This time than what we might have otherwise been expecting. If the allegations in this indictment are proven Beyond A Reasonable Doubt and a jury convicts some of these crimes, history will not ask, wow, how did america get to the point where they indicted a former president . History instead is going to ask, how did america get to the point where such a person could be elected to the presidency of the United States. Were actions such as these could be carried out from the oval office directed by a person who was elected president by the American People, along with his advisers. This is a grave day and a serious one for our country. Thank you for being with us here tonight. We know you had every choice in the world. But we are happy to have you here on what will go down in u. S. History as a black letter, bold faced date, August 1st 2023 is the date on which a former president and the leading president ial candidate of the Republican Party was indicted in Federal Court, accused of lead
The special coverage. He is of course innocent until Proven Guilty and he will and should mount a robust defense against these charges, and he should be acquitted if he didnt do what he is accused of. But if the allegations made by the Justice Department in this indictment are proven, if the former president did what he is accused of, history is going to ask a different question of this time than what we might have otherwise been expecting. If the allegations in this indictment are proven Beyond A Reasonable Doubt and a jury convict some of these crimes, history will not ask, wow, how did america get to the point where they indicted a former president . History instead is going to ask, how did america get to the point where such a person could be elected to the presidency of the United States. Where actions such as these could be carried out from the oval office directed by a person who was elected president by the American People, along with his advisers. This is a grave day and a ser
breaking overnight, russia launches the largest missile attack in two months on ukraine killing at least 20 civilians. this morning ukraine is promising to fight back. here at home, water continues to rise across the midwest and what is being called a slow moving disaster. there is widespread flooding along the mississippi river. and the worst is yet to come. former vice president mike pence testified before the special grand jury investigating former president trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. we ll play for you what trump had to say about it. and a tense back and forth between donald trump s lawyer and the woman who says trump raped her which he denies. what it was like in the room during e. jean carroll s cross examination. we begin this hour with that breaking news out of ukraine. overnight, a deadly wave of air strikes, 20 people were killed including three children in a strike on a residential building in the central ukrainian city of uman according
we will be live in belfast in a moment or two. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre now. we ll start with the first 147 maximim break at this year s world snooker championship, it s come on day 5 at the crucible is sheffield from kyren wilson in his 2nd round match against ryan day. the maximum break, where you pot all 15 reds, 15 blacks and all the colours has only been done 12 times before in the history of the tournament. and what about this for nerves of steel? there s also a prize pot totalling £55,000 that wilson would take home if no one else can match him. as for the match itself they ll resume this evening in sheffield with wilson leading day by 6 frames to 3. the winner plastohn higgins in the second round. 0n the other table, england s jack lisowski has beaten noppon saengkham of thailand by ten frames to seven. lisowski will face the winner of the match betweenjudd trump and anthony mcgill, that s going on right now. mcgill leads 7 5. later, m
more on the headline stories in a moment, but let s round up the sport and go to the sports centre and will perry. they hope to set up a last four tie against the holders, real madrid. what you have to do to achieve it is be ourselves as much as possible. our game plan is to stick until the end and do our game and our game. as much as possible, and when it s not possible, it s because they were better, not because we couldn t do it or something we were not. bur; better, not because we couldn t do it or something we were not. buy a new capital it or something we were not. buy a new capital to it or something we were not. buy a new capital to do. bayern have it all to do, only four teams in history have overturned a three goal deficit in the champions league. sadio mane is available to play following his bust up with leroy sane after the first leg. mane was suspended for their draw with hoffenheim and fined. their manager thinks they ve wasted the chance to turn the situat