a rush to judgment. the special counsel jack smith urging the supreme court not to wait to decide a critical question concerning donald trump. is he entitled to immunity for crimes he may have committed as president? and growing influence. two months of war brought on by hamas s attack on israel hasn t hurt the terror group sway over gaza. in fact, maybe the opposite. and under fire again, harvard s president now facing questions over whether she committed plagiarism, this after avoiding calls for her to resign over her testimony on antisemitism. can she survive another controversy? following these major stories and many, more all coming in right here to cnn news central. the special counsel prosecuting donald trump wants to fast-track a key dispute in the case right to the supreme court. today, jack smith again urged justices to weigh in now on whether a former president can be prosecuted for alleged crimes committed while in office. it is an issue that has never been test
hopes for a deal or fuel new fears that the u.s. could actually default for the first time in its history. ak kwused murderer bryan kohberger face-to-face with the parents of the students he s accused of stabbing to death. shocking new details in the case coming up. we start with the supercharged republican race. south carolina senator tim scott becoming the latest candidate to test the party s appetite for someone who isn t donald trump, officially launching his presidential campaign just a couple hours ago. that puts the official number of major candidates at six, but there s the potential for many more, with ron desantis set to announce in the coming days and others like mike pence and chris christie reportedly ready to jump in, the field could hit double digits within weeks. today belonged to senator scott, the only black republican in the u.s. senate. speaking in his hometown of north charleston and spreading a message he plans to spread early and often, already buyi
right hand doesn t know what the far right hand doesn t know what the far right hand is doing. so the home secretary, i would ask her if she can confirm is she still committed to the 2019 conservative manifesto pledge of bringing net migration below 226,000? and if so, does she think the prime minister agrees with her? ~ ~ ,,, ., ~ think the prime minister agrees with her? . ~ ,,, ., ~ ~ think the prime minister agrees with her? . ~ her? well, mr speaker. mr speaker, let s be absolutely her? well, mr speaker. mr speaker, let s be absolutely clear, her? well, mr speaker. mr speaker, let s be absolutely clear, this - let s be absolutely clear, this party wants to bring net migration down. i have no idea what the party opposite wants to do. we have heard in the last few days a succession of shadow ministers confused on this issue. the conservative government believes in controlled migration. we only have to look back to the legacy of the last labour government to see that
is now, back in 1985. goodnight. music: how soon is now by the smiths. this is bbc news, here he was at westminster in february giving the speaker a pilot s helmet. on the helmet reads, we have freedom, give us wings to protect it. this is what he wants. f 16 fighter jets like these flown by the polish air force. modern warplanes that could give ukraine greater control of the skies. some european countries are ready to give some of theirs to ukraine but they are all made by the us and that means that president biden, who is at the g7 summit injapan, needs to give his permission first. he has been reluctant, fearing it could escalate the war, but now his officials say the us will help train ukrainian pilots and will not stop european countries donating some f 16s. this comes after concerted pressure from european leaders, including rishi sunak, who earlier this week promised president zelensky to gather international support for getting ukraine the air power it needed. but tra
let me close with this. as much as i m excited about this journey, i simply want to say this. it s really not about me. it s about that 7-year-old girl named jordan who brought roses to the stage for my mother. it s about 12-year-old who came on the stage. you see, america is a city on the hill. we are the beacon in the midst of darkness. we have an unusual responsibility. we have the responsibility to prove that self-governance works. we have the responsibility to share for thousands of generations what america has done for me, she can do for you. this can t be a another presidential campaign. we don t have time for that. we need a president who persuades not just our friends at our base. we need a president that persuades. we have to do that with common sense. conservative principles, but we have to have a compassion for people. we have to have a compassion part people who don t agree with us. we have to believe that our ideas are so strong and so powerful and persuasive th