hello, i m victoria valentine. a very warm welcome to the programme. donald trump is spending the night in new york, at trump tower, before appearing in court later. he s set to make history once again, this time as the first president of the united states to be charged with a criminal offence. the charges relate to money paid to a porn star to keep quiet about an affair before the 2016 election. this is the scene live in new york. it sjust gone midnight, and thejudge has ruled that pooled media will be allowed to take still pictures in the courtroom, just before the hearing gets underway, but tv cameras will only be allowed in outside corridors. security measures will be in place with the authorities expecting demonstrations by the president s supporters and opponents. let s get the latest from michelle fleury in manhattan. donald trump has travelled to new york where he is spending the night in his namesake tamme behind me and he is reportedly meeting with lawyers going thr
morning. really good frost. we can still obviously get them in april. look at this scene. a beautiful picture from one of our weather watchers in norfolk. of course, the sun is strong, the frost doesn t last very long, and indeed come across england and wales today, a lot of sunshine, but not necessarily in northern ireland and scotland. here, in fact, in northern ireland and scotland. here, infact, closerto in northern ireland and scotland. here, in fact, closer to a weather front, with thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain on the way, later on today. this weather front is just approaching ireland right now, whereas the high pressure is nosing in over england and wales, and talking of noses, the pollen levels are pretty high across england and where is, at least southern parts, through today. the levels will change through the week, but some of us are certainly already noticing that pollen. here are the temperatures, 11 14 north or south. thicker cloud out towards the north we
and against the whole world. junior doctors in england have voted in favour of strike action over a dispute over pay. say a three day work out is being planned for march. the family of nicola bulley describe their agony as police find a body in the river near the place she went missing. an inquest into the deaths of five people who were shot by a man in plymouth, finds they were unlawfully killed. a solicitor for the victims families say the system has failed them. this evil act was facilitated and enabled by a series of failings and incompetence from the people and organisations that are supposed to keep us safe. bbc research reveals over half of england s schools for children with special educational needs and disabilities are oversubscribed. us presidentjoe biden has made a surprise visit to kyiv his first to ukraine since russia invaded almost a year ago. he met ukraine s president, volodmyr zelensky and both men visited a memorial for ukraine s war dead. at a news con
marked classified that was found had been intermingled with press clippings, clothing and other nick knacks. questions about what the former president was doing with 11,000 documents that were recovered. the federal district court released the catalog while she makes a decision on whether to appointing a special master. william barr called it a waste of time and a red herring. he also said loud and clear that his old boss brought this on himself by taking what did not belong to him, refusing to give it back and he seemed to suggest perhaps obstructing justice with his legal team deceiving investigators. i think the driver on this from the beginning was, you know, loads of classified information sitting in mar-a-lago. people say this was unprecedented. it s also unprecedented for a president to take all this classified information and put them in a country club, okay? and how long is the government going to try to get that back? they jawbone for a year. they were deceived on
waste of time and a red herring. he also said loud and clear that his old boss brought this on himself by taking what did not belong to him, refusing to give it back and he seemed to suggest perhaps obstructing justice with his legal team deceiving investigators. i think the driver on this from the beginning was, you know, loads of classified information sitting in mar-a-lago. people say this was unprecedented. it s also unprecedented for a president to take all this classified information and put them in a country club, okay? and how long is the government going to try to get that back? they jawbone for a year. they were deceived on the voluntary actions taken. they then went and got a subpoena. they were deceived on that. they feel. and the facts are starting to show that they were being jerked around. and so how long you know, how long do they wait? the answer, as we now know, was more than a year before seeking a search warrant. the former attorney general had more