jennifer 0'leary and the belfast correspondentjennifer 0'leary and the belfast newsroom there.date with what you're hearing.— what you're hearing. any further news on the _ what you're hearing. any further news on the story. _ what you're hearing. any further news on the story. as _ what you're hearing. any further news on the story. as mark- what you're hearing. any further news on the story. as mark was| news on the story. as mark was saying, this story and this development certainly comes as a shock, not only across the political spectrum in northern ireland, but certainly in britain and in the republic of ireland's because sir jeffrey donaldson is somebody who has been involved in unionist politics in northern ireland for many decades. he will be well to many decades. he will be well to many politicians and community leaders on both sides of the border. of course we are limited in what we of course we are limited in what we can say in terms of allegations and charges he is facing, but as a consequence of his arrest and charge with historic sexual offences, he informed his p

jennifer 0'leary reports.eader who, just weeks ago, returned his party to power—sharing at stormont. now his political career appears to be over. in a statement issued at lunchtime yesterday, his party announced his resignation, his political exit prompted by his arrest and charges of rape and other sexual offences as part of a police investigation spanning months, after two women came forward. in a letter to his party, sirjeffrey donaldson said he will be strenuously contesting the charges. the newly—appointed interim dup party leader, mp gavin robinson, spoke of the shock within the party and beyond. it's a devastating revelation and has caused tremendous shock, notjust for myself personally or my colleagues within the dup, but for the community right across northern ireland, it came as a great shock. but we are a party and individuals that believe in justice. we have faith in our criminal justice system and so, in the coming days and months, i think it is important that none of us say anything or act in any

for the latest developments, i spoke to our ireland reporter, jennifer 0'leary, who is in belfast.s today concerning a significant story in northern ireland. let me bring you first double a statement from the police service of northern ireland, issued earlier today, where they warned social media users against speculation about the story, adding victims of such crimes are entitled to complete anonymity by law unless they choose to waiver that themselves. the police added in their statement those who breach that anonymity online or in media will face investigation. it is unusual here for the police to issue such a warning, and it is an indication of a political story. there are also lead implications that have to be respected. there were also political developments in this story today. the deputy first minister emma little—pengelly, she herself is a dup representative. the dup is the democratic unionist party. they are northern ireland's largest unionist party, the detail is in the name. they are concentrating their focus on maintaining northern ireland's place in the union of the u

that was the bbc�*s jennifer 0'leary reporting there. now, let's look at the situation in sudan.e warned that a year of civil war in sudan and a failure to deliver aid have left millions of people facing imminent famine. a un—backed food authority, the ipc, says there must be a ceasefire and immediate action, to avoid widespread death. children underfive are most at risk. mohamed gamal is a spokesperson for the world food programme in sudan. he explained the scale of the emergency. it is unimaginable. we have nearly 18 million people who are severely food insecure. 5 million of these are in an emergency situation. sadly, around 90% of those are in areas that are inaccessible to humanitarian actors. that is the major problem we are facing. not only that, but sudan is currently witnessing the largest displacement crisis in the world. and the problem is that most of the people who flee the conflict areas are going to countries that are already suffering. these are south sudan and chad, for example. i spoke to africa security correspondent ian wafula for more on the crisis. the unite

let's speak to mick leary, who's the editor at slugger o'toole — a web blog on northern irish and britishics that has been running for more than 20 years. let me ask you first of all when did you first hear whispers or wind of all of this?— you first hear whispers or wind of all of this? ., , , ., ., ., all of this? probably not long after 7am this morning _ all of this? probably not long after 7am this morning when _ all of this? probably not long after 7am this morning when rumours . 7am this morning when rumours started to pass around the numerous networks of journalists and other commentators. the information was fairly sketchy. i think the indication something something major was going to happen was indicated by the circumstantial evidence thatjeffrey donaldson removed all content from his social media channels. that's an indication something really big was going to happen. there has been feverish speculation going on in the background, none of which we can really commentate on directly because obviously there is an ongoing legal process. that early indication has been confirmed by t

let's speak to jennifer 0'leary in belfast. back in the days? about how things worked back in the da s? ., , ., days? two teens -- today's interim findinus days? two teens -- today's interim findings are — days? two teens -- today's interim findings are a _ days? two teens -- today's interim findings are a pearson _ days? two teens -- today's interim findings are a pearson indictment i days? two teens -- today's interim | findings are a pearson indictment of how some elements of british intelligence run agents during the northern island troubles. the defence of using second michael agent stakeknife for decades as an agent stakeknife for decades as an agent and ira is to use that now infamous quote is that he was a goose who laid the golden egg in terms of the intelligence he was provided and that that intelligence had saved thousands of lives. that assertion was described in today's reports as effectively a myth. that she in fact cost, probably cost more lives that he actually received. the report found that the murder, the tor

