k, we are joined by scott lucas, a professor of us and international politics at the university college dublin. and the editor of e, a world view and online news sites, so warm, welcome to all of you. what i want to start with you. what was the 1st thing you thought? when you heard of this deal, when you heard that it had come together, a good deal was supposed to happen the few months ago. and it was about time. i think the last time this was supposed to happen. united states decided by the administration decided not to go to it for different reasons, which i'm not, i is why it didn't happened last time, but i'm happy that it's happened. we have a number of families, 5 in it, on 5 in the united states that have quite a top feed. they're going to get their loved ones back in the ends are going to get some of the money that belong to them. back and country is like south korea and iraq to especially rockstead savannah facing difficulties paying get on back for the things they got from either on or going to be able to clear those accounts. i think besides these ideas and those are many cha

all right, that is scott lucas, joining us live from benning and, and the u. k. they thank you very much for your perspective on this. we appreciate your russia's defense ministry says that ukrainian military has attacked one of its naval bases and near the black sea port of nowhere to seize using drones, explosions and gunshots with a pulse of near the pool. which, which is an important hub for russian exports. the government says no one was injured and nothing was damaged. bought port operations have been temporarily suspended. the russian defense minister sega shows, who has met senior military officers in east and ukraine. it's not clear when he visited the city of the mont and don, yet, the army says he was updated on the lakes of situation on the frontlines show who knows, visited combat areas in june. after the failed mission, the by was nicholas mess. embrace the media organizations and ukraine are urging the government to give the most freedom to report from the war journalist movement . so being restricted for security reasons, since the invasion began.

earlier we spoke, i spoke to scott lucas, who was a professor of politics at university college dublin, and he says, thomas lawyers don't want this trial to start before the elections. i have no doubt that the props lawyers will provide the delays. this trial. that's what trump has done for years, and all of these cases, whether it's over his business and its practices, whether it's over the civil search, including the one earlier this year where he was finally convicted, a sexual assault in order to pay damages, including the criminal indictments that of already from whether it be over the pay just $40.00 daniels the porn star, or whether it be over the self to classify documents. but of course, in this case, given the gravity of the charge, the trop effectively try to overturn the election and the overturn the system. the lawyers don't want this trial to occur before you get the election in november 2024 . here's what trucks hope is, is that when he becomes president, if his eyes be january 2025, the points his own officials to take over the justice department and then they can stop

let's talk to professor of us and international politics at university college dublin, professor scott lucas look, as always, scott. i mean, look, is it fair to say, as our guests have said this morning, that this is just, you know, an unprecedented and actually very poorly hidden political witch hunt ? well well, i know the hunt? well well, i know the trump camp will come out and use that attack like a witch hunt, including with you folks. >> they did it with the first set of indictments over for trump's falsification of business records. back in april. they did it with the indictments in june about trump's mishandling of classified documents . they'll do it again documents. they'll do it again today because they don't want people to stick with the facts and with the legal case. they'll want to play politics with you. so let's deal with the facts, shall what the 45 page shall we? what the 45 page indictment sets out with the evidence is the claim, which will have to be proven in trial that donald trump and an inner circle of co—conspirators , six circle of co—conspirators, six of them, five

the campaign trail defending himself in federal court island fisher, i'll just say to washington, scott lucas is a professor of politics at university college dublin, and he says, thomson lawyers don't want this trial to start before the elections. i have no doubt that prompts lawyers will try to delay this trial. that's what trump has done for years. and all of these cases, whether it's over his business and its practices, whether it's over the civil search, including the one earlier this year where he was finally convicted the central assault in order to pay damages, including the criminal indictments that have already come. whether it be over the payment just for mcdaniels, the porn star, or whether it be over the south, declassified documents. but of course, in this case, do you have the gravity of the charge? the trop effectively tried to overturn the election and the overturn the system. the. busy years don't want this trial to occur before you get the election in november 2024. because what trucks hope is, is that when he becomes president, if his eyes be january 2025 year points, his

it's a pleasure talking to you, scott lucas, professor scott lucas and steve gill.h very much indeed. all right. >> with the time at 621, let's bnng >> with the time at 621, let's bring you up to date with the rest of today's top stories . rest of today's top stories. >> surgeons have performed britain's first womb transfer plant was on a 34 year old woman and the organ was donated by her sister , who is older. the sister, who is older. the operation was successful and it now paves the way for women born without a womb to carry babies off their own . off their own. >> the crown prosecution service has been told to get a grip by a watchdog after crime victims who made complaints received responses containing basic errors. around half of the written responses to complaints scrutinised by the cps inspectorate were found to be inadequate with blunders ranging from getting the names of complainants wrong to spelling mistakes . on the cast complainants wrong to spelling mistakes. on the cast has been revealed for a new tv dramatisation of partygate . dramatisation of part

that's why i like talking to scott lucas, because i think let's stick with the facts.l just try political equation and just try to look at the facts here. it is so alien for us to see politics in the judiciary in the way it is in the states and how, as we hear time and again with a lot of the american commentators , is of the american commentators, is about affiliations about the political affiliations of any of the legal people involved cases. involved in any cases. >> makes it >> and it just makes it impossible, really, to talk impossible, really, to even talk about committed about any crime committed on that a that basis. if you're a politician , let us know your politician, let us know your thoughts. we'd love to hear from you and we'll try and reflect some of those a little bit later on in program. gb views on in the program. gb views gbnews.comoosterschelde love >> now the oosterschelde love saying that for some reason. i don't why. the don't know why. anyway, the oosterschelde has set sail oosterschelde has just set sail from this morning. it's from plymouth thi

