richard donoghue: no. jake tapper: while the letter was sent solely by jeff clark, it was written with the help of a new justice department employee named ken klukowski who, according to the committee, was also working with john eastman, the architect of the multi-step plan to overturn the election. the letter mirrored some of eastman's unconstitutional theories. richard donoghue: would have created chaos in the states. i think that would have been disastrous for our country and our constitution. jake tapper: but wasn't that the point of it, the letter, to create that chaos? richard donoghue: i think so. yes. disturbed by the letter, donoghue immediately responded to clark writing, "this would be a grave step for the department to take and it could have tremendous constitutional, political and social ramifications for the country". i had to make it clear to him that there was no world in which i, and certainly the ag, were going to sign a letter like that. jake tapper: rosen and donoghue met with clark lat

the ruling was read out by the president of the court joan donoghue. she began with the finding that south africa had jurisdiction to bring the case against israel. >> in the courts's view, at least some of the acts and omissions alleged by south africa to have been committed by israel in gaza appeared to be capable of falling within the provisions of the convention. in light of the following, the court concludes prima facie it has jurisdiction pursuant to article nine of the convention to entertain the case. amy: south africa had asked the court as a matter of extreme urgency to impose emergency measures to protect palestinians in gaza. the president of the court went on to read out the findings regarding south africa's request for provisional measures. >> in the court's view, the facts and circumstances are sufficient to conclude at least some of the rights claimed by south africa and for which it is seeking protection are plausible. this is the case with respect to the right of palestinians in gaza to be protected from acts of genocide and related p

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and he's replaced by jeff rosen and richard donoghue as a sort of tag team here.intee who had served throughout trump's administration.) donoghue, also a republican, had spent much of his career as a government lawyer-- in the army and at the department of justice. >> these are folks who were appointed by donald trump. they are aligned with him politically. >> pretty much every day after barr left, trump would call jeffrey rosen at the justice department or his deputy, richard donoghue, and try to put pressure on them to get the department to go along with this narrative that there were serious questions about the integrity of the election. >> mr. donoghue, you had a conversation with the president where he raised false claim after false claim with you and mr. rosen. how did you respond to what you called a "stream of allegations"? >> i wanted to try to cut through the noise, because it was clear to us that there were a lot of people whispering in his ear, feeding him these conspiracy theories and allegations, as the president went through them, i went piece by pi

the american, she has had a number of positions at the state department before, joan donoghue.p in february. so they could be up before this decision is released. is that right? >> i am not aware of when her term is up so i can't really comment on that. the fact she is sitting on the issue of provisional measures means she will have some impact on what happens as the court makes findings on provisional measures. if the court decides to go into the merits of the case and proceeds with the matter, then she will no longer sit on the case going forward -- but we don't know who will replace her. that is an unknown. but it is not guaranteed there won't be u.s. influence on the case going forward. nermeen: as we wrap up, if you can give us your final thoughts, your assessment of what the situation is right now in gaza, what you hope will come out of this. >> as i mentioned, i hope following the hearing sessions and on the basis that preceded by the very same court where it has issued provisional measures within days or weeks time on let's say similar cases but not entirely alike that

as she began her ruling, the presiding judge, joan donoghue, confirmed that the court has jurisdiction

them all out because we have to set the stage for november. 0ur north america correspondent gary 0'donoghue i've been speaking to him and started by asking him whether the bad weather is likely to impact voter turnout. i think there's a lot of concern among the campaigns that it will. i think outside here, we're just inside the door here at this bbq joint where one of the candidates has been giving a speech, but outside, it's sort of in the —25 celsius region, and it could be a lot lower than that tomorrow, monday, when the caucus takes place, possibly up to —35, —40 with the wind chill factor. now, the people of iowa are pretty hardy, they're used to cold winters — they're not really used to it this cold. so if you think that it'll be dark when they caucus at 7pm, dark and icy driving home, that's going to be a disincentive to some people, but they do cherish their place in the process of nominating for the presidential candidates in this state and some of them are very dedicated in doing it. and donald trump has a lot of support in iowa. i mean, what are people telling you, why are their

gary 0'donoghue.nistry says that the last 2a hours has been one of the deadliest days of the war so far. it says that in the last day, there have been 178 deaths in gaza. the health ministry added that the total number of those killed in gaza since israel began its offensive some three months ago has now topped 25,000. and on the ground, israel's military campaign is pressing on, bombing the city of khan younis in the southern gaza strip. all of this comes as benjamin netanyahu remains defiant in calls for the creation of a palestinian state. and in a recent development, netanyahu also dismissed an offer from hamas to release the roughly 130 hostages it's still holding. under conditions proposed by hamas, israel would completely withdraw its military operation in gaza and leave hamas in power. 0ur middle east correspondent hugo bachega has the latest. there's no surprise here because this has been a long—held position by benjamin netanyahu, being against the creation of an independent palestinian stat

