Theyre due to have talks on friday. The announcement was made during Donald Trumps first day in office, which also saw a series of protests against his administration; and an onslaught against the media for inaccurate reporting. Our us correspondent david willis has more. Crowd hey, hey ho, ho donald trump has got to go in the nations capital, they have rarely seen a rally quite like this. Not since the vietnam war have so many people come together, in defence of womens rights and minority rights, liberties these people believe could be imperilled by the presidency of donald trump. The man himself was visiting the headquarters of the cia whilst that rally was underway, less concerned about secrets, it appeared, than crowd sizes, in particular reports of the attendance at his inauguration the previous day. I made a speech. I looked out, the field was. It looked like a million, 1. 5 million people. They showed a field where there were practically nobody standing there. That theme was ech
Theyre due to have talks on friday. The announcement was made during Donald Trumps first day in office, which also saw a series of protests against his administration; and an onslaught against the media for inaccurate reporting. Our us correspondent david willis has more. Crowd hey, hey ho, ho donald trump has got to go in the nations capital, they have rarely seen a rally quite like this. Not since the vietnam war have so many people come together, in defence of womens rights and minority rights, liberties these people believe could be imperilled by the presidency of donald trump. The man himself was visiting the headquarters of the cia whilst that rally was underway, less concerned about secrets, it appeared, than crowd sizes, in particular reports of the attendance at his inauguration the previous day. I made a speech. I looked out, the field was. It looked like a million, 1. 5 million people. They showed a field where there were practically nobody standing there. That theme was ech
And it is russia leading the way. Could President Trumps Warming Relations with moscow break the deadlock . And when it comes to foreign relations, what does President Trumps Foreign Policy mean for europe and its longer term security . Hello and welcome to 100 days. Our new programme dominated by the first few months of Donald Trumps presidency, and what kind of changes it might bring. There are big things happening in europe. Upcoming elections, brexit, the conflict in syria. Over this next 100 days, we will be looking at all of that and how the America First policy will re shape relations around the world. But lets start here in washington. In this past half hour, sean spicer, president s trumps spokesperson, has been speaking to the White House Press corp. 0ur washington reporter Anthony Zurcher is with us. I was listening to the beginning of the Press Conference. It sounded like a remarkably normal Press Conference . It was. This came off the hills of saturday where sean spicer st
Just before noon he signed an Executive Order formally withdrawing the us from the tra ns pacific partnership. It was a Campaign Promise and a key tenet of his pledge to deglobalise, putting in his words, America First. Our diplomatic editor, mark urban, looks at what trumps first day tells us about a new direction for america. Back to work on a blowy, rainy morning for the people of this city. For the new president , after a weekend of political bluster, a day to demonstrate that the Wind Of Change you porters bluster, a day to demonstrate that the Wind Of Change supporters had voted for had hit the white house. First one is withdrawals from the of the United States from the Trans Pacific partnership. Everyone knows what that means, right . Weve been talking about this for a long time. Mr trump signed three Executive Orders today, stopping a pacific trade deal, freezing governmentjob recruitment, and halting funding for abortion education overseas. That follows an earlier order to hob
Then President Obama had seven new cabinet level officials confirmed. Trump only as of right now has two. Do you think that youre going to be able to stop some of his nominees, or are you just trying to slow down the process . Well, let me say this. First, this cabinet is unusually unique and a lot different than others. We call it the swamp cabinet, billionaires and bankers. The number of wealthy people, the number of people rife with Conflicts Of Interest and the number of people who have disagreed with what trump has campaigned on is so much more than just any other cabinet weve seen, and so that means they need thorough review. Thorough review so they dont have Conflicts Of Interest, thorough reviews so we know, for instance, is dr. Price going to try to privatize or end medicare when trump campaigned against it . And and are republican colleagues, i dont blame them with this cabinet, have tried to rush it through. Advise and consent does not mean
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