no announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get straight to the breaking news, a federal judge a few moments ago ordering the release of emails from john eastman. cnn senior justice correspondent is working this. walk us through what happened. this is a ruling from judge david carter in california, wolf. he is ordering the release of emails to the january 6th committee. john eastman, who worked as a lawyer for the former president in those weeks as he was trying to stay in office has argued they should be shielded under attorney client privilege. the judge is rejecting that saying that they may be evidence of a crime so therefore they fall under what s known as the crime fraud exception. i ll read you part of what the judge wrote in his order. he says the emails show that president trump knew the specific numbers of voter fraud were wrong but continued to tote those numbers both in court and to the public. the court finds that these emails are sufficiently related to
As powerful and as far reaching as Harvey Weinstein, is actuallyjust described, you could not get him into a courtroom, and we need to acknowledge that. We also need to understand the legal system has never served survivors. In this country. Cautious solutions once a bus and we need to understand that. Rape and Sexual Assault have the lowest arrest and conviction rates for a reason. We are clear that moments like this why the movements are necessary, and we have a movement. This is why the work has to keep happening and why we keep going. Almost seven years ago, because these brave women, in this case, broke their silence, because these brave women, in this case, broke theirsilence, millions and millions and millions of others found the strength to come forward and do the same. That would always be the victory. This doesnt change that. And the people who abuse their power and privilege to violate and harm others would always be the villains. This doesnt change that. We have spent decad
Hello, im christian fraser. Youre watching the context on bbc news. Besieged by tourists, venice starts charging day trippers to visit. Is this the way forward for overwhelmed cities . In fact, we are going to start in europe. The french president , emmanuel macron, has painted a rather bleak picture of the European Union today. Despite the big strides he believes the eu made towards closer integration post covid and in response to the war in ukraine, it needs to be much more aggressive, he said, in defending its own interests. The wake up, he said, has been too slow and there is mortal danger, as he put it, if the union becomes a vassal of the United States and fails to stand up for itself on trade. Translation we must be lucid to the fact that our europe today is mortal. She can die. Echoing his past calls for europe to plot a third way between the us and china, the french president called for a scaling up stronger, more integrated European Defences, a more sustainable economic model
And Manchester City close the gap at the top of the Premier League with a convincing win, away to brighton. On bbc london. On newsnight at 10 30 p m. This morning, the Surprise News that the snp and Green Coalition collapsing. At bedtime, what is left of homes thats coalition which are marked and what does it mean for the coalition . The snps Power Sharing arrangement, with the scottish greens. He now leads a Minority Government a predicament seized upon by scottish conservatives, whove called a vote of no confidence, which the scottish greens now say theyll back. If he loses the vote, due next week, his position could become untenable barely a year since taking over as First Minister from nicola sturgeon. So, how did it come to this, and could he still cling on . With the very latest, lets joinjames cook, our scotland editor, live in edinburgh. Well, its been a day here of harsh words and of recriminations, of allegations flung, of defences and indeed of some political drama, with the
a line of breaking news before the sport coming from new york with the reuters news agency reporting that the un security council is due to vote later today on a draft resolution that calls for urgent and extended humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout the gaza strip for a sufficient number of days to enable aid access. that is according to diplomats, some diplomats say they expect the 15 member council to adopt the resolution although some countries were likely to abstain. the resolution needs nine foes and could be vetoed, so a vote is expected later in the day on extended humanitarian pauses and corridors through the gaza strip, so we will keep an eye on that and bring you more as it comes in. now let s head to the bbc sport centre. isaac is therefore us. let s start at the cricket world cup where virat kohli has scored his 50th odi hundred, breaking the record of fellow indian legend sachin tendulkar. kohli s milestone occured in the first semi final against new zea