andrew has previously denied all the allegations against him. 0ur north america correspondent gary 0'donoghueer of underage girls. he knew some of the best—known faces on the planet — from british royalty to pop stars, to former presidents. these latest court documents contain more than 60 references to prince andrew, and some to bill clinton. back in 2002, donald trump described him as a "terrific guy" and a lot of fun to be with. neither of the former presidents have been accused of wrongdoing in the epstein saga. but prince andrew's long friendship with epstein was what ended his public royal role. these latest documents contain testimony from one woman, johanna sjoberg, who said prince andrew touched her breast while holding the hand of a puppet of himself against another woman's breast. buckingham palace has in the past categorically denied all allegations. another of epstein�*s accusers, virginia giuffre, said she met andrew on a number of occasions and was directed to have sex with the prince when she was 17 years old. despite a photo showing them together, the prince said he had no re

as she began her ruling, the presiding judge, joan donoghue, confirmed that the court has jurisdictionn the genocide case against israel and would not throw it out, as requested by israel. let's listen to what she had to say. at the present stage of the proceedings the courts are not required to ascertain whether any violations of israel's obligations of the genocide convention have occurred, and this could only be made by the court at the stage of the examination of the merits of the present case. at the stage of making an order on the request for an indication of provisional measures, the task of the court is to establish whether the omission is capable, sorry, complained of by the applicant, appear to be capable of falling within the provisions of the genocide convention. in the view of the court at least some of the actual legends that immigrant allegations committed by —— the actual allegations made by south africa appear to fall within this, and it hasjurisdiction africa appear to fall within this, and it has jurisdiction concerned africa appear to fall within this, and it hasjur

gary 0'donoghue has more from washington. he gary o'donoghue has more from washington-— washington. washington. he was right there from the beginning of— from the beginning of administration, very hawkish on china but when covid came along that took up much of his activity. after the election, he was part of the process that was trying to overturn the results of the election and in fact after in 2021 he wrote a book about it, went on television, talked about it in great detail, calling it what he described as the immaculate deception, in other words he believed there were a number of voting allegra narratives that should have had the election overturned. —— allegra laverty�*s when the january sex committee that was investigating the rights at congress came calling to get him to testify about the attempts to overturn the election, he did not want to do that and he did not provide documents, did not sit for a deposition and therefore ended up deposition and therefore ended up getting charged by the department ofjustice. he has always claimed he was protected by executive privilege, in

shaimaa khalil, bbc news, jerusalem. 0ur washington correspondent gary 0'donoghue has more about whyd sea. i think they are under a lot of pressure to maintain what they call freedom of navigation in that red sea area through the suez canal and beyond because it is such an important economic route for the whole world, around 10% world of trade flows through that area. they are also of course responding to these provocations because they believe iran is behind groups like the houthis and others who have been launching attacks against american bases in iraq and syria, which they have also been responding to. but this is a significant escalation and what we have here is us navy pilots coming effectively face—to—face with houthi fighters in the red sea, killing 10 of them and thinking three of their boats, and i think it will mean in future are certainly a lot of pressure from republicans to do more to combat the threat from the houthis including according to one republican, the house chair of the intelligence committee, potentially striking their capacities inside yemen itself. the isra

andrew has previously denied all the allegations against him. 0ur north america correspondent gary 0'donoghuellionaire financier but he was also a serial abuser of underage girls. he knew some of the best—known faces on the planet, from british royalty to pop stars, to former presidents. these latest court documents contain more than 60 references to prince andrew, and some to bill clinton. back in 2002, donald trump described him as a "terrific guy" and a lot of fun to be with. neither of the former presidents have been accused of wrongdoing in the epstein saga. but prince andrew's long friendship with epstein was what ended his public royal role. these latest documents contain testimony from one woman, johanna sjoberg, who said prince andrew touched her breast while holding the hand of a puppet of himself against another woman's breast. buckingham palace has in the past categorically denied all allegations. another of epstein�*s accusers, virginia giuffre, said she met andrew on a number of occasions and was directed to have sex with the prince when she was 17 years old. despite a photo sho

dan 0'donoghue, bbc news. that is it from me for now. do stick with us on bbc news.last day or two, we have seen some problems due to snowfall across northern areas of scotland, but worse could be around the corner. and i think for tuesday, the threat of disruptive snow in scotland becomes much more widespread — more on that in a moment. 0vernight tonight, there will be plenty more of those snow showers packing in across northern scotland, with some further significant accumulations. it stays windy, so there'll be some further drifting of the snow and blizzard—like conditions at times. anotherfreezing cold night — —2 to “4 in the towns and cities, a lot colder than that, though, in the countryside. tomorrow, first of all, england and wales, for most areas, it's a dry day with plenty of sunshine. the sunshine won't do much for the temperatures — 3—4 celsius for many areas — however, further north, that's where we're looking at the risk of some disruptive weather. an area of low pressure is set to move into this cold air with a spell of disruptive snow. now, the temper

