live from washington. this is bbc news. a judge says he'll sentence donald trump before the inauguration but signals he won't send him to prison. trump's pick for house speaker, mikejohnson, narrowly holds on to the position. the british government has confirmed one of its citizens was killed in the attack in new orleans on new year's day. hello. donald trump is set to be

sentenced in a criminal case less than two weeks before he returns to the white house. of the nation's judicial system and the sanctity of that,

and also the fact that he needs to make sure that the citizenry has confidence in the rule of law and nobody is above the law. equally, it shows that he understands the complexity here, given that donald trump will become president. so, judgejuan merchan saying he won't dismiss this case, that presidential immunity does not extend to a president—elect and that donald trump will have to be sentenced, but that he intends to issue no punishment in this case. joining me live is a former federal prosecutor, neama rahmani. thank you very much for being with us. sojust thank you very much for being with us. so just to go back to that term then, unconditional discharge. what we've heard signalled there from juan merchan, thejudge. just explain to us what it means exactly. explain to us what it means exactl . ~ 3 explain to us what it means exactl . ~ �* , , exactly. well, it's very important. _ exactly. well, it's very important, the - exactly. well, it's very - important, the unconditional discharge means no substantive punishment in the case. no confinement, no prison, no home

confinement. no pro bakes, no fine —— probation, no fine. the judge realised practically and logistically it would be impossible to impose any sort of sentence on the president. it's still important that he's sentenced next week and this is why. in most states, a judgement is not final. that means that donald trump is not a convicted felon until he's sentenced. so, it's a legal distinction but it's an important one. if trump is never sentenced, important one. if trump is neversentenced, he's important one. if trump is never sentenced, he's not a felon. this gives him an opportunity to appeal after next friday's sentence. just to be clear. _ next friday's sentence. just to be clear. if — next friday's sentence. just to be clear, if we _ next friday's sentence. just to be clear, if we end _ next friday's sentence. just to be clear, if we end up - next friday's sentence. just to be clear, if we end up seeing l be clear, if we end up seeing this case essentially closed without punishment, would that fit the crime? to your mind? or ordinaryly if this person wasn't the president—elect of the united states? wasn't the president-elect of the united states?— the united states? this isn't an ordinary _ the united states? this isn't

an ordinary case. _ the united states? this isn't an ordinary case. under - the united states? this isn'tj an ordinary case. under new york law, we're talking about hush money payments, they're usually misdemeanours. they're usually misdemeanours. they�* re still class usually misdemeanours. they're still class e felonies, so the least serious. and donald trump has no criminal history. orderlily someone will be placed on a suspended sentence, maybe a fine. he'll be afforded a luxury that other criminals are not. i a luxury that other criminals are not. ., ., , are not. i wonder what message do ou are not. i wonder what message do you think _ are not. i wonder what message do you think that _ are not. i wonder what message do you think that sends - are not. i wonder what message do you think that sends to - are not. i wonder what message do you think that sends to the l do you think that sends to the general population? the wider public. we know that while merchan has been speaking about what he says is the sanctity of this ruling, but if there isn't a punishment, then does that feel fair under the rule of law? ~ , u, law? well, significant percentage _ law? well, significant percentage of - law? well, significant percentage of the - law? well, significant- percentage of the american people think that donald trump was treated unfairly. they elected him president notwithstanding this felony conviction. so, if you're

looking at the four criminal cases that donald trump was facing, this was by far and away the least serious. there was never any real possibility of prison time, even if kamala harris was elected. donald trump still has some important legal arguments on appeal. we talked about presidential immunity, does it apply here? he wasjust a immunity, does it apply here? he was just a candidate at the time, but there was evidence allegedly, arguably, of official acts that came into that trial, including the communications with hope hicks when he was president, his tweets with michael cohen. donald trump has a new argument that sentencing him will interfere with performance of his duties as president—elect. he does have some arguments on appeal to the appellate division of the new york court. what do you make of that argument, trump's legal team saying there won't be any sentencing at all, because it

