Citing the threat of Foreign Military intervention. They claim to have information a foreign power is preparing to attack. It comes after the expiry of a sunday deadline from west African Regional bloc ecowas, which demanded the coup be reversed. The group now plans to hold an Emergency Summit on thursday. Bbc correspondent chris ewokor is following the story from the neighbouring nigeria. It is one day after the expiration of the alternation given to the coup leaders by ecowas to reinstate president mohamed bazoum. The leaders are due to meet later this week to agree on the demands by ecowas mac defence chiefs and other matters which will help them resolve this diplomatically. Believers want to make very clear that coup or military takeover of the government in the region will no longer be acceptable. Meanwhile, here in North Western nigeria the board remains closed against niger. Long lines of vehicles, lorries, carrying loads covered with tombola, have been stranded with their drive
a general election? they believe, inside of the trump they believe, inside of the trump campaign, that these trials trump campaign, that these trials could fuel support inside trials could fuel support inside the republican party because they have the sense based because they have the sense based on because they have the sense based on polling and political analysis based on polling and political analysis that many republican voters analysis that many republican voters will stand with a trump even voters will stand with a trump even if voters will stand with a trump even if they are reluctant to back even if they are reluctant to back him even if they are reluctant to back him again, that they will see him back him again, that they will see him as some kind of political see him as some kind of political figure standing to thwart political figure standing to thwart these accusations, especially the call voters. there especially the call voters. there will be
chris christie in recent days and he chris christie in recent days and he said he will tell the truth and he said he will tell the truth about trump to republican voters truth about trump to republican voters and that version is that he is voters and that version is that he is not voters and that version is that he is not the candidate to go with he is not the candidate to go with again. if he is not the candidate to go with again- with again. if we are in a situation with again. if we are in a situation where - with again. if we are in a situation where donald l with again. if we are in a - situation where donald trump does when the republican nomination in the race for the white house, is that the possibility that these trials will have to pause for a general election? i will have to pause for a general election? i think it is possible- general election? i think it is possible. trump general election? i think it is possible. trump suddenly i general election? i thin
be televised, in the way a grand be televised, in the way a grand jury could not, could bring grand jury could not, could bring georgia to the four of the national conversation even if it is the national conversation even if it is not the national conversation even if it is not the priority case for trump if it is not the priority case for trump and his legal team. sarah krissoff, former federal prosecutor in the southern district of new york, and cbs chief election and campaign correspondent robert costa. thank you both so very much. in other news: new satellite images show the size of wildfires raging in portugal. smoke from those blazes has destroyed roughly 60 square kilometres of forest and undergrowth that s about 23 square miles of foliage. more than 1100 firefighters and 1a water carrying aircraft have been deployed to battle the fires. this all comes as portugal recorded its hottest day on record this year, raising the risks for fires. in the us, a former minneapoli
into the prime areas and then pushed into the time of the general. primary is. all eyes are now on georgia, and the potential for donald trump to face racketeering charges there. sarah what would that mean? i think that case would have a lot of overlap with the case pending in washington right now but the charges would look different. the contours of the case would look a little differently and the procedures and it may be able to go quickly frankly than the federal matters. it looks very likely we are going to see the charges there as well in the upcoming weeks. and, robert, any indications as to we might expect from the trump campaign if this indictment comes down, which is seen as likely? just to build on those excellent points. the contours of this excellent points. the contours of this case would be similar in the