it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. and we re so glad you re with us, hi, everyone, i m jessica dean. and i m boris sanchez. jessica, great to share an afternoon with you, albeit a busy one, right? the nation is bracing to see if an american president is going to be indicted in coming days. that s never happened in u.s. history. it s unprecedented. and the outcome hinges on what happens outside of this courthouse in manhattan. just a short time ago, a man who may be one of the final grand jury witnesses in a case against former president donald trump arrived at the courthouse. this car transporting robert costello, he s appearing at the request of trump s attorneys and he is there, essentially to contradict michael cohen, trump s former fixer. of course, cohen is a key witness as the new york district attorney investigates trump s alleged role in a hush money scheme to cover up a $130,000 payment in 2016 to adult film star stormy daniels. it was to keep her quiet
morning continues right now. done. my nephew is alive. yes healing. it is not the story that that individual intended for us to tell you that right? there is a lot of hate. yeah right. here is a lot of love. love versus hate . disappoint they were making good morning, everyone. we re so glad you re here. caitlin is off protests and outrage in kansas city after a homeowner shot a black teenager. police say the team went to the wrong house by mistake when he was just trying to pick up his younger brothers to talk to you about the fox news to many in trial, it is delayed. there s new reporting. the network is trying to settle out of court with dominion voting systems. we re live outside the courthouse for you. brand new cnn reporting this morning. we re learning supreme court justice clarence thomas is going to make some changes to his financial disclosure forms after a real estate deal with the gop mega donor came to light this morning calls for justice across the country after
let s now get down to business. we start with energy as more eu caps on russian oil have come into effect. the price of premium products, primarily diesel, is being capped at $100 a barrel, while low end products, including fuel oil, will be capped at $45. other oil product imports are banned completely from today. the price cap is designed to limit moscow s ability to fund its war in ukraine. enforcement relies on prohibiting insurance and shipping companies from dealing with russian cargo, unless it was bought at or below the set price. i have not got viyella davis to talk about this instead i do have another guest. joining me now is spencer welch, oil analyst with s&p global. we have been talking about eu caps and bounce, what has changed today? changed today? there is essentially changed today? there is essentially three - changed today? there is. essentially three different mechanisms that have been put in place in the last two months. on the fifth of december, the eu
children in england today should never be allowed to legally buy tobacco products once they are adults the new recommendations to cut smoking rates. and i m here on the isle of wight where they have made an extraordinary dinosaur discovery. they found the remains of what could be the largest ever carnival discovery in europe. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel the premier league suspends its six year tv deal with russian broadcaster match tv, because of the invasion of ukraine. the cost of filling an average family car with petrol has reached £100 for the first time. petrol retailers are charging on average 182 pence a litre, with some forecourts charging more than £2. the increase is largely blamed on the impact of the war in ukraine on global energy supplies. our business correspondent andy verity reports. this morning, £100 develop the average tank. it’s this morning, £100 develop the average tank- average tank. it s terrible. extremely average tan
Its 8am in singapore, 1am In London and eight in the evening in new york, where diplomatic efforts to try to ease the tension on the Korean Peninsula are stepping up a gear this friday. The us Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson will attend a Un Security Council meeting. The United States and its allies are expected to turn up the pressure on china to use its leverage to rein in kimjong un. Speaking to the bbc, republican senator John Barrasso explained the renewed diplomacy drive. Well, of course the goal is a peaceful resolution of the process, thats what we want. We want north korea without Nuclear Weapons and this whole thing peacefully resolved. Thats the deliberations and discussions with china so they can get much more involved because you know after all, that 85 of the trading that north korea does is with china and i think china right now realises their interests are aligned with the United States, with regard to a Nuclear Armed north korea because the question is really can they