Understand that he has the opportunity to appear either virtually or in thursday. That was granted in the last two arraignments. We understand that thejudge will arraignments. We understand that the judge will decide which one it is. But given that mr trump has appeared in person for the last two, it is probably likely that he will appear in person for this indictment. He tends to use them, as weve seen previously, as part of his campaign. And we are seeing his republican allies really rally around him. And in some ways, they are ramping up the rhetoric to defend him. Some of them are calling for the special prosecutions investigation to be defunded. They are saying that donald trump cant get a fair trial in dc. Of course, its being held here, the scene of the alleged crime because it is a left leaning city. They refer to it as the swamp. But remember, Donald Trumps second indictment, which is in florida. The trial will take place there. Florida is his home state. Its also a republican
You re live with bbc news. let s go to live pictures coming to us from taiwan. markets and schools in the northern part of the island including in the capital, taipei, are staying shut today as slow moving typhoon khanun rushes past bringing rain and high wind. it swept through the popularjapanese tourist destination of okinawa yesterday living one person damp and at least 25 injured. some areas reported wind gusts of nearly 200 kilometres an hour, 124 mph and the airport in the capital city of okinawa was entirely closed on wednesday for a second day. it also left more than 200,000 people without electricity. we spoke to james reynolds, a storm chaser who travelled to okinawa to observe the typhoon and he told me about this