let's speak to david willis in los angeles.er trump would or could stick to a gagging order. what do you make of the size of the fine? small change to self—proclaimed billionaire. it is, and thejudge made that point in his ruling. imagine this if you will, consider this, that a man that has been leading in many of the opinion polls going into this years presidential election in the united states was today warned that he could end up injail! that was because he has contravened this gagging order imposed by thejudge, intended to stop donald trump from making public statements about witnesses and jurors in his ongoing so—called hush money trial. thejudge said ongoing so—called hush money trial. the judge said that he would like to have imposed a stiffer penalty, but he was constrained by law, in terms of how much she could levy by way of a fine. he did demand that the offending social media postings be removed. they subsequently have been. and he warned that a further breaking of this gag order could result in the former president

i'm joined now by our north america correspondent david willis. what more can you tell us about the reaction out of washington? it's been cautious reaction as you might expect. the white house national security spokesman is telling reporters that the united states was evaluating the deal from hamas or word from hamas and went on to say that it was a highly sensitive time and he did not want to say anything that might up and the ongoing negotiations and later, we heard from matthew miller, the us state department spokesman who said that some sort of deal was achievable after president biden had spoken by phone to the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and that before word came down that hamas had accepted a cease—fire deal and president biden, according to the white house readout, reinforced his opposition to any sort of military operation in rafah but nonetheless, such an operation has gone i had at its assigned that perhaps of how limited the united states leverage is as far as the israeli government of benjamin netanyahu is concerned and

to our north america correspondent, david willis. what more on the reaction from washington?autious reaction as you might expect, the white house national security spokesperson john kirby telling reporters that united states was evaluating the dealfrom hamas. he went on to say that it was a highly sensitive time and did not want to say anything that might up and the ongoing negotiations when we heard from matthew miller from the state department spokesman and a deal was achievable. it isa it is a sign of how difficult all this has been given the fact that only a few hours earlier president biden had spoken by telephone to the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and in that conversation which lasted nearly half—an—hour, we are told, urged him against some sort of military operation in rafah yet only a few hours later, as we now know, such an operation was under way. talissa more about the pressure biden is under given that a ceasefire has failed to materialise so far. mark and israeli conflict _ materialise so far. mark and israeli conflict has _ materialise so far. mark

for more, let's cross over to los angeles now and speak to david willis, our north america correspondent-choice supporters, won't it? ~ ., it? it will indeed. worth aaivin it? it will indeed. worth giving a _ it? it will indeed. worth giving a little _ it? it will indeed. worth giving a little bit - it? it will indeed. worth giving a little bit of - it? it will indeed. worth i giving a little bit of context to all this because since the united states supreme court, the highest court in the land here voted to two years ago to overturn the constitutional nation by a ride to one abortion in this country, is largely being up to the individual states to map out the policy as far as the procedure is concerned. some, of course, have taken a very radical steps about dozen states perhaps more have voted for all—out bans on abortion or something approaching that while others are for example here in california, they have sought to enshrine the right to one abortion into the legislation and in california has reached are quite recently to resign, offering doctors there the right to come here and perf

i spoke to our north america correspondent, david willis who told me more about washington's responseautious reaction as you might expect, the white house national security telling reporters that united states was, evaluating the deal from hamas or word from hamas and went on to say that it was a highly sensitive time and did not want to say anything that might up and the ongoing negotiations when we heard from matthew miller from the state department spokesman and a deal was achievable, all this after president biden that spoken by phone into the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, that before word came down that hamas had accepted a cease—fire deal and president biden, according to the white house readout, reinforced his opposition of military operations and rafah, nonetheless, such an operation going ahead is a sign of how limited the united states leverage is as far as the israeli government of benjamin netanyahu is concerned. a hard—line government that has yielded to a very little by way of requests from the us for a cease—fire and for greater access to humanitarian aid a

david harrison's cousin willie mccoy was gunned down by vallejo police in 2019 and the family was represented by an old earlier this year when they settled the 5 million dollars. civil rights lawsuit with the city of vallejo. is that a good idea to get these out of work officers and getting back to work while the out of work he's getting there. but these are properly vetted officers in past all the post standards and have you know the requirements, background checks. >> you know, mental health examinations and they're being required in same guidelines would have no issue with that. senator dodd's office says the police department is authorized to have 132 officers. >> but it is currently down to just 31 patrolling the entire city. his bill passed the senate tuesday and will next head to the assembly. in a statement, dodd says, quote, allowing them to temporarily work more hours. well, recruitment ramps up for permanent officers can save taxpayers money while deterring crime and improving responsiveness. concerned that. >> you're going to end up catching some of the better days while trying to

david willis, bbc news, los angeles.ndreds of miles away in an amazon box. oh, my goodness! let's see the cat. galena disappeared from her home in utah prompting widespread searches for her on social media. she was rescued by an amazon worker in california nearly a week afterjumping into one of the family's packages undetected. they should have gone for amazon prime and they would have got her back even quicker! galena, also, her personality, she loves to play in boxes. she is pretty shy, and doesn't like to interact with a lot of people but she loves to hide a lot. and she's not much of a meower. and so when she went into that box, and was, you know, taken in the car, we assume that she just froze. it was the best news ever to get that call. i mean, i didn't have a whole lot of hope when galena had been missing for seven days and so finding out that she was still alive was just the best thing in the entire world. it was an absolute miracle that no serious harm came to her. seven days! poor thing. one of those moments yo

