When . Weeks and still has not ruled. Nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. Where do things stand after todays arguments . Reporter judge Aileen Cannon said she would rule promptly on these two motions to dismiss and seemed skeptical this afternoon of the argument about the president ial records act. Remember, what donald trump is saying under the president ial records act he could deem any record in the white house whether classified document about Nuclear Secrets or identity of the cia officer, foreign asset, he could deem that a personal record, take it home and store it in his bathroom. Special counsel jack smith says than an absurd argument and eastern the judge said i dont see how that gets dismissal of the indictment. That one. Another argument, motion to dismiss on the grounds the Espionage Act is unconstitutionally vague. Argued that this morning. A long shot. A law used hundreds of times to prosecute people who have taken home or leaked classified docu
and hot on the heels of antony blinken s visit to china. beijing will seek to improve its ties with europe. however, europe has also started to pull away from china to ensure it is not too reliant on their exports. still, there are strong economic ties between germany and china for the last seven years germany has been china s biggest trading partner in europe. so, what is at stake? i m joined by gregor sebastian economics analyst at the mercator institute for china studies based out of berlin. 0ne welcome to the programme. first of all, for the two leaders what do they want to achieve in the next few days? good morning. i mean, the first thing isjust that good morning. i mean, the first thing is just that the meeting is taking place, right? we have a radically different relationship between the two leaders now than we had in devious years. under angela merkel s meant the cabinets on the chinese and german sides had really constant and close relations and this is the firs
Intervention in the election to tilted towards trump made him out of the notches. That enraged trump. The interesting and controversial thing is the involvement ofjeff sessions. He excused himself from the russia investigation because he was a key figure in the Trump Campaign and his involvement in the Firing Of Comey has raised a lot of questions and criticism from congress. He got flack for saying he had met the Russian Ambassador but had not mentioned it. Exactly. Lastly, trump dug his dug himself into a bigger codger mercy with a veiled threat to james comey that he might not leak because they might be tapes. That has set up a whole round of speculation about what kind of Taping System he has, good the comparisons with nixon get any more stark . You have Top Democrats in Congress Calling on him to release whatever tapes he may have. I think that this is getting very troubling andi that this is getting very troubling and i think, his credibility is under question. He has appeared to
And any ties to Trumps Campaign. The former tv presenter rolf harris is being released on bail tomorrow. The veteran entertainer is currently on trial accused of indecently assaulting three girls between 1971 and 1983. Retail sales rose by 2. 3 last month defying Market Expectations that rising inflation would cause a consumer slowdown. Hello and good morning. Welcome to bbc news. Im sophie long, in West Yorkshire. Where theresa may will promise to address the rising cost of social care in england and curb immigration when she launches the Conservative Manifesto shortly. It has been delayed due to Travel Problems and there have been a couple of protests which have sprung up. Small protests at this stage. One to the side of the building and another to the entrance. Shortly theresa may will arrive here and unveiled the Conservative Party plans for the election. Lets take you through what we are expecting to hear from theresa may at this stage. The party is promising that no one will have