To give his Farewell Address in his Hometown Chicago in a huge Convention Centre beside lake michigan. These are the last few days of his time in the white house. It is in a huge Convention Centre. He returns tonight to the city where he gave his Acceptance Speech in 2008. You will all remember those pictures. Where Laura Chevenement was in chicago was so wildly, we had to abandon those plans. This is what gary 0donoghue told us earlier. In a sense, it will mark president 0bamas last chance to sum up, really, what he thinks hes achieved. Two big end his presidency, to try and notjust to list his achievements as he sees it, but try and weave together those achievements into some sort of idea of how america has improved over the last 80 years, in his view, under his stewardship. There will be a lot about the economy, the jobs. There will be a lot about criminaljustice reform. I am sure of course there will be talk about his Signature Policy on health care reform. There may be an admissio
To give his Farewell Address in his Hometown Chicago in a huge Convention Centre beside lake michigan. These are the last few days of his time in the white house. It is in a huge Convention Centre. He returns tonight to the city where he gave his Acceptance Speech in 2008. You will all remember those pictures. Where Laura Chevenement was in chicago was so wildly, we had to abandon those plans. This is what gary 0donoghue told us earlier. In a sense, it will mark president 0bamas last chance to sum up, really, what he thinks hes achieved. Two big end his presidency, to try and notjust to list his achievements as he sees it, but try and weave together those achievements into some sort of idea of how america has improved over the last 80 years, in his view, under his stewardship. There will be a lot about the economy, the jobs. There will be a lot about criminaljustice reform. I am sure of course there will be talk about his Signature Policy on health care reform. There may be an admissio
And we pay tribute to the journalist who first reported the outbreak of the second world war, who has died at the age of 105. Coming up in sportsday on bbc news weve had the first of the league cup semifinals, with wayne rooney given the chance to break the Manchester United all time scoring record. Good evening. There has been a significant increase in the number of people with Mental Health problems asking to be seen at accident and Emergency Departments in england. Figures from nhs digital, analysed for the bbc, show that in the year 2015 16, there were over 165,000 Psychiatric Attendances at a e departments, a rise of 47 over the past four years. And it includes a rise of 89 in the number of children and young people attending a e. Doctors say the reality is even worse than the figures suggest. 0ur social Affairs Correspondent alison holt has the story, and reports from birmingham. Its another day of unrelenting demand in the Emergency Department of Birminghams Queen Elizabeth hosp
Welcome to bbc news. Jeremy corbyn has been accused by some of his own mps of creating confusion after declaring that labour was not wedded to Freedom Of Movement for eu citizens and then adding that he wasnt ruling it out either. The Labour Leader insisted that the party did understand voters concerns about immigration. Earlier, mr corbyn had prompted further criticism from his own side when he suggested that Capping Earnings would be a way to tackle inequality. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg has more details. A welcome for him on the platform, but will you welcome what was billed as his vision for britain after brexit . Whether you voted to leave or remain, everybody voted for a better future. On the biggest question how many eu citizens can keep coming to britain to move freely, what was his verdict . Were not wedded to Free Movement of the eu as a point of principle, but i dont want to be misinterpreted, nor do we rule it out. Well demand that these negotiations give us the
In the woodthorpe area on monday and died soon afterwards. President obama says good buy. We discussed his economic legacy in asia. Trump says hello. We look at possible Conflict Of Interests. Good morning, asia, hello, world. It is a wednesday. Glad you could join us. As president barack obama prepares to deliver is Farewell Message in chicago in less than an hour s time, in asia we are reflecting what his eight years in office did for the region. A signature free trade deal, the Pacific Partnership will be scrapped by donald trump. I spoke to senior economist. If you look at trade, for examples, trade between developing asia and the us, it increased by a 30 by 2010 and 2015. Of course, part of this is explained by the economic recovery but it is a positive sign none the less. The official effort to deepen ties, is the Free Trade Agreement which will celebrate its fifth anniversary this year. Increase in trade between the us and asia and a rise in investment in us business but there i