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
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
Have been giving evidence about alleged russian Cyber Hacking before a powerful congressional committee. Russias always denied the accusations that relate to last years us president ial election. Nick bryant sent this report. Washington is investigating what could be the biggest political break in since watergate. In the 70s, it was the building belonging to the Democratic National committee that was burgled. In 2016, it was the Computer System at the partys present headquarters. A robbery in cyberspace, rather than in person. And Us Intelligence believes it was orchestrated by vladimir putin, from the kremlin, to help donald trump win the election. I want to welcome all our members back to the committee. Today, those allegations were aired publicly on capitol hill at this republican controlled congressional committee. Every american should be alarmed by russias attacks on our nation. There is no National Security interest more vital to the United States of america than the ability to
Have been giving evidence about alleged russian Cyber Hacking before a powerful congressional committee. Russias always denied the accusations that relate to last years us president ial election. Nick bryant sent this report. Washington is investigating what could be the biggest political break in since watergate. In the 70s, it was the building belonging to the Democratic National committee that was burgled. In 2016, it was the Computer System at the partys present headquarters. A robbery in cyberspace, rather than in person. And Us Intelligence believes it was orchestrated by vladimir putin, from the kremlin, to help donald trump win the election. I want to welcome all our members back to the committee. Today, those allegations were aired publicly on capitol hill at this republican controlled congressional committee. Every american should be alarmed by russias attacks on our nation. There is no National Security interest more vital to the United States of america than the ability to
Security officials in the us state of florida say five people have been have been killed in a shooting at Fort Lauderdale International Airport. The local sheriff said eight people were also wounded. The gunman is understood to be in Police Custody and is believed to have acted alone. This scene is considered fluid and active. One of the more critical pieces of information is we have the shooter in custody. He is unharmed, nose or enforcement fired any shots. The subject is being interviewed by a team of fbi agents and Sheriffs Office homicide detectives. That was the local sheriff. Lets get the latest from Barbara Plett usher in washington. Some interesting details have come out, including details on how the shooter may have got hold of a gun. Yes, the sheriff you just heard they didnt reveal how the shooter got the gun over where he came from, but the County Commissioner has said that the shooter was a passenger on a flight that came from canada and that he had checked his gun, he cl