live now to our washington correspondent, gary 0'donoghue who's in iowa. coal to iowa.side, we are doing 0k in terms of the code, but we are atjethro's barbecue about 30 miles north of des moines, a very popular spot. miles north of des moines, a very popularspot. nikki miles north of des moines, a very popular spot. nikki haley will be doing a town hall with prospective caucus goers and i have another one, 17—year—old max who will be able to vote for the first time in a general election. have you made up your mind who you are backing tomorrow? i am really open — who you are backing tomorrow? i am really open to _ who you are backing tomorrow? i am really open to hear— who you are backing tomorrow? i —.n really open to hear nikki haley, ron desantis and donald trump, open to hear everyone. desantis and donald trump, open to hear everyone-— hear everyone. what attracts you about vivek? _ hear everyone. what attracts you about vivek? he _ hear everyone. what attracts you about vivek? he is _ hear everyone. what attracts you about vivek? he is from - hear everyone. what at

andrew has previously denied all the allegations against him. 0ur north america correspondent gary 0'donoghuefinancier, but he was also a serial abuser of underage girls. he knew some of the best known faces on the planet, from british royalty to pop stars to former presidents. these latest court documents contain more than 60 references to prince andrew and some to bill clinton. back in 2002, donald trump described him as "a terrific guy and a lot of fun to be with". neither of the former presidents have been accused of wrongdoing in the epstein case, but prince andrew's long friendship with epstein was what ended his public royal role. these latest documents contain testimony from one woman who said prince andrew touched her breast while holding the hand of a puppet of himself against her other breast. buckingham palace has in the past categorically denied all allegations. another of epstein�*s accusers, virginia giuffre, said she'd met andrew on a number of occasions and been forced to have sex with the prince when she was 17 years old. despite a photo showing them together, the prince sai

live now to our north america correspondent gary 0'donoghue in van metre, iowa.ary, tell us what's happening there at the moment. this gary, tell us what's happening there at the moment.- gary, tell us what's happening there at the moment. this is in van metre. _ there at the moment. this is in van metre, and _ there at the moment. this is in van metre, and i'm _ there at the moment. this is in van metre, and i'm meeting i there at the moment. this is in | van metre, and i'm meeting two townships. this is a growing area and population terms, and they are expecting a robust turn out to see people already arriving here. to tell us a bit about what will happen here tonight, i'mjoined by about what will happen here tonight, i'm joined by david young. david is a former congressman for the third district and iowa, also former chief of staff to chuck grassley, the senior senator, so he knows his iowa politics. what'll happen here tonight? in iowa, we don'tjust pick corn, but presidents, that's what we're — but presidents, that's what we're doing tonight. first to say hi

trump over the rule of law and his lawyer says he will now appeal against conviction and gary 0'donoghuewith us and originally started working in the response to the coronavirus pandemic and explain what exactly went on there? he pandemic and explain what exactly went on there?— pandemic and explain what exactly went on there? . , ., went on there? he was there from the beauinnin went on there? he was there from the beginning of— went on there? he was there from the beginning of the _ went on there? he was there from the beginning of the administration - went on there? he was there from the beginning of the administration and i beginning of the administration and very hawkish and when covid—19 came along, that took up much of his attention. he is by the process to overturn the results of the election and after 2021, he wrote a book about it and went on television about it and went on television about and talked about it in great detail and calling it what he described as the immaculate deception and he believed there was a number of voting irregularities that should have had the election

live now to our correspondent gary 0 donoghue who is outside the courthouse in washington.oom. it arguments put forward in the courtroom-— arguments put forward in the courtroom. , ., ., ., , courtroom. it is all over. it was all over courtroom. it is all over. it was allover in _ courtroom. it is all over. it was all over in 75 _ courtroom. it is all over. it was all over in 75 minutes. - courtroom. it is all over. it was all over in 75 minutes. lots - courtroom. it is all over. it was all over in 75 minutes. lots of. all over in 75 minutes. lots of questions from the judges, an opportunity at the end for the lawyer of donald trump to do so in rebuttal. they called it a day. what happens now is the three judges will consider their ruling. we have no timescale on how long they will take, although this court, this district court and appeals court, had been operating at a fast—paced over the last couple of months. we will wait and see, but at some point in the next few days or weeks, we will hear from them as to whether they believed the president, presidents plural have immu