professor scott lucas. a very good morning to you.or joining us so early in the morning, you couldn't make it up. it just seems as though everybody is trying to is trying to score points off each other and by going for the children and by by going for the children of the president, for heaven's sake , what's going on? can you sake, what's going on? can you explain to us i mean, i think it's really important. >> and as you just noted, that you've got to cut through political manipulation and a lot of political distortion to get to the legal facts of the case, the legal facts are, is that this spring there was a plea bargain presented to a court in which hunter biden would plead guilty to failing to pay taxes. he did pay back taxes and penalties of more than $1 million. but there was going to be a misdemeanour charge for his initial, let's say , negligence initial, let's say, negligence initial, let's say, negligence in paying paying his bills. then there was a second charge, which was that he had possessed a gun while under the influen

. >> well, let's speak now to scott lucas, professor of us, and international politics.ndeed for joining us. it is a narrative that seems to be successful looking at least the national polling . trump on 54.4. santos polling. trump on 54.4. santos desantis back . at 19.9. desantis back. at 19.9. >> well, certainly that's trump's tactics for you and the rest of the to media say, oh, this legal process is just making me stronger. i mean , one making me stronger. i mean, one quick fact which is there, which is since the indictments came out in washington and in georgia , trump has slipped in the polling in the first republican contest , which will be in iowa contest, which will be in iowa next january. he still has a lead. he still has more than 40% of those who have been surveyed. but that is down from about 55. and there's still quite a way to go in these next six months over not just one, but four legal cases with more than 90 felony charges against trump. so, no, i think i prefer to talk about the facts and strip away his all caps rhetoric, including his threats against

yeah, it is a help desk law for scare scott moore. mean, dana lucas gas come on me up. how yellow can't it? oh yeah. cannot ignore the blow hops and make the high candidates and metal for the vice winnings nyman as of december, when they do a combination of them, are they 5, they have the 2nd. that is who still in politically to validate the finding the down. so last time they put cfo for that offer. if you can factors basically v, it's judy often at the competition latisha bye and inviting quincy because it's different on sundays. and in the stiff ticket office, i'm going to have the right to to, to the bottom of the yeah. even the letter that you want and we'll schedule it was gave us a to yearly pay. we're gonna come in. yeah. yeah. so it's, yeah, it's been, it's been, you've been media not even surprised. you know, we'll put that on the saudi. she doesn't money out of glued to, from the mind of according to that. yeah. no demo caught us the handle today from this, this, the adobe i couldn't have a hand on, for instance, why she all saying to me, do at the app either

. >> well, joining us now is scott lucas, professor emeritus of international studies at the universityhe has the right, of course, anybody would, to challenge the result of the election. but maybe not in the way he did . and he's right as way he did. and he's right as well. in suggesting that he has never had such support . never had such support. >> well, my first thought this morning was what secret beauty regime has donald trump been using for that mugshot ? linking using for that mugshot? linking up with your previous item? my second thought was as journalists and as analysts, it's to going be really important to keep our eyes on the facts on the legal process, on the american system, to and be able to cut through the political spin and frankly, the disinformation. so let me take political spin and frankly, the disyournation. so let me take political spin and frankly, the disyour two>n. so let me take political spin and frankly, the disyour two points. et me take political spin and frankly, the dis your two points. and e take political spin and frankly, the dis your two points. and

emergency services, all repairing, minor, damaged, caused aside from scott fund. brianne sca drones also reached to moscow, tula, kyle luca and a number of other regions of casualties reported we understand all the way these were destroyed by ad defenses. meanwhile, this morning, but the out in scope. our he's reported another attack by ukraine. this time drove in his target at the local t v station. the governor quoting at a tara attack, the united states has approved an extra $250000000.00 worth of weapons and ammo for ukraine. that's on top of the 43000000000, but washington's already handed the key of since the start of the conflict. however, some american politicians are not entirely convinced. this is the solution to the crisis. a 2024 republican presidential candidate of feedback on it. i must swami as pledge to broke a peace between russia and ukraine if he wins the case of the white house by making mutually beneficial concessions with most guy. it will lead america from moralism to realism, by executing the invoice of what nixon did in 1972. i will go to moscow in 2025. i will deliver peace in ukraine under the o

lucas tomlinson on what the white house is saying. former acting attorney general matthew whitaker on what weiss is now doing, and gop presidential candidate tim scottn how voters are responding. plus, the death toll now at 80 in maui, and the word the attorney general this hawaii will be lawn a. ing a probe into the official response to those catastrophic wildfires. welcome, everyone. i'm charles payne in for neil cavuto, and this is "cavuto live." we bin at the white house where president biden so far is staying quiet on the special counsel appointment in his son's case. lucas tomlinson is there though. >> reporter: charles, it was just a few weeks ago in that delaware courtroom where hunter biden and his family thought his legal issues would soon be behind him. that's not what happened, of course. the issue was immunity. hunter biden's legal team thought this by pleading guilty he would cop to that guilty charge and all his legal troubles would be behind him. that's not what happened. the prosecutor, david weiss, said this does not give you immunity, the whole plea deal fell apart, and now if the special counsel has been named. here's more from t