Tonights lead on politics nation, democracy on trial. Tonight im in washington, d. C. , ahead of the annual white house Correspondents Dinner where there will be no doubt plenty of cocktail hour conversation about the whirlwind week of Legal Proceedings for former President Trump. The first witness in trumps Manhattan Hush Money Trial took the stand this week, and the former publisher of the National Enquirer detailed how farrakhan candidate trump went to like his alleged affair with porn star Stormy Daniels. Meanwhile, here in washington on thursday heard trumps argument that the presidency itself is Above The Law as his lawyers claim he has total immunity for his efforts to subvert the 2020 election. Some of the courts most conservative justices, many of which were nominated by trump himself, seemed open, if not sympathetic, to the idea. All of that on politics nation, plus well hear from the president of emilys list as the biden takes on another State Abortion Ban and voters prepare
keeping this chair warm in my absence. i do miss you all so. i see some of your messages on twitter and i miss you right back. so happy to be back with you today, to have my hair brushed for the first time in three weeks. the good news is the beat with ari melber starts now. before i get weepy. i have such mixed feelings. i have my feelings and news feelings. congratulations for you and the family, which i can say now, we love having you back, even though i know it s just for today. the mixed feelings is the seriousness that you were discussing with congresswoman cheney is part of why you were back today. so i did want to say all the things and let you respond to any and all of the above and again, our thoughts and happiness for your family. i ll start with the first things and i ll be brief before i get weepy. i feel like we tv people can be quirky, but we ve worked out the family dynamic on all of our big nights and i m so appreciative for the kind words and love and
Afternoon looking pretty dry. One or two showers dotted across the north west, most places will be dry. Temperatures of 12, maybe 17 in the south. Clear skies for most but the winds will be picking up, especially gcioss winds will be picking up, especially across the south and west. Some Rain Arriving in cornwall and devon by dawn. It will be quite mild but even elsewhere we are looking at 8 9 and shine for scotland, Northern England, the midlands and across Eastern England. Rain will continue to spill northwards. In the sunny spots it will be quite warm with top temperatures of 17 or 18 degrees. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines at 2 30pm. European Union Leaders meeting in brussels have unanimously adopted guidelines for negotiating britains withdrawal from the eu. Labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn urges young people to claim their future by Voting Labour in the general election. Theresa may is campaigning in scotland for the First Time Since calling the election. One of the men arreste
Afternoon looking pretty dry. One or two showers dotted across the north west, most places will be dry. Temperatures of 12, maybe 17 in the south. Clear skies for most but the winds will be picking up, especially gcioss winds will be picking up, especially across the south and west. Some Rain Arriving in cornwall and devon by dawn. It will be quite mild but even elsewhere we are looking at 8 9 and shine for scotland, Northern England, the midlands and across Eastern England. Rain will continue to spill northwards. In the sunny spots it will be quite warm with top temperatures of 17 or 18 degrees. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines at 2 30pm. European Union Leaders meeting in brussels have unanimously adopted guidelines for negotiating britains withdrawal from the eu. Labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn urges young people to claim their future by Voting Labour in the general election. Theresa may is campaigning in scotland for the First Time Since calling the election. One of the men arreste
Afternoon looking pretty dry. One or two showers dotted across the north west, most places will be dry. Temperatures of 12, maybe 17 in the south. Clear skies for most but the winds will be picking up, especially gcioss winds will be picking up, especially across the south and west. Some Rain Arriving in cornwall and devon by dawn. It will be quite mild but even elsewhere we are looking at 8 9 and shine for scotland, Northern England, the midlands and across Eastern England. Rain will continue to spill northwards. In the sunny spots it will be quite warm with top temperatures of 17 or 18 degrees. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines at 2 30pm. European Union Leaders meeting in brussels have unanimously adopted guidelines for negotiating britains withdrawal from the eu. Labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn urges young people to claim their future by Voting Labour in the general election. Theresa may is campaigning in scotland for the First Time Since calling the election. One of the men arreste