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here in the united states and all around the world. it is friday, january 201st. kasie hunt has been watching over me. it s been a tough job. happy friday. you almost made it. we re almost there. this morning a completely different legal landscape for donald trump. new risks for him and growing peril. the fulton county district attorney requested a special grand jury for the former president s effort to overturn the 2020 election results in georgia. d.a. fanny willis has been investigating possible disruptions of the election for a year now. it indicates she is seriously pursuing criminal charges against the former president or his allies. and that is not all. trump s week from legal hell started when new york s attorney general announced she had uncovered, quote, significant evidence of fraud in the trump organization. and she s looking to question the ex-president, his daughter ivanka, and his son don jr. then, on wednesday, the supreme court cleared the way ....
aimed to diffuse the border at ukraine s border. blinken warned russia if it invades it will pay a heavy price. wechb clear. if any russian mill tash forces move it will be met with swift, severe and a united response from the united states and partners and allies. the house minority leader laying down the law with tough talk for conservative hardliner trying to become the house speaker. new cnn reporting reeventualing rudy giuliani and other trump campaign officials were far more involved in efforts to install illegitimate elect terrors to seven state that is trump lost. we have reporters covering the news. let s begin with fred pleitgen in geneva. fred, it struck me that perhaps the biggest news out of the comments were that the u.s. will provide written answers to russia s demands. do we know what those written answers will entail? reporter: yeah. i do think you re right that s a bigger thing to come out of this and the u.s. apparently remains steadfast on ....
robert jeffress joins us live next. hospitals, supermarkets, restaurants, they are all feeling big-time staffing shortages as the oma kind omicron bars reeks havoc on essential businesses. and the gop governor [indiscernible] and of the white house. our political panel weighs in. we begin with the wide-ranging ball up from the fbi which a classification of that hostage standoff at a texas synagogue on saturday. kevin corke is tracking the latest for us. great to be with you. happy monday. it is in his initial response the fbi, as you pointed out, cast doubt on the possibility that the jewish community was specifically targeted. we do believe from our engagement with the subject that he was focused on one issue and it was not specifically related to the jewish community but we will continue to work to find motive. they would like to have that one back. so following backlash, the agency released a statement that read this is a terrorist related matter, which t ....
let s start with a major resignation in the world of banking. the boss of credit suisse antonio horta osorio has stepped down after being investigated by the bank s board for breaching covid 19 quarantine rules. horta osorio had only been in the role for eight months and had promised to restore the swiss bank s reputation following a spate of high profile scandals. credit suisse has already announced axel lehmann will be its new chairman. joining me now is russ mould, who s a investment director at aj bell. good morning to you. for those of us good morning to you. for those of us in good morning to you. for those of us in financial news we know this man of us in financial news we know this man very well, a former ceo this man very well, a former ceo of this man very well, a former ceo of lloyd s and other banks. are you ceo of lloyd s and other banks. are you surprised to hear this? in a way it is a terrible shame because mr horta osorio did a fantasticjo ....
two teenagers have been arrested in manchester in connection with the texas synagogue siege the british hostage taker was a man from blackburn. the government admits it hasn t done enough to protect the uk from the impacts of climate change. and today came at the opposite of a birthday present, the £159 licence fee that funds nearly three quarters of the bbc budget will be frozen for two years. the bbc wanted the fee to rise to over £180 by the end of this settlement. instead, it will remain fixed at £159 until april 202a. that is more money in the pockets of pensioners, families, who are struggling to make ends meet. labour says this government wants to destroy the bbc because it doesn t like its journalism. is the licence fee really at the heart of the cost of living crisis? or is this really about their long standing vendetta against the bbc? now it is part of operation red meat, to save the prime minister from becoming dead meat. the culture secretary had claimed yes ....