handful of key swing states such as pennsylvania, from where our north america correspondent gary 0'donoghueton county, and across pennsylvania, and a key election issue. here at alpine metal, the steel tariffs first introduced by donald trump and continued byjoe biden have made life harder, putting up their costs when they could buy cheaper raw materials from abroad. but the policy choice is not the only consideration. if we can find a leader that can bring people together, i think that would be a huge win. do you think that is likely? no. this small county in pennsylvania has picked the winning candidate in presidential elections for almost 100 years. so what do people here believe will swing at this time? i think more people are just kind believe will swing at this time? i think more people arejust kind of i think more people are just kind of like, _ i think more people are just kind of like. we _ i think more people are just kind of like, we don't like either, and they prefer— like, we don't like either, and they prefer that— like, we don't like either, and they prefer that biden would n

joan donoghue, the president of the court, issued their 29—page ruling, but she did not draw conclusionsto whether there had been violations under the convention. that, she said, will happen at a later stage of the process. in the court's view, at least some of the acts and omissions alleged by south africa have been committed by israel in gaza appear to be capable of falling within the provisions of the convention. the court further considers that israel must ensure, with immediate effect, that its military forces do not commit any of the aforementioned acts. the court is also of the view that israel must take measures within its power to prevent and punish the direct and public incitement to commit genocide in relation to the members of the palestinian group in the gaza strip. they have put certain demands on israel. most importantly, they are expecting a solution to the humanitarian crisis. they have given the israeli government a month to show how it is complying with the instructions. here's the reaction of the south african president, cyril ramaphosa. some have told us that we shou

live now to our correspondent gary 0 donoghue, who is outside the courthouse in washington.re three jurists, gary, there are threejurists, gary, on this panel. the longest serving is the judge this panel. the longest serving is thejudge karen henderson. what she says or what she said this afternoon will be taken as a signal and she seemed, what i saw, to be quite sceptical that donald trump was acting within his remit.- sceptical that donald trump was acting within his remit. yes, and the tone of— acting within his remit. yes, and the tone of the _ acting within his remit. yes, and the tone of the question, - acting within his remit. yes, and . the tone of the question, generally, from thosejudges was, the tone of the question, generally, from those judges was, look, the tone of the question, generally, from thosejudges was, look, you know, what you're asking for would lead to some extraordinary situations, potentially. hypothetical, yes, but potentially real situations. a lot of them were asking, look, if you get this kind of brody immunity, a president would be able to ——

live now to our washington correspondent, gary 0'donoghue who's in iowa. gary, what is the latest?is the latest? i had “ust been watching fl gary, what is the latest? i had “ust been watching nikki i gary, what is the latest? i had “ust been watching nikki haley i gary, what is the latest? i had “ust been watching nikki haley at h been watching nikki haley at jethro's cut barbecue, a pretty famous spot in iowa, she was calling for her supporters to get out during these freezing temperatures, that is -35 these freezing temperatures, that is —35 or a0 with the wind—chill, to get out and caucus. she has had a search recently, polls more generally and there is a famous des moines register poll recently which is still a massive 28 points behind donald trump. there is a real battle here for second place between her and florida governor ron desantis and florida governor ron desantis and that is really determining their viability going forward. lots of energy in this campaign, they feel they are on the upswing. an impression of what tomorrow will be, what the turnout will be like and whethe

let's go to gary 0'donoghue standing by for us in manchester where he is at a watch party.us more about what you are in what you were seeing? i what you are in what you were seeinu ? . , . ~ seeing? i have “ust walked in the door. _ seeing? i have 'ust walked in the door. this — seeing? i havejust walked in the door. this is _ seeing? i havejust walked in the door. this is where - seeing? i havejust walked in the door. this is where a - seeing? i havejust walked in the door. this is where a lot | the door. this is where a lot of people are watching nikki haley's progress this evening here in manchester. she made the concession speech early on but also vowing to fight, she is a fighter and a scrapper. trying to avoid the difficult questions later on when the margin becomes clear. they are hoping they can get somewhere close to single digit margins behind donald trump. that will behind donald trump. that will be a reasonably good night for her here, a strong performance which is what she and the governor have been talking about in the last few days rather than a win. whether

let's cross over to north america correspondent gary north america correspondent gary 0'donoghue.ow some respect. they'vejust taken the 0ath some respect. they'vejust taken the oath of allegiance, of course, which they do at the beginning of meetings like this. this is a precinct that's a pretty big one. three precincts combined together. last time around, of course, ted cruz won here — as he did in the rest of iowa. donald trump came in a close second to him. well, i'm going to try to speak very quietly, if we can, to get the blessing of the caucusgoers behind me. that's finished now... applause i'll speak to jason smith, who's a missouri congressman, chairman of the house of ways and means in congress — really powerful guy. very heavyweight surrogate here for donald trump tonight. easy message to trump supporters. what are you going to be saying to the trump sceptics?— to be saying to the trump sceptics? to be saying to the trump sce-tics? ., ~ ., ., �* sceptics? you know what? we'll be describing — sceptics? you know what? we'll be describing how— sceptics? you know what? we'll