will get in the way of the transition of power. what do you make of that?— transition of power. what do you make of that? that's a new argument _ you make of that? that's a new argument i _ you make of that? that's a new argument. i think _ you make of that? that's a new argument. i think what - you make of that? that's a new argument. i think what judge i argument. i think whatjudge juan merchan says, you're trying to have your cake and eat it too. the reason the sentence was delayed past the november general election is because trump and his lawyers said it was election interference. they didn't want the sentence to interfere with the sentence to interfere with the election. now that trump has won, he is saying now i'm president—elect, i shouldn't be sentenced at all. well the judge said you could've been sentenced over the summer, months ago, but you were the one trying to delay this. i think thejudge has one trying to delay this. i think the judge has the better argument there. at least in the new york civilfraught argument there. at least in the new york civil fraught case that leticia james brought, he had some successful with the new york court of appeal. he had his daughter dismissed from the case. he's eyeing the new york appellate courts. the question is are they going to stop the sentence? or will

trump be sentenced to that conditional discharge, and will he need to go through the normal appeals process that will take months.— normal appeals process that will take months. briefly, what does your— will take months. briefly, what does your experience - will take months. briefly, what does your experience tell - will take months. briefly, what does your experience tell you i does your experience tell you that may happen? i does your experience tell you that may happen?— does your experience tell you that may happen? i don't think the 're that may happen? i don't think they're going _ that may happen? i don't think they're going to _ that may happen? i don't think they're going to intervene. - they're going to intervene. there's one week until the sentence. i think the judges are going to want full briefing, a full hearing in this case. so i think trump is going to be sentenced to that unconditional discharge. he'll be a felon and then he'll have to litigate his felony through the appellate courts like any other criminal defendant. thank ou for other criminal defendant. thank you for being — other criminal defendant. thank you for being with _ other criminal defendant. thank you for being with us. _ republican congressman mikejohnson is re—elected as speaker of the us house of representatives. he will lead the 119th us congress, sworn in friday with the smallest republican majority in nearly a century. because of that narrow majority, mrjohnson could only afford

to lose one republican vote for the speakership. he fell short in a first round of voting when three republicans chose members other thanjohnson. but after a closed—door meeting, two switched their vote tojohnson, leading to this moment on the house floor. the honorable mikejohnson of the state of louisiana, having received the majority of the votes cast, is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives for the 119th congress. 218 votes were needed to for mrjohnson to win the speakership. 218 is the number he received. some hard—right republicans, unhappy withjohnson's leadership, threatened to prolong the process. but in his acceptance speech, mrjohnson pledged to unite the party around what he called president—elect donald trump's common sense agenda. afterfour years of high inflation, we have a big agenda, we have a lot to do, and we can do

it in a bipartisan fashion. we can fight high inflation. and we must. we will give relief to americans and we will extend the trump tax cuts. what we're proposing now is just simply, as president trump likes to say, a return to common sense, and he's exactly right. that message resonated across the country. i am very thankful personally that this body is filled with men and women who are committed to that change, to return to common sense. we can do this together. we should. it is our responsibility to do so. trump supported johnson's bid to remain house speaker. he congratulated johnson in a post online, calling it an 'unprecedented vote of confidence'. on the house floor, the top democrat minority leader hakeem jeffries congratulated speakerjohnson, acknowledged donald trump's election win, and drew a contrast with the election denialism from 2020. one should love america when you win and when you lose. that's the patriotic thing to do and that's the america that house democrats will fight hard to preserve, because we love this country.

america is bigger than any one campaign, any one election or any one individual. the british government has confirmed that one of its citizens died in the attack in new orleans on new year's day. he's been named as 31—year—old edward pettifer, from chelsea in london. the coroner said he died of injuries caused by blunt force. his family issued a statement, saying they were "devastated at the tragic news of ed's death in new orleans. he was a wonderful son, brother, grandson, nephew and a friend to so many. we will all miss him terribly. our thoughts are with the other families who have lost theirfamily members due to this terrible attack." an american college football player, an aspiring nurse, and a mother

of a four—year old are among the other people who were killed when a car mowed down partygoers in the city's french quarter. 14 people died and dozens were injured. authorities say the man behind the attack — shamsud—dinjabbar — placed explosive devices near the area before driving a truck into the crowd. the fbi says the army veteran acted alone and had declared his support for the group calling itself islamic state. in videos he made before the deadly attack, the 42—year—old talked about killing his family as well. the white house says presidentjoe biden will visit the city on monday. one of the first funerals of the 14 victims has taken place. karim badawi, an 18—year—old, was in the city celebrating with friends. tom bateman has the latest. allahu akbar. an american community brought together in grief, seeking strength in prayer. allahu akbar. one of the 14 families left shattered on new year's day,

