it drug dealer whom he had tried to meet up with a day before. he lied on the gun form. meanwhile the biden family is out in full force, first lady jill biden, the president s sister and brother were among the several family members present in court today to support hunter. president biden was not there, and the media and democrats are giving him credit for that. speak of the president of the united states has removed him ....
and the health secretary, jeremy hunt, are chairing a meeting of the emergency response committee, cobra, this morning, to discuss the handling of the cyber attack, which hit parts of the nhs in england and scotland on friday. dozens of hospitals in england and scotland have been forced to cancel some operations and appointments today, and some gp surgeries are still experiencing problems as staff begin a new working week. lincolnshire hospital said all tests, and routine surgeries have been cancelled. meanwhile microsoft said governments around the world should treat the attacks as a ‘wake up call‘ blaming them for storing data on software vulnerabilities which could then be accessed by hackers. it s thought over 200,000 computers have been affected worldwide with russia hardest hit. in the past half hour the national crime agency has tweeted this saying if you re a victim of #ransomware do not pay! there s no guarantee that access to your files will be res ....
all about the narrow interests of her own party not the interests of the country overall. she was saying that nicola sturgeon can t have a referendum on independence before 2020 because it would create uncertainty. and how are voters feeling about a second general election in two years? not another one? oh, for god s sake. i can t stand this. there s too much politics going on at the moment. why does she need to do it? good evening, welcome to westminster. the prime minister has announced plans to call a snap general election on june 8. theresa may said britain needs certainty, stability and strong leadership following the eu referendum. explaining the decision, mrs may said she has reluctantly come to the conclusion that a vote is necessary, adding: the country is coming together but westminster is not. she will need parliamentary approval to formally call the election a vote on that will be held tomorrow. in the last hour, the prime minister has called president t ....
thunderstorms. 76 in odessa, 74 in brandon. i ll widen this out. 75 degrees in dade city, 74 in frostproof and 74 in north portelli. at the moment everything is quite. that was not the case a half hour ago. we had strong storms in citrus and hernando county and in the last 20 minutes it s completely gone. i m keeping the rain chance out of the forecast for the first part of the day. a 20% chance and then a 40% chance this evening. they are not going to move a lot. at 4:38 an 8-day temperatures trend. stay tuned for that because we re trending cooler. first a look on the roadways this morning. a pretty good drive over all. a drive on the sellman express. moving to the maps, zooming in an accidents eastbound at hillsborough avenue at orient road. now the travel times through ybor looks great parkway absolutely no delays at this early morning hour. that s a look at weather and traffic. back to melanie and gene. thank you, leslee. we have break ing news now. at 4:32 ....