the scandal surrounding congressman matt gaetz offer very rare and surprising aspects today. gaetz, as you heard coop say, wrote an opinion piece denying he s paid for sex, denying he s slept with a minor as an adult himself, and vowing to stay in office. while he was busy invoking drain the swamp language and playing the victim of the media, including me, what was very surprising is what he barely mentioned the extortion plot against him. he said that was what this situation is really all about. tonight, you may learn why he s gone quiet about the extortion case. in a tv exclusive, we have the man accused by congressman gaetz of extortion. that man s name is bob kent. and he tells a very different story about his dealings with the gaetz family and about how serious the allegations are against the representative. that s coming up. and you will want to hear what he says. first, we already heard and saw something shocking today. it happened in the george floyd murder trial. t
drugs in his dealings with young women. also they have looked at whether any federal campaign money was involved in paying for travel and expenses. this comes on the same day gaetz added a new attorney to his case who has sig isn t experience in white collar cases. news continues. i ll hand it over to chris for cuomo prime time. good to see you. hope you had a good easter. we have a key player in the gaetz situation tonight so people are going to want to see that. i m chris cuomo. welcome to primetime. whether you celebrated easter or not, may this season of renewal and rebirth fuel this season for all of us. i was supposed to be off, but we were able to bring you something and it was critical to a big story, in fact, both big stories in the news tonight, there george floyd murder trial and the scandal surrounding congressman matt gaetz offer very rare and surprising aspects today. gaetz, as you heard coop say, wrote an opinion piece denying he s paid for sex, denying h
it s going to be hell on earth. the wife of a british man killed in a shark attack off western australia pays tribute, saying he was a wonderful father. and, a lasting memorial to the world war two veteran and the dog who saved his life under fire. and coming up on the bbc news channel. safe standing will return to the english top flight after nearly 30 years when chelsea host liverpool on january 2nd. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. mps will hold an emergency debate about parliamentary standards today, as the government continues to face criticism over allegations of sleaze. ministers have been criticised for trying to change the standards body that polices the conduct of mps, after it found the former cabinet minister, owen paterson guilty of breaking lobbying rules. today s debate is being led by the liberal democrats, who are proposing an independent inquiry into corruption allegations against the government, and stricter punishments for mps who break t
racketeering and conspiracy. that brings his total charges to ninety one and adding to a list that includes election interference, hush money paid to a porn star, and mishandling classified documents. mr trump is hoping to be re elected president next year, and denies all charges against him. our north america editor sarah smith has more. the courthouse in downtown atlanta, where donald trump and his allies will be tried for conspiring to overturn the 2020 election, on charges usually brought against mobsters that carry a minimum offive years injail. he has successfully made all the charges against him part of his campaign to be re elected president, claiming as usual this is a witchhunt against him, accusing the prosecutor of political motives. i make decisions in this office based on the facts and the law. the law is completely nonpartisan. that s how decisions are made in every case. the 13 charges against donald trump include racketeering, soliciting a public officer
if you paid any attention to the u.s. jobs report at any point over the last three years, there s a good chance you ve heard the phrase, better than expected. you ve probably heard it again over the last few days following the latest job in december. 216,000 new jobs were created. much better than expected for cnbc. back in the old days, weeks 150,000 or more jobs created in one month was good. there are now 100 one point 42 open positions for every job seeker in america. well every available job is not matched every available job seeker, mathematically, america has more jobs than it has available workers. that s just the fact. december s 2100is not anomaly either. that s largely been the trend of the biden presidency since the office in 2021. you can find similar headlines about better than expected numbers for june 2021, january 2022, june 2022, september 2023, for example. this has been one of the top achievements of the biden presidency. it shows that he s been able to