The first debate in just two weeks. Then the calendar thereafter littered with debates and caucuses, primaries and convention. Does that mean that trump should not be tried before the election . No. The cases should proceed as they would were the candidate not a president ial candidate. They should not be postponed because of the election, in which he has chosen to run. But nor should they be expedited. I have noted here before that theres a long and Noble Tra Jigs at doj of not wanting to act in a way that might be perceived as political. Five recent attorneys general, republicans ask democrats, have all signed the same memo affirm lg the importance of keeping politics out of criminal charges. A republican in 2008, eric holder in 2012 and Loretta Lynch in 2016, bill barr in 2020 and mek garland just last year, they have all used the same language, include ing this paragr quote, simply put, politics must play no role in the decisions the federal investigators or prosecutors regarding a
the white house in disgrace and is facing 91 indictments. it is still entirely possible that the likely nominee will be convicted before the election in november. yet in iowa, he took over half of the vote, winning 98 of the 99 counties up for grabs 30 points clear of ron de santis, who finished in second spot, with nikki haley in third. and for all their postivity, it looks a steep climb from here. i want to congratulate roni and nikki for having good a good time together, we re all having - a good time together. in spite of all of that that they threw at us, everyone against us, we ve got our ticket punched out of iowa! i can safely say tonight, iowa made this republican primary a two person race. let s bring in the panel. leigh ann caldwell, washington post live anchor. do you want more of the do you want more of the same do you want more of the same and do you want more of the same and they all shouted no, 70% of the us population say they do not want the same reasons
as the premier league charges the club with more than 100 breaches of its financial rules. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. rescue operations are under way across much of southern turkey and northern syria, following a huge earthquake that has killed at least 3,500 people. rescuers are racing to save those trapped beneath the rubble and people have spent the day digging with their bare hands. the first earthquake struck in the early hours of monday morning, while people were asleep. the epicentre was near the turkish city of gaziantep, which is near the border with syria, and measured a magnitude of 7.8. the second earthquake measured 7.5 magnitude and hit 130 kilometres to the north of the first. millions of people across turkey, syria, lebanon, cyprus and israel felt the earthquake. the united nations has called for an international response to the earthquakes. world leaders have pledged to send aid. but
including more than 20 children, murdered by a former police officer in their nursery school. the country s prime minister hasjoined grieving parents, placing flowers in the town where the attack took place. now on bbc news talking movies reports on some early highlights from this year s new york film festival which is marking its 60th anniversary. hello from new york, i m tom brook. welcome to talking movies. entered a s programme, some early highlights from the new york film festival which, this year is marking its 60th anniversary. they said it was on bill moorbel, 1985 novel, white noise, but he was undeterred, adapting it into a movie and it was the opening night attraction here at the new york film festival. the director and cast were all there on opening night. this film which moves between genres isn t easy to describe. on one level it is a family drama that unfolds amid a toxic airborne event that apparel is a college town. , . event that apparel is a college tow