Glimpse into the defenses lawyers will make on the stand. Here is jonna lauro on meet the press. The defense is quite simple. Donald trump, president trump, believed in his heart of hearts that he had won that election. And as any american citizen, he had a right to speak out under the First Amendment. He had a right to petition governments around the country, state governments. Based on his grievances that Election Irregularities had occurred. He had every right to speak about the important issues that were taking place after the election. A technical violation of the constitution is not a violation of criminal law. That is just plain wrong. Except a technical violation of the constitution by definition is still a violation of the constitution. The constitution, in six different places, opposes insurrection and our constitution is designed to stop people from trying to overthrow elections, and trying to overthrow the government. Moments later, democratic congressman jamie raskin respo
Lawyers will make on the stand. Here is jonna lauro on meet the press. The defense is quite simple. Donald trump, president trump, believed in his heart of hearts that he had won that election. And as any american citizen, he had a right to speak out under the First Amendment. He had a right to petition governments around the country, state governments. Based on his grievances that Election Irregularities had occurred. He had every right to speak about the important issues that were taking place after the election. A technical violation of the constitution is not a violation of criminal law. That is just plain wrong. Except a technical violation of the constitution by definition is still a violation of the constitution. The constitution, in six different places, opposes insurrection and our constitution is designed to stop people from trying to overthrow elections, and trying to overthrow the government. Moments later, democratic congressman jamie raskin responded to lauro by making th
towards averting a humanitarian catastrophe. it was agreed after days of negotiations and delays. the resolution aims to increase the supplies of aid to the territory but didn t call for an immediate end to the fighting. after the vote the un secretary general, antonio guterres, reiterated his call for a ceasefire. a humanitarian ceasefire is the only way to begin to meet the desperate needs of people in gaza and end their ongoing nightmare. i hope that today s security council resolution may help that finally to happen, but much more is needed immediately. looking at the longer term, i m extremely disappointed by comments by senior israeli officials that put a two state solution into question. as difficult as it might appear today, the two state solution in line with un resolutions, international law and previous agreements is the only path to sustainable peace. our correspondent shaimaa khalil is following developments from jerusalem. this week has shown that diplomatic l
After years of talks. Youre watching bbc news. Now its time for efe 0bada against all odds. Honestly, the way i got into the nfl was a miracle. London is definitely still home for me, 100 . Do you still head back to your old haunts . I still do, yeah. One, two, three. Lets go. The more people to see your story, the more inspiration that gets people to think that to themselves, imjust like efe. I can do exactly what he did. The road to the nfl is well travelled, but littered with pitfalls and broken dreams. Typically, thatjourney begins age five or six and encompasses high school and college, before a select few reached the promised land. Efe 0badas route wasnt like many whove gone before, but then again, his story is far from typical. Hisjourney to americas biggest show began age 20. Far from the glitz and glamour in south london. One of my friends, josh hastings, played American Football for the warriors and he saw my size. We were similar built. We went to college together. And at th
the road to the nfl is well travelled, but littered with pitfalls and broken dreams. typically, thatjourney begins age five or six and encompasses high school and college, before a select few reached the promised land. efe obada s route wasn t like many who ve gone before, but then again, his story is farfrom typical. hisjourney to america s biggest show began age 20. far from the glitz and glamour in south london. one of my friends, josh hastings, played american football for the warriors and he saw my size. we were similar built. we went to college together. and at the time, he was, he was very skinny. he s very modern. and when i saw him again, you know, he had some size on him. and he told me that he was playing american football and i would be a good fit. so i went down and i thought nothing of it. like, honestly, it was the first time seeing helmets and pads and all these things. it was very strange. like i never saw. i ve never seen anything like that in south london.