And london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm in washington, where president obamas legacy is being fought over by congress in the final days of his term. The battle lines have been drawn over the future of the president s healthcare reforms known as obamaca re. The Incoming Trump administration has promised to repeal it as soon as possible and the Republican Party is now in control of both houses. Laura trevelyan reports from washington. They swarmed across capitol hill today with rival entourages and duelling missions. One to protect his Signature Health care law, the other to drive a stake through it. President obama and Vice President elect mike pence met with their respective lawmakers to plot their opposing strategies. According to those present, mr obama encouraged democrats to fight republicans hard, nickname their attempts trump care and not rescue them by helping to pass a replacement law. For his part, mr pence con
Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 8pm In Washington where the us Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, says he wont be involved in any investigation into whether russia interfered in last years president ial election. Hes been accused of lying about contacts he had with russian officials during the campaign and senior democrats have called on him to resign, accusing him of lying on oath to congress. Mr sessions has denied doing anything wrong. This is what he told reporters a little earlier. We talked a little bit about terrorism, as i recall and somehow the subject of the ukraine came up. I have the Ukrainian Ambassador in my office the day before and. To listen to him. Nothing that russia. Russia had done nothing that was wrong in any area and Everybody Else was wrong with regard to the ukraine. It got too bit of a testy conversation at that point. Our North America Editorjon Sopel has this on the days events. I thought it was telling last night that as soon as the story broke ther
Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 8pm In Washington where the us Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, says he wont be involved in any investigation into whether russia interfered in last years president ial election. Hes been accused of lying about contacts he had with russian officials during the campaign and senior democrats have called on him to resign, accusing him of lying on oath to congress. Mr sessions has denied doing anything wrong. This is what he told reporters a little earlier. We talked a little bit about terrorism, as i recall and somehow the subject of the ukraine came up. I have the Ukrainian Ambassador in my office the day before and. To listen to him. Nothing that russia. Russia had done nothing that was wrong in any area and Everybody Else was wrong with regard to the ukraine. It got too bit of a testy conversation at that point. Our North America Editorjon Sopel has this on the days events. I thought it was telling last night that as soon as the story broke ther
Somebody disrespects our flag . To say, get that son of a off the field. I have a daughter. I do whatever i have to do to make sure she can look at her dad and be, like, hey, he tried to make a change. It was divisive. For him to use this platform to divide us more is not something i can stand for. If youre a multimillionaire who feels oppressed, you need a therapist, not a publicity stunt. They can do the free speech on their own time. He should apologize. Theyre not sobs. Theyre thoughtful, smart guys. The latest push to overhaul obamacare may be in Critical Condition again. Can only afford to lose two, and they already have. It is difficult for me to envision a scenario where i would end up voting for this bill. Republicans are attempting to sweeten the deal, offering a lastminute change to shift money in the bill to alaska and
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Nine months away. There is a lot to talk about. Lets begin at the white house. Kelly odonnell, we are learning that rob porter, the Staff Secretary, accused of Domestic Violence by his exwives that he could be out as early as today, is that correct . Reporter thats our reporting and the issue is that rob porter offered his resignation and Sarah Huckabee sanders said there would be an extended time of transition, where he would be able to help facilitate a successor. That has changed in the sense that there has been a lot of controversy around this, a lot of attention drawn to the two former wives of rob porter. The statements they have made publicly alleging verbal abuse, physical abuse and Emotional Abuse and porter has said that these are smears. He has said that these are baseless allegations and a coordinated campaign against him. We saw a shift, in fact, that at first, members of the white house senior Team Including chiefofstaff john kelly were very supportive of porter and he
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