Now on Bbc News political thinking with nick robinson. Hello, And welcome to political thinking a conversation with, rather than a newsy interrogation, of someone who shapes our political thinking about what a shape theirs. My guest this week has just celebrated ending the longest Train Drivers strike in history a strike that was blamed for crippling the railways And angered many, many travellers. His members haVe Got a 15 Pay Rise over three years. He is Mick Whelan, The General secretary of aslef. He said that his members strength, resilience, And determination was what had won that Pay Rise others say it was down to his crafty negotiation style. Mick whelan, welcome to political thinking. Thank you, nick. You finally got a deal after all that time how did you celebrate . Erm, by talking to the press. As soon as it becomes public knowledge, you And your colleagues obviously, so sky, bbc, the guardian, the usual outlets, And press will be Here Today With You And once you ve done that,
Front runner for the 2024 nomination, is accused and facing a slew of new charges for allegedly master minding a plot in georgia to stay in power. He and all the other defendants now have ten days to surrender. Late last night, an atlantabased grand jury voted to Indictment Trump and 18 other people, including mark meadows and rudy giuliani, on state criminal charges across 41 counts. All of them stemming from their alleged efforts to overturn trumps 2020 defeat. The indictment arguing that all of them, quote, refused to accept trump lost and know ingl and willfully joined a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome of the election. So this is a racketeering case, charges brought against mobsters, alleging a widespread conspiracy to commit multiple criminal acts. Trump is accused of 13 new crimes. Hes now charged with 91 crimes from the four indictments. Trump calls the new charges politically inspired. The defendants face an august 25th deadline to turn themselves in. Fulton County
Angle. Pursuing political prosecution against donald trump, real criminals are reeking havoc. Chicago, washington and new york, hardened criminals feel embolden, unstoppable. You are watching a vicious attack against phillip todd on northeast. He was stabbed in the head unprovoked, allegedly by a man released from prison a day prior. The video was just released. Democrats respond spend tens of millions to investigate one man, violent criminals are terrifying d. C. Residents. I thank god to survive, it raent easy. I cant believe, i keep looking at my hand, do like this, just troo to believe im alive. For some reason, god saved me. Laura hes an uber driver from iraq. Too many have not been saved, d. C. Murder rate is highest in two decades. Have we seen a change in permissive attitude policies, laws toward crime that frankly destroy what were so many once habitable and nice to live urban areas . None of that happened. We get meaningless platitude from bowser. We also know that we continu
the vote to come in. we expect donald trump to be the winner. we are standing by to hear donald trump speak about his victory. we heard from nikki haley a short while ago. here is a little bit of what she said. the other day, donald trump accused me of not providing security at the capitol on january 6. i have long called for mental competency tests for politicians over the age of 75. trump claims he would do better than me in one of those tests. maybe he would. maybe he wouldn t. but if he thinks that, them he should have no problem standing on a debate stage with me. tough words from nikki haley. let s go to kristin holmes. i don t suppose there s any second guessing about trump s campaign strategy to avoid all debates or interviews with anybody that might ask a tough question much the gauntlet has been thrown down by governor haley this evening. reporter: it has. i have no reason to believe that donald trump is going to take her up on that offer. i asked about this n
of leaking top secret pentagon information. jack to share a appeared in court yesterday and is now facing charges. his arrest follows an intense week long search for the source of the online leak of secret documents. cnn s or in lieberman has more. in a federal courtroom in boston 21 year old jack to sheriff faced his legal fate for the first time charged through the espionage act with unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents and national security information. the airman first class at the center of an investigation into a leak of top secret information in court, his father yelled out, love you, jack! the response love you, too, dad. five. outside the courthouse to share his family thrust into the spotlight with national security interests at stake, said nothing to cheryl was an i. t specialist with the massachusetts air national guard , he enlisted before graduating high school, his senior year photo quote that now appears prophetic actions speak louder tha