of royalties on an ai colab using her voice. as we gauge on into the brave new world of music. steve patterson, nbc news, los angeles. another career for you, steve. we have a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports, let s get right to it. at this hour, the next potential candidate to take on former president trump is hinting that he s getting ready to jump into the 2024 race. we ll tell you when that announcement could come. plus, escaping war torn sudan, armed at u.s. drones helped escort hundreds of americans on a 500 mile journey over the weekend to a key port city after having to flee the country and fierce fighting. and zero leads a massive man hunt is underway in texas to find the suspect responsible for a mass shooting that left five dead including a 9-year-old boy. where that investigation stands now. plus, slow moving disaster, the mississippi river is set to crest today as homes are already seeing serious flooding across iowa and illinois
Bank spring meetings, which could lead that kicked off on monday in washington. Our North America correspondent is there and has a preview of those meetings. High inflation continues to plague countries around the world. Central bankers are raising Interest Rates to try and slow down those price increases. As a result however, we have some of the weakest Growth Projections by the International Monetary fund since the 1990s. With the Worlds Finance Ministers and central bankers all meeting in washington this week the increasingly fragile Global Economy will certainly be the focus along with ways for countries to try and mitigate some of the negative impacts of those Interest Rate rises. The high inflation however is already having an impact on poorer countries, pushing them further into financial distress, given the uncertain Global Economic outlook the imf believes many more countries will be looking to the imf for help. Reporting outside the world bank and imf building. For more we ca
live from our studios in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in the us, where one of the most highly anticipated defamation trials began and ended just as quickly. with the jury already selected media giant fox news settled with dominion voting systems, for $787 million. the issue at heart of the case was whether fox news was liable for airing the false claims that dominion s ballot counting machines were used to manipulate the 2020 election in favor ofjoe biden over then president donald trump. one of dominion s lawyers, justin nelson and ceo james poulos spoke after the settlement. the truth matters. lies have consequences. over two years ago, a torrent of lies swept dominion and election officials across america into an alternative universe of conspiracy theories, causing grievous harm to dominion and the country. fox has admitted to telling lies about dominion that caused enormous damage to my company, our employees and
america s rivals? fred fleitz, ready to go, geared up and we ll be joined shortly. john: begin america reports with an indictment watch for former president trump as manhattan d.a. alvin bragg s motives are questioned by critics. john roberts in washington. happy tuesday, sandra. sandra: and john, you are warmed up yet again. sandra smith in new york city. the former president predicted he would be arrested today, but he is not expected to be arraigned until next week, the grand jury has another witness to hear from. john: the manhattan district attorney for the soft on crime approach is taking heat for what critics say is politically motivated. his office is firing back. sal wisenberg in a moment. bryan joins us live in studio. what is the latest from district attorney alvin bragg s office? the office has responded to jim jordan and house speaker kevin mccarthy s calls for bragg to testify to congress over the possible indictment of former president trump. the
today. will china help russia in the war in ukraine? what the white house said about that today, given this meeting. tom soufi burridge in kyiv. here in the u.s. tonight, the deadly school shooting today. a teenager tonight charged with capital murder. that school on lockdown for several hours. the powerful storm set to hit the west and move right across the country again this week. california to texas to the northeast. ginger zee timing it out. the alarming new report tonight on climate change, amid these extremes we re witnessing. the u.n. calling it a time bomb. and what they re now warning. police in colorado tonight investigating what they re calling a complex and calculated murder. a dentist accused of slowly poisoning his wife, revealing the text messages his wife sent to him in the days before she died. the other case making national headlines, after his father was sentenced to life in prison, the surviving son, buster murdaugh tonight, breaking his silence, involv