aware of drone attacks on the uss carney, and commercial vessels that happened earlier today. let s go right to and miss nbc s erin standing by for us at the white house. what more do we know about these developments in the red sea? alex, our pentagon team has been able to confirm from defense officials that the uss carney destroyed a houthi drone today in the southern red sea. w ase understand it, that drone was headed towards the ship at the same time itsaw at least one ballistic missil fired at commercial ship. that ship goes by the name unity explore. the carney responded t that ships distress signal at the time, and had to oot down another houthi drone that was headed towards the two ship at that point. this all apparently happened over the course of several hours today, and the official here alsosays that multiple commercial ships were attacked by yemen-based houthi missiles today. at we re getting from the houthis, and you should understand the source here, ayhat the
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
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one more thing before we go. politico reports at list eight former white house campaign officials, hired as outside contractors by the centers for medicare and medicaid services. they were brought in to helpsond provide strategic verma. the eight trump allies were among 40 consultants who worked under a one-year contract worth more than $2 million. the contracts cost you, the taxpayers, $380 per hour. they helped verma right speeches and draft her messaging around key policy initiatives, including dismantling obamacare and loosening insurance coverage requirements. verma is also a prominent critic of medicare for all. it is not clear if these contractors were needed. the centers for medicare and medicaid services already have a career communication staffers on