anthony zurcher, you are auoin to election. anthony zurcher, you are going to be — election.oing to be a very busy _ election. anthony zurcher, you are going to be a very busy man - election. anthony zurcher, you are going to be a very busy man over. election. anthony zurcher, you are i going to be a very busy man over the next year and a half and i cannot wait to have you back on the programme! again, that article that anthony wrote, if you want to check it out on our website, "can ron desantis really beat donald trump in the 20 to know for a and race?" go check that out. —— in the 2024 republican race? 0ur reporter simi jolaoso has been looking at the career of ron desantis. take a look at this. ron desantis is a yale and harvard law graduate who served in the navy, then later in the house of representatives, before becoming governor of florida in 2019. he is viewed as the candidate most likely to face former president donald trump in a head—to—head race for the republican presidential ticket. his rise to prominence within the republican party is largely based on his enthus

anthony zurcher thank you so much. let's turn to russia now, where it's victory day.sist the world is at a turning point with a "real war" being waged against russia. the annual celebrations — held to mark the defeat of hitler's forces — were scaled back because of the conflict in ukraine. president putin said his forces were fighting against a "cult of nazis", who want to destroy his country. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports: cheering. it is the day russia likes to project power and invincibility. despite security concerns, the annual victory day parade went ahead on red square to commemorate the defeat of nazi germany. but the war in ukraine made this feel a very different 9th of may. the 80—year—old t34, the only tank on display here. modern tanks are normally a feature of the victory day parade, not this year. there was no military fly—past, it was cancelled. and there were fewer soldiers here than normal. watching from the stands, russia's commander—in—chief. vladimir putin is under intense pressure. his invasion of ukraine has not gone to plan, but he

trump is leading the polls in the republican presidential nomination and we have anthony zurcher in thewith me. anthony, i want to pause on how a series -- serious if you limit this is, how unprecedented is it? >> it is unprecedented that a former would seek high office with all of the baggage that donald trump has with january 6, multiple findings by congress, impeachment findings, as well as the cases, the indictment that we saw last month, and we saw this adverse ruling by a new york civil jury, all of that is an incredible amount of unprecedented baggage that goes along with his campaign that he's is bringing into this campaign. while he mentioned that she mention he is high in the polls, you might wonder if this is the straw that breaks the camels back. >> people called it part of a democratic witchhunt. what are they trying to do here? >> donald trump said this, that this was a conspiracy of his opponents trying to keep him from winning back the white house, i think you're going to see a twofold strategy. they will appeal this ruling and tie up the decision over time, but donald t

. >> anthony zurcher there. police have breast -- arrested a man outside buckingham palace.reportedly approached the gates of the row home and through a number of items into the palace grounds including what officials believe were shotgun cartridges. he was arrested on suspicion of possessing a defensive weapon. this comes ahead of the coronation, and authorities are hot -- on high alert. the princess royal says that from her perspective, a slimmed-down monarchy doesn't seem like a good idea. but princess anne says the royal family does need to discuss how to stay relevant. in an interview with the canadian public broadcaster cbc, she insisted the monarchy has a lot to offer the country. our correspondent has been to the netherlands to see how royalty there has been swimming down by reducing the number of working royals. -- for slimming down by reducing the number of working royals. >> it is a public holiday international separation. this is king stay in the netherlands. -- at a national suppression. this is king's in the netherlands. >> we are free from work and we can perc

bbc�*s north america correspondent anthony zurcher takes an in—depth look at the disney versus desantisn going on for a year. disney has had a theme park in florida since 1971, it's one of the state's largest private employers. in 2022, disney came out against legislation controlling how public school teachers talk about gender and sexual identity. that led to republican lawmakers are stripping disney of its self governing authority, a power the company had had for more than 50 years. we the company had had for more than 50 years.— the company had had for more than 50 years. we are certainly not auoin than 50 years. we are certainly not going to — than 50 years. we are certainly not going to bend _ than 50 years. we are certainly not going to bend the - than 50 years. we are certainly not going to bend the need - than 50 years. we are certainly not going to bend the need to i not going to bend the need to woke executives in california. the move gave more power to desantis who appoints members of a board that governs the company's 25 acres.- of a board that governs the company's 25 acres

earlier, i spoke with the bbc�*s anthony zurcher. t to see you. tell us how ron desantis has responded to all of this. well, he very quickly _ responded to all of this. well, he very quickly released i responded to all of this. well, he very quickly released a i he very quickly released a statement, saying that florida was unsure if this project was even going to come off, there had been planned for two years now and that they were not surprised to got cancelled and that disney should concentrate more on their drop in stock prices and market capitalisation and cutback on bailing for failing business enterprises so kind of a big shrug that said we did not want you anyway, in a matter of speaking. you anyway, in a matter of speaking-— you anyway, in a matter of s-ueakin. ~ ., ., ., you anyway, in a matter of s-ueakin. ~ . ., ., ., speaking. we are hearing all of these reports _ speaking. we are hearing all of these reports that _ speaking. we are hearing all of these reports that governor i these reports that governor desantis is prepar

earlier, i spoke with bbc�*s anthony zurcher about all this. great to have you back in the studio.n the hearing today?— in the hearing today? well, i think you _ in the hearing today? well, i think you heard _ in the hearing today? well, i think you heard from - in the hearing today? well, i think you heard from both i think you heard from both republicans and democrats at the supreme court needs to be more open and transparent but the debate between the two was over how to do that. democrats would like to see the legislation that imposes a code of ethics onto the supreme court because of the stories that have come out about clarence thomas going jetsetting trips, the rich texas donor and selling property to the rich texas donor. republicans are saying that this is a lifestyle by the democrats in an attempt by them to undermine the legitimacy of the court. they think the court itself should police itself essentially and impose its own ethics and abide by its own ethical guidelines and not have congress tell them what to do. you touched on that briefly but new reminders of the back

anthony zurcher is our north america correspondent. biden. a lot of republicans concerns about his electability, now he has a data point that he can say his electability concerns are overblown and joe biden and the democrats have reason to worry if this is the beginning, for instance, of a trend of him sinking in the polls. i will note that this survey pulled all the voting age americans and not registered voters. so it's a little bit of a different luck. so that could explain may be why it is a little different than what we are seeing from some of the other pulls out recently. it’s seeing from some of the other pulls out recently-— out recently. it's an important toint. it out recently. it's an important point. it could _ out recently. it's an important point. it could well _ out recently. it's an important point. it could well be - out recently. it's an important point. it could well be an - out recently. it's an important i point. it could well be an outlier. we have to look at trends rather than individual polls. that is important.

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