Sea, so much closer to home than russia could possibly have wanted. You referred to a russian fighter intercepting what was a russian drone. They submitted that in strict accordance with international law. That comes a matter of hours after Ukrainian Drones have targeted two key vessels. Just this morning, a russian oil cargo ship which was struck by a Ukrainian Drone in the black sea quite some distance off the coast and near a key naval port. There are suggestions that an oil depot was hit on the eastern side of the crimean peninsula. This is a Building Number of incidents occurring in the black sea, an area which russia must have felt was entirely impregnable just two weeks ago. Sochi is a russian holiday resort, and all of those are at risk of war. A dramatic change here where ukraine is projecting its power. It may be a bid to show some element of Military Success given how slow the counteroffensive appears to be at the moment. It certainly must make the kremlin utterly perplexed
Special counsel jack smiths team has now charged both with multiple crimes. Including conspiracy to obstruct justice. If convicted, they couldve face yearslong prison sentences. In the district courthouse in washington, d. C. , we will be awaiting for another possible indictment in the investigation into trumps attempt to overturn the 2020 election. And two new developments today. First, according to the Washington Post, trumps pack to save america spent about 40 million in the First Six Months of 2023 covering his legal fees in some others in his orbit. Also, an internet for one of the maralago employees named in a superseding indictments alongside former President Trump said he had not secured a floridabased lawyer ahead of the First Court Appearance and miami on monday. Later on the show, two stories i need you to stick around to hear. One, a major milestone celebrated by one of the biggest black sororities in the country while a black fraternity is moving its annual convention out
Were going to look at this on the spotlight, like to welcome my guests to the program. Jonathan, International Lawyer out of lancaster, pennsylvania, and kim sharif, activist and lawyer out of london. Thank you both for being with us. Let me start it off in lancaster and and jonathan, the icj is expected to. Takes six months to issue its order, lets start off here, why, why does it take six months . Well, these are 15 judges who are jurists in their own right, by sitting on the world court, they cannot write articles for or books or for journals, so when theres a serious issue like this, they want to think about it thoroughly and write. Detailed decision uh with the basis for the decision almost as important as the decision itself, so the icj always takes months and months, sometimes years to reach an opinion, and if there are different opinions, if each judge justice wants to write their own twist on the conclusion, it does take time, yes, okay, well kim, mean is it difficult to deter
, as journalists, who talk to those who work in these councils , raised this issue. But it seems that just as you said , the salaries are low and the work is heavy for them. Well, god willing, with this situation, those friends who asked said that i have been here for 7 years. They are working with the smallest things, right, so we should let us hope, or we should give this hope to these dear ones who have been working for years, that the field for their recruitment will be provided, it is definitely provided, and we have another job to do. Trainings have already been given to the honorable members of shuraqat, but in the last two years, we have been training we provided a lot of education and training for everyone so that their academic level can be updated. You can see someone who, for example, studied in farag 20 years ago and got a bachelors degree in law, now he came here or he got another bachelors degree and came here to work. It will be forgotten if it is not updated anyone who
Me. Welcome to the beat. Im ari melber and we have a packed show tonight. Michael cohen is here. You know the name. Lanny davis joins us later tonight as we track what could become a verdict that would hinge more than anything else on Michael Kahns testimony and by the end of the hour, al sharpton is here for a cultural moment unlike anything weve ever tried on the beat before. You see him there was james brown. The reverend is here joined by an artist making his big debut tonight, henry mack. Our top show story shows why verdict is on the way and trumps criminal trial, his Defense Lawyers resting their case today telling the judge theyve completed their mission without ever having to call trump to testify, as is their right. They finished after less than two days in control. Trumps lawyers call just two witnesses compared to the 19 witnesses the d. A. Called, some of whom you can see right here, the star witness cohen, former trump aid hicks, Stormy Daniels, a Tabloid Chief and an arr