david willis, bbc news, los angeles. coming up...ientists in indonesia saw him applying paste to a wound, which one month later had fully healed. this is quite extraordinary, seeing wild animals using medicinal plants, plants they believe are medicinal, to heal their wounds. we will talk to heal their wounds. we will talk to an ape specialist about the intelligence involved in these magnificent creatures. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. a very good morning from bbc london. i'm thomas magill. as you've been hearing, results from yesterday's local elections are starting to be declared. in harlow, the conservatives have retained control of the council, but their majority has been reduced to one. labour have gained control of thurrock council with both southend and rochford councils have remained under no overall control. with some of ther details here's our bbc essex political reporter simon dedman. sir keir starmer has said derek and harlow where labour's real targets in essex in these local elections. ai in

david harrison's cousin willie mccoy was gunned down by valais who police in 2019 and the family wastled the 5 million dollars. civil rights lawsuit with the city of vallejo. is that a good idea to get these out of work officers and getting back to work while the out of work he's getting there. but these are properly vetted officers and past all the post standards and have you know the requirements, background checks. >> you knowmental health examinations, if they're being required in same guidelines. >> we'd have no issue with that. senator dogs office says the police department is authorized to have 132 officers, but it is currently down to just 31 patrolling the entire city. his bill passed the senate tuesday and will next head to the assembly. in a statement, dodd says, quote, allowing them to temporarily work more hours. well, recruitment ramps up for permanent officers can save taxpayers money while deterring crime and improving responsiveness. concerned that. >> you're going to end up catching some of the better while trying to people back in the city's mayor, chamber of comme

we can speak now to our north america correspondent david willis.yiv today. what will he and washington be hoping to achieve from that?— he and washington be hoping to achieve from that? antony blinken arrived in kyiv _ achieve from that? antony blinken arrived in kyiv around _ achieve from that? antony blinken arrived in kyiv around dawn - achieve from that? antony blinken arrived in kyiv around dawn this i arrived in kyiv around dawn this morning after a nine hour train journey from the polish border. it is his fourth visit to the country and he is there to provide reassurance, if you like that the us still has the country's back despite a long delay in the granting of the latest package of military aid from the us, thought to be worth about $60 billion in total. political paralysis and the biden administration's increasing the occupation with the conflict in the middle east have contributed to more than a year's worth of political paralysis in that regard, and russia of course has sought to capitalise on that, most recently in the north—eastern c

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. >>> along with joe, willie, and me, we have columnist and associate editor for "the washington post," david ignatius. he's out today with his new thriller entitled "phantom orbit." and the host of "way too early," white house bureau chief at "politico," jonathan lemire. and his book, "the big lie, election chaos, political opportunism, and the state of american politics after 2020," is out today in paperback. >> it is book week. >> it is book week. it is amazing. timely. >>> we begin with the israel defense forces announcing they've taken operational control of the gaza side of the rafah crossing. the military released this video overnight of troops entering the area and beginning a, quote, precise counterterrorism operation. israeli officials say they seized the crossing after receiving intelligence it was being used for terrorist purposes. no evidence to support that claim was provided. the idf also conducted air strikes that targeted suspected hamas positions in rafah. the move comes just one day after israel ordered about 100,000 civilians to immediately evacuate parts of the southern g

>> michael cohen testified to a number of conversations, willie, that he had profitly with donald trump or other participants, sometimes davidweisselberg. again and again michael cohen showed that when he said he made these payments in coordination with and at the direction of donald trump, he really meant it. you will recall that yesterday i sat here with you and said i'm interested to see how michael cohen fleshes out that phrase at the direction of. was that code, meaning did trump wink, winks, nod, nod, take care of this, or was he explicit in asking michael cohen to make sure that stormy daniels got paid and then also equally explicit in how they were going to account for that through paperwork. michael cohen left that unambiguous yesterday. donald trump knew. he intended for michael cohen to pay stormy daniels, not only repaid, paid in a way that left michael cohen in good standing, a, with taxes, b, with a little extra for the bonus that he was stiffed at the end of 2016, and he knew the entire time that it would be papered over as legal expenses. michael cohen filled those gaps yesterday. >> and michael cohen made cl

david: and francey, very quickly, finally, the role of the biden administration in all this forward to sending one of their top prosecutors from doj down to prosecute this case, also with the fani willis case, apparently they were dealing with fannie if willis' assistant who turned out to be a very close friend as well, how deep does their involvement -- and they're supposed to be hands off. the president says the doj is hands off. do you believe what the president says about that? >> well, i -- it's interesting, david, because what you have here is the number three official at the department of justice going to a city prosecutor's office as an assistant d.a.. it just doesn't happen. the ladder goes the other way, the ladder does not generally go down. what you can see from this case is political partisan bias is everywhere from the if judge on down. david: thank you very much, appreciate you being here. >>> turning now to the question of president biden's competence as his gaffes are really piling up, and the white house is working overtime the try to correct them. the white house had to make nine corrections to the transcript of bide's speech at an naacp event this past weekend. thi

david kelly, andrew rice, harry comes back later in this hour. when we come back another prosecution of the disgraced ex-president, fani willis' election case in fultonpublicans attacking her and endangering the rule of law in the country. >>> plus more alligations that supreme court justice alito is engaging in partisan politics just days after news broke that an upside down american flag flew above the alito household in the aftermath of the deadly january 6 insurrection. a new story breaking today on how alito dunked analyzer busch stock when bud light partnered with a transgender influencer. "deadline: white house" continues after a quick break. don't go anywhere. eak. don't go anywhere. (vo) red hot deal days are here. only until may 29th. get a bundle of your choice on us. so you'll get a free phone and a smartwatch and a tablet. yep, all 3 on us only at verizon. looking for a smarter way to mop? try the swiffer powermop. ♪♪ an all-in-one cleaning tool, with a 360-degree swivel head that goes places a regular mop just can't. ♪♪ mop smarter with the swiffer powermop. your record label is taking off. but so is your sound engineer. you need to hir