now among the first saying the goodbye no parent ever should. kareem badawi was just 18, a college student from this louisiana city of baton rouge. he left that night with a simple goodbye, a promise to be careful, and went to celebrate in new orleans. his family's future now emptied of their shining star by a single act of hate. his father, belal, told me they went to the city to search for him. we all just couldn't believe and live with it and we couldn't just understand why this happened, you know, that somebody took our loved one. he is my little son, my little son, and, you know the little son, just, like, the most beautiful that we love in the house, so kareem was just so close to us and we all got touched, you know, by him, not with us any more. kareem had graduated from school last summer. described as a smart,

popular kid, he loved football, a rock on his high school team and close to his older brother, omar. a couple of days ago as well, we were talking about how we were getting old and stuff, and how, like, a few years — i'm 21 now — in just a few years, when he graduates college, i'll be 2a, 25, we were talking about that, and obviously that's not the case no more, anything like that. that's the last few memories i have of him, the last few conversations. this attack leaves a trail of communities devastated — the new year spent in mourning, having to let go of the ones they loved. tom bateman, bbc news, baton rouge, louisiana. joining me live is correspondent anna adams. anna, good to have you with us. we were just watching that report about one young man,

karim badawi, and his funeral taking place. we're now learning a briton was among those killed in the attack. what more can you tell us? indie what more can you tell us? we heard earlier _ what more can you tell us? - heard earlier today there was a brit. his family has flown in tonight to identify the body and asked for privacy at this time. they described him as a wonderful son, time. they described him as a wonderfulson, brother, wonderful son, brother, grandson, and wonderfulson, brother, grandson, and they're grandson, and they�* re devastated. grandson, and they're devastated. they're saying it's a terrible attack. we request he can breathe his last in private. it's in contrast to some of the families coming down here today. we're on the corner of — it's very noisy — apologise — on the corner where the van came down. there was a vigil behind me here. and of all the day, people have been coming to pay their respects. tourists, we had tens of thousands of tourists in town. today more locals have been coming down and then this

afternoon we've seen a steady stream of family members coming down to pay their respects. they have stopped at the shrine here and a number of them have broken down. it's been a very emotional day. i think yesterday was a day of sort of shock and resilience, and defiance. and everyone to show unity and sort of say, you know, new orleans is — we can get over this — today it's a much more reflective and emotional day.— much more reflective and emotional day. and president biden is expected _ emotional day. and president biden is expected to - emotional day. and president biden is expected to visit - emotional day. and president biden is expected to visit the | biden is expected to visit the city on monday, anna.- city on monday, anna. we're told he's _ city on monday, anna. we're told he's already _ city on monday, anna. we're told he's already met - city on monday, anna. we're told he's already met with i told he's already met with families, he has already spoken with families, sorry, but he's coming to meet with them in person with his wifejill. there will be a vigil tomorrow. it's 8:00 here and we've seen streams and streams of people coming to pay their respects. we are expecting this to tomorrow and we're looking forward to seeing whatjoe biden has to say to the families on monday when he arrives. _, , arrives. our correspondent

there. thank _ arrives. our correspondent there. thank you _ arrives. our correspondent there. thank you very - arrives. our correspondent i there. thank you very much. there are reports that president biden has informally notified congress of a proposed $8 billion arms deal with israel. according to the news website axios, the deal includes munitions for fighterjets and attack helicopters alongside artillery shells. in the last two days, more than 110 palestinians — including children — have been killed in intense israeli attacks across gaza. one of the areas targeted, al—mawasi in central gaza, was previously declared a humanitarian safe zone. the israeli military said it had hit around a0 hamas targets. apple will pay $95 million dollars to settle a lawsuit which accused its voice assistant siri of listening in on private conversations without permission. the complaint alleged that the firm shared the data with third parties, also without the consent of its users. apple says it did not do anything wrong.

claimants who are based in the us could be paid up to $20 for each siri enabled device they owned from 2014 to 2019. the us surgeon general has proposed that alcoholic drinks should carry warnings about the risks of cancer. vivek murthy said that alcohol is the third most common preventable cause of cancer after tobacco and obesity and is responsible for 20,000 deaths each year in the united states. at present, alcoholic drinks only carry warnings against drinking during pregnancy, or while operating machinery or driving. share prices of us—listed alcoholic beverage companies fell up to 4% at this news. some people interviewed in new york were skeptical that warning labels would be effective. i disagree with the extra input and expense of trying to label things like that. we're adults. you need to be 21 to drink. you should able to to know.- you need to be 21 to drink. you should able to to know. good to tell the consumer _ should able to to know. good to tell the consumer the _ should able to to know. good to tell the consumer the risks. - tell the consumer the risks. let them _ tell the consumer the risks. let them make their decision. i think let them make their decision. think a lot let them make their decision. i think a lot of things can cause cancer. and it doesn't stop

