as the energy price cap for businesses ends tomorrow we talk to companies feeling the heat of rocketing energy bills. sewage was discharged into england s waterways at the equivalent of 800 times a day last year according to the environment agency. and gwyneth paltrow wins her court case against the man who tried to sue her over a skiing accident. and coming up in the sport later in the hour the bbc news channel. we will discuss today s biggest talking points from here at the bbc sport centre. good evening. donald trump has become the first former us president to face criminal charges over money paid to the former porn star stormy daniels. the accusation or indictment was the result of a secret vote by a new york grand jury. that s a group of citizens who hear evidence and decide whether there s enough to charge someone with a crime. we don t know the specifics of the charge yet, but it centres on a payment made to stormy daniels after an alleged affair between her
hello and welcome. donald trump will be the first former us president to face criminal charges, after a grand jury indicted him over money paid to the former porn star stormy daniels. mr trump is expected to appear in court in new york next tuesday to face the charges and enter a plea. he denies any wrongdoing and the affair saying the indictment is political persecution . our north america correspondent gary o donoghue reports from new york. but then it s not everyday a former president gets charged with a crime. in fact, it s happened before. and this is the man who s brought the charges against donald trump, district attorney alvin bragg a democrat and a prosecutor in america s highly politicised legal system. but if mr bragg was saying nothing, the former president wasn t so reticent. he s called it political persecution , election interference and his opponents thugs and radical left monsters . no one is above the law, not even a former president of the unit
Bottom line that was their goal heading into tonight, to live to fight inll of these in november. Brian, well accepted it over to you. Our thanks to steve kornacki. We ask only that you not stray from the big board. We will come back with results as they come in throughout the broadcast. Checking in on other news, day 502 this was of the trump administration. And President Trump wasted no time again today lashing out at his own Attorney General of his recusal from the Russia Investigation. President trump wrote on twitter, the russian witchhunt hoax continues all because Jeff Sessions didnt tell me he was going to recuse himself. I would have quickly picked someone else. So much time and money wasted. So many lives ruined. And sessions knew better than most that there was no
report would be positive, as we learned the next morning. But when aide mentioned sessions, trump abruptly ended the conversation and unmuted the television in his office, dismissing the staffer to resume watching
oh, it s only been positive, and it just sends all the sympathy to him. and it s what.it plays right into his hands. they ll do anything to try to take down trump, so this proves it. the case that s been brought against donald trump, it s been decided by your fellow countrymen and women in new york who are doing their civic duty. but they re, uh. ..over the top liberals. yeah. they re just out to smear him any way they can, but it ll backfire on them. even sybil, the shop dog, is gearing up for 202a. people have travelled from outside of virginia state to get their trump merchandise. saw the store, i wanted to stop cos i m a trump supporter, and i m even more of a trump supporter today than i was yesterday. tell me why. cos of this stupid indictment. it s just politically motivated. when i heard it on tv last night, ijust, i could not believe it. but the only thing it s going to do is just make the case strongerfor trump. this indictment has clearly fired up donald trump s core support
of the courthouse in manhattan, this quiet part of virginia really loves donald trump. whitey, who owns the store, says this indictment is good for his pockets and trump s popularity. oh, it s only been positive, and it just sends all the sympathy to him. and it s what.it plays right into his hands. they ll do anything to try to take down trump, so this proves it. the case that s been brought against donald trump, it s been decided by your fellow countrymen and women in new york who are doing their civic duty. but they re, uh. ..over the top liberals. yeah. they re just out to smear him any way they can, but it ll backfire on them. even sybil, the shop dog, is gearing up for 202a. people have travelled from outside of virginia state to get their trump merchandise. saw the store, i wanted to stop cos i m a trump supporter, and i m even more of a trump supporter today than i was yesterday. tell me why. cos of this stupid indictment.