could go out of business as the government scales back its energy support this weekend. good morning from manchester, where i will speak to businesses facing a huge increase in their bills. good morning, a wet start across england and wales in particular. we have coastal gales through the english channel. in scotland and northern ireland, cloud with showers. temperatures lower than yesterday. good morning it s friday the 31st march. our top story. donald trump will become the first us president in history to face criminal charges after a grand jury voted to indict him over a payment made to a former porn star. stormy daniels claimed she had an affair with him and was given a hush payment during the 2016 presidential election campaign. mr trump says he has been the victim of a witch hunt. our correspondent john sudworth reports. the masssed ranks of the media say it all. donald trump s provided plenty of big moments in american politics, but few bigger than this his own immi
and coming up on the bbc news channel wimbledon later we ll have sportsday on the bbc news channel, we will have the and key interviews on the day s talking points all from the bbc sport centre. good evening. 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. the indictment, which is a formal criminal accusation, was the result of a secret vote by a grand jury in new york. that s a group of citizens who hear evidence and decide whether there s enough to charge someone with a crime. so what s this charge about? we don t know the specifics yet, but it centres on a payment made to stormy daniels after an alleged affair between her and mr trump in 2006. in 2016, just days before mr trump was elected president, his lawyer, michael cohen, paid £130,000 to stormy daniels to stop her from selling her story. two years later, michael cohen testified that mr trump directed
family whether we offer ourself as one of them i think different times call for different leadership. yeah, you know, he tried to kill my family and tried to kill me, but, you know, it remains to be seen, whether i may support him for the republican nomination there you go. scene. we re not here there you go that s he admitted last week, mika, that donald trump put his family in danger and his own life in danger mm-hmm. for i have to say, for me, for everybody that i know, that s the end in an attempt to subvert or democracy. there s that. but let s just keep with the family like, let s go a little john dutton here. you know, you protect your family he admitted last week that somebody tried to kill his family you know, don t go all john dutton on the revenge part, the other side of the boarder. at least you can say, i m not going to support him no, no, jonathan, you know, he tried to have me is and my family killed on january 6th while trying to subvert d
more for no former president has ever surrendered to authorities or been fingerprinted, photographed and arraigned soon. donald trump will be here in washington, d c. shockwaves are spreading from that manhattan grand juries surprise decision to indict the former president in connection with hush money payments to porn star and director stormy daniels here in new york, where the tremors began and from which donald trump first sprang to national attention nearly 50 years ago, authorities are preparing for his arrival. and what could potentially occur because of it. as you look at live pictures of trump tower right now, consider that the man who came down the escalator there almost eight years ago has already incited an attack on congress. and as you look at the courthouse, where he is expected to be arraigned considered, he s already verbally attacked. the district attorney alvin bragg. many times , including again tonight. consider also anderson that in addition to railing ag