We are grateful. Hi katie. Hi, thank you so much, and welcome to the beat. Tonight, there could be a delay in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial in new york. More on that in a moment but we start with breaking news. Judge cannon denying without prejudice trumps motion to dismiss counts one through 32 and is classified documents case. Her ruling coming in moments ago. She said trumps arguments are better suited to be argued later on in connection with other motions. In other words, she punted the decision. It comes after trump and jack smith faced off in a federal courtroom in florida today, trumps attorneys arguing to dismiss the entire superseding indictment against him, claiming the president ial records act gives them the authority to take and claim those classified documents as his own personal property. In the motion, trumps lawyers wrote, President Trump exercise virtually unreviewable authority to designate the records as personal. In court, trump lawyer todd blanche arguing, quote,
Pulled from circulation. At the moment, those Picture Agencies are unable to say, hand on heart, we think this image is totally genuine. 0k, well. Holly hunter, there. Its a disaster theres a lot to unpack there. There is. How did a social media post celebrating mothers day cause a royal Public Relations crisis. Great picture. Three lovely children smiling at the camera and kate looking really well. And then suddenly it all went pear shaped. There are various clues that indicate its been edited or changed in some way. And Fuel Allegations of fake news and Conspiracy Theories. The more outlandish, the wilder the Conspiracy Theory, the more traction its going to get. And send social media meme accounts into overdrive . The Traditional Press has been quite respectful, quite restrained. Out there in the wilds of social media, the opposite is true. This is the story of how the Princess Of Wales broke the internet, sparking Big Questions of trust and transparency in an age of disinformation.
Monday. John roberts, great to be back after a few days not being able to talk. Gillian and glad to be back with you on the new set, its awesome. This is america reports, the desperate search for survivors is continuing across maui. John Recovery Teams with cadaver dogs going building to building with the 1,000 that remain unaccounted for. Gillian survivors reporting Warning Sirens never went off and crews say hydrants had no water pressure. No idea what was going on, no siren, nothing. My son was like oh, mom, is this it . What do you tell your kids . Right now the government is letting us down, so its really important that all the people of maui stick together, Come Together And Support One another at this crazy time. Some of my friends are saying you know who is missing, so and so, so and so, so and so, and thats when it clicks in my head a bit. We will build back together, find out what we could have done to prevent such loss of life. John max gordon live on the scene, are official
Surrounding hunter biden and members of the press thinking the first son is being a raw deal. Congress needs to stop investigating a private sen and trying to link President Biden to Hunter Bidens conduct. Hunter biden is being subjected here to a level of not only scrutiny but accountability that most mere mortals would not. Hunter biden could be terrible. Never met him. Is being treated worse than anyone would be. This is the son of the president. Hes not a political officer and doesnt begin to compare to classified documents and to the indictment here in d. C. Hunters attorneys trying to set the narrative on Special Counsel saying nothing new here. No new evidence to be found. The evidence that has been pursued by staff and members of media locking for connection has shown it doesnt exist. If the most people criticizing the biden family is when the president calls his son every day on speakerphone he says hello to the people in the room that is not an offense. Thats a loving father.
Shes urged the west not to recognise what will be putins fifth term as president. Our russia editor, steve rosenberg, is in moscow with more. Russias democracy is the best in the world, the kremlin says. And at Polling Station 38 in moscow, we found a choice of candidates and plenty of voters. Democracy in action, right . Not quite. Realistically, only one man can win this. Vladimir putin the man whos been on russias political stage for the last quarter of a century. Vladimir putin faces no serious challenger. His fiercest rivals are in exile or in prison. Not that this woman, whose son is fighting in ukraine, wants any change at the top. Of course i voted for putin, she says. I trust him. But not everyone who came out today was actually voting. This, one of a string of attacks on Polling Stations across russia. They are unprecedented. After chaotic scenes here. An arsonist is detained. And green ink poured into a ballot box. The authorities called the attackers scum. Some voters were