people from par taking and enjoying these things. putting a label on every alcoholic bottle seems a bit far—fetched for me. it bottle seems a bit far-fetched for me. . , bottle seems a bit far-fetched for me. , . ~ bottle seems a bit far-fetched for me. ., ~ , .,, bottle seems a bit far-fetched forme. , for me. it may make people stop and take a _ for me. it may make people stop and take a second _ for me. it may make people stop and take a second thought - for me. it may make people stop and take a second thought about| and take a second thought about it. and take a second thought about it in— and take a second thought about it in that — and take a second thought about it. in that respect, it may help— it. in that respect, it may help a _ it. in that respect, it may help a little bit. joining me live now is elizabeth kovacs, who is the director of the alcohol research program at the university of colorado's school of medicine. to begin, talk us through the research that links alcohol to several different types of cancer. what exactly are the risks here?— risks here? so, they are, as ou risks here? so, they are, as you mentioned, _ risks here? so, they are, as you mentioned, there's - risks here? so, they are, as l you mentioned, there's seven different types of cancer that are associated with alcohol. and 16% of all breast cancer cases have been attributed to alcohol. alcohol is not a required source of energy for most human beings. so, what is

the great benefit of allowing it to be legalised and readily available? i it to be legalised and readily available?— available? i do want to also ask - i available? i do want to also ask - i think— available? i do want to also ask - i think many - available? i do want to also ask - i think many people l available? i do want to also i ask - i think many people will ask — i think many people will be watching this who perhaps drink moderately and they wonder, do you have to be a heavy drinker to face these risks? or could it apply to anyone who drinks alcohol? it would probably apply to anyone who drinks alcohol on a regular basis. having a glass of champagne on a wedding or new year's eve is not considered a continuous consumption protocol. but people who drink one or two drinks a day could possibly be at risk. in the united states, there are alcohol suggested limits that may be would probably need to be curtailed. in the uk, it's a little bit different. i believe in the uk both men and women are — consuming 1a drinks per week, two per night, is

acceptable. in america, that is appropriate for men but not for women. women, the suggested level of alcohol consumption is seven drinks a week, one per night. for older people over the age of 65, it's night. for older people over the age of 65, its three drinks or less per week. so the amount of alcohol that people are consuming is in excess of what is possibly suggested for limited risk. and there's lifestyle risks, weight, diet, exercise and alcohol consums are all —— consumption are all part of it. are all -- consumption are all part of it— are all -- consumption are all part of it. the suggestion from the surgeon-general— part of it. the suggestion from the surgeon-general is - part of it. the suggestion from the surgeon-general is to - part of it. the suggestion from j the surgeon-general is to have the surgeon—general is to have warning labels on alcoholic drinks similarto warning labels on alcoholic drinks similar to what we see with cigarette packets. how effective to you think it could be? i effective to you think it could be? ~ . ., effective to you think it could be? ~' . ., , effective to you think it could be? ~ . ., , , be? i think it could be very effective- _ be? i think it could be very effective. most _ be? i think it could be very effective. most people - be? i think it could be very effective. most people at l be? i think it could be very - effective. most people at least in the us don't think about this. and don't think about — as you mentioned earlier — the

three major causes of preventable cancer, tobacco, obesity and alcohol. and we know that adding warning labels to cigarettes has decreased cigarette consumption. what would make you think it wouldn't decrease alcohol consumption? i wouldn't decrease alcohol consumption?— wouldn't decrease alcohol consumption? wouldn't decrease alcohol consum tion? ., , consumption? i wonder why we haven't heard _ consumption? i wonder why we haven't heard these _ consumption? i wonder why we haven't heard these kind - consumption? i wonder why we haven't heard these kind of- haven't heard these kind of messages around alcohol before. some of the messaging can be quite conflicting. many of us could remember a time we were told a glass of red could've good for heart health. this is all confusing.— all confusing. part of it is the new— all confusing. part of it is the new knowledge - all confusing. part of it is l the new knowledge gained all confusing. part of it is - the new knowledge gained over the new knowledge gained over the last 30 years since that first alcohol danger label was put on for pregnancy and unborn children, as well as machinery. that was in 1988. we're light years ahead of that in terms of our knowledge of how alcohol

