by martin luther king whose birthday will be celebrated on monday. sarah corker reports. another day, and another row on twitter for president elect donald trump. he s caused outrage after criticising veteran civil rights campaigner john lewis, for questioning the legitimacy of his election victory. that prompted an angry response from mr trump, tweeting. this supporters have hit back. there isa this supporters have hit back. there is a question of the coromandel civility and also the recognition that a president of the united states occupies an important position, one where every word including every idle word and have international and national importance. the row comes as civil rights activists in washington kicked off a week of anti trump protests, ahead of the inauguration. we won t be trumped, we won t be trumped! demonstrators voiced anger over mr trump of my previous comments about muslims and mexicans. we come not to appeal to donald trump. because he s made it cle
8:00am in singapore, and 3:00am in moscow, where the us secretary of state has been trying to improve faltering relations between two of the world s biggest powers, but in the end, there was no hiding the differences. after nearly two hours of talks with his russian counterpart, and president putin himself, rex tillerson told his russian counterpart there was a disparity between the two countries. we will get the view from washington a little later on newsday, but first of all, from a place in moscow, here is our reporter. the last time he was in russia, rex tillerson was an oil man, doing multibillion dollar deals with the kremlin, drinking champagne with vladimir putin. he even got an award from him. but in moscow today, it was a political deal secretary of state tillerson was seeking over syria, not easy with us russian relations at their worst since the end of the cold war. he met his russian counterpart, sergei lavrov. then, behind closed doors in the kremlin, president
president trump and his secretary of state are both saying relations with russia are at an all time low. rex tillerson‘s talks in moscow with president putin and his foreign minister were never going to be easy, but it now seems clear the kremlin has not budged in its support for syria s president assad, despite last week s chemical attack. the us and russia are poles apart on pretty much everything, from syria to the many questions about russian interference in the us election. from moscow, steve rosenberg. the last time he was in russia, rex tillerson was an oil man, doing multibillion dollar deals with the kremlin, drinking champagne with vladimir putin. he even got an award from him. but in moscow today, it was a political deal secretary of state tillerson was seeking, over syria, not easy with us russian relations at their worst since the end of the cold war. he met his russian counterpart, sergei lavrov. then, behind closed doors in the kremlin, president putin. there
president trump and his secretary of state are both saying relations with russia are at an all time low. rex tillerson‘s talks in moscow with president putin and his foreign minister were never going to be easy, but it now seems clear the kremlin has not budged in its support for syria s president assad, despite last week s chemical attack. the us and russia are poles apart on pretty much everything, from syria to the many questions about russian interference in the us election. from washington, laura bicker reports. president trump is paying a political price for launching these missiles against the syrian government. relations with russia are atan government. relations with russia are at an all time low. vladimir putin said this us attack was an act of aggression. but donald trump said it was in response to a suspected war crime. the us believes the syrian president was responsible for using chemical weapons against civilians. at a press conference alongside the nato secr
of state are both saying relations with russia are at an all time low. rex tillerson‘s talks in moscow with president putin and his foreign minister were never going to be easy, but it now seems clear the kremlin has not budged in its support for syria s president assad, despite last week s chemical attack. the us and russia are poles apart on pretty much everything, from syria to the many questions about russian interference in the us election. from washington, laura bicker. president trump is paying a political price for launching these missiles against the syrian government. relations with russia are at an all time low. vladimir putin said this us attack was an act of aggression. but donald trump said it was in response to a suspected war crime. the us believes the syrian president was responsible for using chemical weapons against civilians. at a press conference alongside the nato secretary general, mr trump condemned bashar al assad. that s a butcher. so i felt we had