Good morning. It is going to be fairly cloudy and wet today across the central swathes of the uk. To the central swathes of the uk. To the south of that mostly dry and mild. In the north, blustery showers with gales in north west scotland. Details later. Good morning. Its wednesday, 13th march. Rishi sunak is facing calls to hand back millions of pounds donated to the Conservative Party by a businessman accused of making racist comments about the mp, diane abbott. Tech boss frank hester is reported to have said ms abbott made him want to hate all black women, and that she should be shot. The Prime Minister called the comments racist and wrong. Our Political Correspondent Hannah Miller has more. Hello, rishi. How are you . Very nice to see you. When rishi sunak made this visit to a mill near leeds in november, his Helicopter Ride had been provided by one of his partys biggest donors, frank hester, Who Last Year donated £10 million to the Conservative Party, now alleged to have made com
shear lack of communication new york city is unaccept. companies vowing to leave chicago. new mayor brandon johnson defending rioters and defunding the chicago p.d. insofar as and police actual real political goal. thousands of officers visit the capital for national police week to pay tribute to men and women who keep us safe. law enforcement is not a job it s a way of life. helped me get through what i was going through. brian: we begin with a fox news alert. listen to this. special counsel john durham s final report finds the fbi had no factual evidence when it opened up the trump-russia collusion probe during the 2016 election. ainsley: the report reads in parted the doj and fbi failed to uphold their important mission of strict fidelity to the law. senior fbi personnel displayed a serious lack of analytical rigger toward the information that they received. especially information received from politically affiliated persons and entities. durham s investi
headquarters in new york city. a failed candidate turned suspected gunman arrested in albuquerque, new mexico. and we just learned he will make his first appearance in court tomorrow afternoon. police say that when lawmakers wouldn t listen to his claims about election fraud, he put a plan in place to target their homes. epd essentially discovered what we had all feared. and what he suspected, these shootings were politically motivated. the latest details on the charges and how these attacks could serve as a warning for the rest of the country. plus a new call for doj and the sev so act now. and freeze george santos campaign funds so they can be returned to donors. that call kooming from another republican in his own state. and california as a cautionary tale for the country after unrelenting wild weather from coast to coast. the damage done by rain, snow, mud slides and why with all the precipitation in california does that state still have such a serious drought. w
new day continues right now. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, it is monday, june 13th. a man on the inside set to testify in this morning s second january 6th hearing in a surprise move by the committee. donald trump s 2020 campaign manager bill stepien will appear under subpoena to it s a question just how much of a cooperative witness he will be. what does stepien know and what is he willing to tell the committee and the country on live television? the focus today the committee s case that trump s lies about election fraud helped fuel the mob that attacked the capitol. the committee says that trump knew the allegations were bogus. joining me now ellie honing cnn senior legal analyst and a former federal and state prosecut prosecutor. when we saw this witness list come out one name jumped off, bill stepien trump s former campaign manager. what could he testify to? here is the thing, we don t know. this is going to be a surprise to s
The big surprising Legal Development of the day is that defendant donald trump has decided that the trial in the case of Georgia Versus donald trump should take place in a georgia courtroom instead a Federal Court. That news came after a new York State Appeals Court rejected Donald Trumps lastminute attempt to delay the picketing of His Civil Fraud Trial scheduled to begin on monday, after the judge in that case has already ruled that there is overwhelming evidence of Business Fraud committed by donald trump in lying about the value of real estate, including the value of his New York City apartment. His home. Which he claimed is 30, 000 square feet when it is actually one third that size, 10,000 square feet. Which is big. People with 10,000 square foot apartments in new york dont need to project they have a bigger apartment than that. But thats donald trump for you. The most surprising legal news of the day, occurred at 3 45 pm in georgia, when Donald Trumps Criminal Defense Lawyer not