politics that gets involved, governor, sadly, depending on your point of view, there are some in congress learying and handling the full tab of this, even though that's the understanding and in most cases that's how these things are dealt with. what do you think of that debate? >> we need congress to move on this and i'm -- we're not doing it because people need to do us a favor. baltimore, maryland, the port of baltimore doesn't need a favor. we need to understand that this port is responsible for the largest amount of car shipments, heavy vehicles, agricultural equipment in the entire country that this port is one of the leading economic drivers that we have inside of our nation's economy so this is not just impacting marylanders, this is also impacting the farmer in kentucky, this is impacting the car dealer in michigan, this is impacting people all over this country and so we need to be able to move quickly. we need to be able to move swiftly, need to move in a bipartisan fashion, this should not be lost on anybody that our entire delegation, democrats and republicans, have urged movement o

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we're gonna to watch this one close leary important subject indeed >> le android kaitlan to all of you. thank you very much. this node, katelyn will of course be back later tonight, 09:00 p.m. eastern to anchor hershko. the source, and we'll be watching just ahead. former president barack obama made the case to reelect president biden during that big fund, right? fraser in new york city, last night, i'll ask a key democrat how the message will play with voters in her battleground state. and later, we'll go live to russia for an update on american journalists evan gershkovich. as he's now marking a full one year since he was detained and imprisoned by russian authorities >> labia houston check we hear nothing. >> a space shuttle accident, it's usually not one thing. it's a series of events. >> is that part of the wing coming apart >> space shuttle columbia, the final flight from your sunday, april 7 at nine on cnn >> doug. hello, ghostbusters. it's duck of doggedly moon. we help people customize and save hundreds on car insurance with liberty mutual >> anyway we got a bit of a situation

let's bring injennifer 0'leary from the newsroom to give us more background on this.the constitutionality of the irish government. he will remain as an effective caretaker prime minister or taoiseach as it is known until a new fine gael party leader is elected but it certainly increases the pressure on the polling of the next irish general election which has to be held before springtime next year. certainly, his announcement, the news today earlier from dublin began to filter out quite slowly. it was the subject of our rumour mill but it came until it was formally announced as a massive shock across dublin and certainly political political circles as well. he acknowledged there would be speculation as to the real reasons for this, speculation as to the real reasons forthis, he speculation as to the real reasons for this, he said they were personal and political. in terms of political timing if you want to give time for any successor to build support, is this a logical time to step down? it gives time for a successor to build their brand and gives them a clear number o

the only other thing that i'm a little leary about is like i'm a sports fan.nd i'm clearly engulfed but my 15-year-old son, he has password to log in, you know, they have to be some safeguard but that falls on the parents. the government really can't do anything about it. host: is it the the ad or the style of the ad? caller: yeah, they should not advertise. if i'm watching let's say a hockey game and after one series they say oh you know, if the washington capitals scored two or more goals, it's plus 300. if you say no, it's minus 300. i don't need that come on during the game. host: ok, richardnhattan, also on our no line he talks about the access to these type of sites on phones, the siena college poll a look and asked people thing on their launch of march madness, the concerns over online gaming, particularly when it comes to more regulation and if it's needed, 202-748-8000, you say yes. 202-748-8001 if you say no. this is stephen from new york state on our yes line. hello, thanks for calling. caller: well, like your previous caller who said no but he re m

jennifer 0'leary, bbc news, belfast.ering figure in unionism in northern ireland politics and in westminster politics as well. jeffrey donaldson had been an mp for 25 years and was fundamental in getting power—sharing reestablished here in the last few months after a two year hiatus. he has been an important figure in negotiations with the government at westminster as well. so his downfall, his removal from the scene facing such serious charges really has stunned people but then there is the ramifications. what does this mean for the future? in a sense it does not matter now whether back but donaldson is found guilty a lot of these charges. he has been removed from the stage and although the building looks solid and sturdy, the politics that happen here has always been fragile. it is had to be carefully nurtured and even the smallest destabilising influence can be very damaging. that is what people are really now worried about stop yes, there are optimistic and hopeful voices saying the business can continue as usual but

ben leary with you on saturday morning live . some saturday morning live. some emails flying in.says eat your easter egg in one go, ben. great to see it, yeah, it was nice, but i'm feeling a bit woozy now. jim says we may be a less christian country now, but we still primarily but we still have primarily christian values, does the but we still have primarily chriandi values, does the but we still have primarily chriand actually, does the but we still have primarily chriand actually, that es the but we still have primarily chriand actually, that was1e but we still have primarily chriand actually, that was my us. and actually, that was my point night i covered point last night when i covered mark show. i said, i'm mark dolan's show. i said, i'm not emphatically religious or, you don't go to church, you know, i don't go to church, but do try heed the values but i do try and heed the values and lessons of jesus. and joy says children be taught says children should be taught to in secondary schools to debate in secondary schools and taught to defend themselves and their beliefs. other