be allowed to persist. labour has been focused on defence with keir starmer reaffirming his commitment to the uk nuclear deterrent. he said protecting the nation would be the bedrock of a future labour government. the lib dems deputy daisy group has outlined the snp leaderjohn swinney has called for a respectful contest ahead of the scottish leader s first television debate of the campaign that gets under way tonight. here is our political correspondent. should only biologically female be able to use women s services? just people who are biologically female, also those who have change their legal sex on a birth certificate? conservatives say that women s services should be able to refuse any one of is biologically male without facing legal challenges. it is quite clear that the intentions in the law are being misinterpreted just because of changes, social changes, and what we are trying to do is reemphasise that sex, in the law, means biological sex. it always has done but th
i m okay with it. i saw one of my lawyers the other day on television saying, oh, no, you don t want to do that for the president. i said, you don t beg for anything. it is the way it is. if that would happen, i don t know that the public would stand it, you know. i m not sure the public would stand for it. on house arrest? i think it would be tough for the public to take. you know, at a certain point there s a breaking point. that was donald trump yesterday with an ominous suggestion about how his supporters would respond to him being sentenced to jail after his conviction in the hush money case. we ll have much more of his comments as well as what president biden is now saying about the conviction just ahead. meanwhile, the president s son will be in court today in delaware for the start of his trial for federal gun charges. we ll bring you legal analysis on that case. and, plus, a possible major development to bring some peace to gaza with israel reportedly agr
tamar. and maria rds for budget reminder, all campaign smart. he has a judge this is cnn, the world s news but the twice and peach president says he d be okay with serving prison time. this comes just days after the historic verdict that found trump guilty on all charges in his criminal hush money trial. this morning and is only interview since he was convicted, trump warned a harsh sentence could anger his base judge could decide to say, hey, house arrest or even jail. they couldn t face what that does. i m okay with it. i saw one of my lawyers. he had the day on television saying, oh, no, you don t want to do that to the press. i don t get a bag for anything. you just the way it is. i don t know that the public would stand it. you know, i don t i m not sure that the public would stand for with a house arrest or i think i think it d be tough for the public to take at a certain point. there s a breaking point now, just days after president biden reacted to all of this
where a jury has been selected in the trial ofjoe biden s son hunter on gun charges. it s the first prosecution in us history for a child of a sitting president. the 54 year old denies three criminal charges stemming from his purchase of a handgun in 2018 the prosecution claim he was heavily addicted to drugs at the time and lied about it in registration forms. the first lady, jill biden, attended the jury selection hearing in delaware. attended the jury selection president biden was not present. he issued a statement saying he was proud of his son, but he would not comment on the case. our correspondent tom bateman has been outside the courthouse in wilmington. well, five months before a presidential election and a trial here that will throw a very public glare on the personal life and the allegations of drug misuse of the son of the us president. now, hunter biden arrived here first thing this morning along with members of the biden family, including his stepmother, the f