Good evening once again, im stephanie ruhle. Donald trump is now seeking to delay his federal election interference trial until april of 2026. No, not next april 26, april 2026. That is almost three years from now. 17 months after the 2024 election. It is when his legal Team Proposed this evening in a court filing to the judge handling the case. They say, quote, must have adequate time to defend himself, citing the governments 11 and a half million pages of evidence, they said if the pages were stacked on top of one another, the result would be a tower taller than the Statue Of Liberty and the washington monument. Remember, jack smith has asked for Jury Selection to start in december, with a trial beginning on january 2nd of 2024. Meanwhile the former president has been speaking out against his four separate indictments. Today he told fox business, he wants his party to do a better job of defending him. It is just a continuation of silencing, they want to silence. You if you look, this
Row, has accused the speaker of the commons of serving the commons of not serving democracy wasnt democracy after she wasnt called to speak in parliament. Its after conservatives its after the conservatives biggest donor, frank hester, allegedly made him want to hate labour mp made him want to hate all black women and that she should shot. Mr hester says should be shot. Mr hester says hes deeply sorry for the remarks at Prime Ministers questions today, keir questions today, sir keir starmer rishi Sunak Starmer confronted rishi sunak over the remarks, pressing him to return. Mr hesters £10 million donation. The Prime Minister acknowledged francescas comments were wrong and racist, but declined to say his donations would be returned. His donations would be returned. Im absolutely not going to take any lectures from somebody , take any lectures from somebody, from somebody, from somebody who chose to represent an anti semitic terrorist group, hizb ut tahrir rear, who chose to serve a lea
And the telegraph reporting a secret plot to bring Boris Johnson back before the next election to rescue the conservatives fortunes. Ill get reaction from tv news legend nigel farage, biographer Michael Crick. It might take a ten. Meghan markle is looking to revive her brand in the uk. Hell revive her brand in the uk. Hell will freeze over before that happens. Ill be offering my own personal professional advice to the sussexes at ten. You wont want to miss it. Ill be dealing with Meghan Markle in no Uncertain Terms at ten. Its been a while. You wont want to miss it. So two hours of big opinion, big debate and big entertainment and its saturday night. Youve hard week. Night. Youve had a hard week. Youve working hard. Youve been working hard. Hopefully youve put the hopefully by now youve put the kids so why you kids to bed. So why dont you crack beer , uncork crack open a beer, uncork a bottle of wine, or fire up the kettle and lets get to work . Because mark dolan tonight is your perfe
Ill also be joined by my most pugnacious panel, former editor of the sun, Kelvin Mackenzie, and the historian. And and the historian. And broadcaster tessa dunlop. As always, i want to hear from you. Its a crucial part of the programme. Email me mailmogg gbnews. Com. But now its all been its what youve all been waiting the day waiting for. The news of the day with wenzler. With sophia wenzler. Jacob thank you. Im sophia wenzler your top story this houn wenzler your top story this hour. Diane abbott, the mp at the centre of a growing racism row, has accused the speaker of the commons of serving the commons of not serving democracy wasnt democracy after she wasnt called to speak in parliament. Its after conservatives its after the conservatives biggest donor, frank hester, allegedly biggest donor, frank hester, allegecmp made him want to hate labour mp made him want to hate all black women and that she should. Mr hester says should be shot. Mr hester says hes deeply sorry for the remarks
Jails . So a lot to talk about. Its not about prison reform. Its about the fact that prisons are overcrowded. Theres space for 288 more prisoners in england and wales. Weve got 11,000 and wales. Weve got 11,000 foreign prisoners in our just foreign prisoners in ourjust deport all of them. Theyve talked about it and they dont do it. Do it. And i want people who come out of prison to be less at risk of reoffending. Were terrible at that as well. Gbv at gbnews. Com is the email address. First, though, the very latest News Headlines with sam francis. News headlines with sam francis. Bev and andrew thank you very much. Good morning from the gb newsroom. 931 the top story this morning. New gas power stations will be built to protect britains energy security. Thats despite concerns over the potential impact it may have on climate change. The government says the new stations are needed to avert potential blackouts and provide a backup for the growing electric economy. Its understood theyll rep