affects the body now. we know for breast cancer, most breast cancer patients believe that they need to have a family cancer patients believe that they need to have a family history of breast cancer when history of breast cancer when in reality it's about 30% of in reality it's about 30% of the women with breast cancer the women with breast cancer have a family history, yet we have a family history, yet we give a mammogram to the whole give a mammogram to the whole population. so, there are so population. so, there are so many other risk factors that many other risk factors that need to be discussed with need to be discussed with patients as well. and i think patients as well. and i think bringing this down to the level bringing this down to the level of something that's of something that's understandable, we know a lot understandable, we know a lot about genetics and it would be about genetics and it would be the genetic risk factor for the genetic risk factor for having cancer.— having cancer.— the genetic risk factor for having cancer. can i also ask the genetic risk factor for having cancer. can i also ask ou having cancer. can i also ask you about — having cancer. can i also ask you about the _ ou having cancer. can i also ask you about — having cancer. can i also ask you about the _ having cancer. can i also ask you about the help _ having cancer. can i also ask you about the help that - having cancer. can i also ask having cancer. can i also ask you about the help _ having cancer. can i also ask you about the help that - having cancer. can i also ask you about the help that willl having cancer. can i also ask l you about the help that will be needed if there's labels to you about the help that willl having cancer. can i also ask l you about the help that will be needed if there's labels to help people who may not help people who may not consider themselves to be heavy consider themselves to be heavy drinkers but may consume drinkers but may consume alcohol as a form of stress alcohol as a form of stress release? do you release? do you think

anti—oxidants to combat that. thank you for being with us. let's turn to some other important news around the world. annalena baerbock is visiting syria's new leaders. she visited the prison where opponents of assad were tortured and killed. air pollution monitors say that hanoi in vietnam is the most polluted city in the world at the moment. it's caused by a combination of catastrophic conditions and increased emissions, as more fuel is burnt for heating during the colder months. the government says it will encourage greater use of electric vehicles to help address the problem. south

korean anti—corruption investigators are asking the country's acting president to intervene. early on friday morning, anti—corruption investigators anti—corru ption investigators arrived at anti—corruption investigators arrived at the presidential palace to serve that warrant, but were blocked by members of the presidential security service. that triggered an hours long stand—off and got us protests both pro— and anti—yoon. they asking the country's acting president, choi sang—mok, to hand over mr yoon.

the british prime minister said luke littler�*s performance was inspirational to win the world championship. hello. if you have travel plans this weekend, it's probably worth keeping an eye on the weather forecast because wintry weather could cause some quite significant disruption. met office amber warnings have been issued for snow and ice during the weekend, particularly covering parts of wales, the midlands and up into northern england as we head through saturday night and on into sunday. so what's going on? well, cold air has set in across the uk, this cold arctic air sitting in place. and then from the southwest, some milder air tries to make a move. and along the boundary between the two, we have this weather front. as this weather front

moves into the cold air, well, it is that that will generate some significant snow for some of us, but also some rain down towards the south as things turn milder. saturday morning, though, starting with some fog, especially down towards the south — freezing fog after a cold night. and after that foggy start, with cloud rolling in from the south, i think across some southern parts, it will be quite a grey day. more sunshine for northern england, northern ireland and scotland, although there will be some wintry showers. in fact, some more widespread wet and wintry weather moving across the northern isles. temperatures really struggling. in aberdeen, it may not get above freezing through the afternoon. even further south, highs of 3, 4, 5 degrees. but as we head through saturday evening, that wet weather moves into the southwest of england, maybe some snow over higher ground, but that snow developing more widely as our weather system moves into wales, the midlands. over some of the highest ground here, we could see 30cm

of snow, maybe up to 40cm eventually across the high ground of the pennines — that snowfall moving its way into northern england. but notice what happens down to the south by the end of the night. 12 degrees there in plymouth for sunday morning, some much milder air to the south. and so some of what falls from the sky will be turning back to rain across parts of wales, the midlands. that could give ice for a time. further snow, particularly across high ground in northern england, but maybe to low levels for a time. some snow into southern and eastern scotland, perhaps just clipping into the southeast of northern ireland. some big temperature contrasts on sunday afternoon — cold in the north, much milder further south. but that mild air in the south is not going to last. as we head into the new week, it is going to turn cold again. we should see a fair bit of sunshine, but we do continue to have the chance for some wintry showers. bye for now.

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