A man who knew the hotel well. He says his neighbors are among those trapped inside. Also coming up, u. S. President elect donald trump touches down in washington dc ahead of fridays inauguration. We go live to the u. S. Capitol to hear what is happening. Trump is promising a very special, very beautiful event. Brent it is good to have you with us. Tonight, the gambia is holding its breath amid reports that senegalese troops have marched into the west african nation. Gambias new leader, adama barrow, who was sworn into office in senegal in his nations embassy short while ago, triggering the military crisis. Outgoing president yahya jammeh is clinging to power tonight. The troops from senegal and other african nations say they will forcibly remove him from power if he fails to step down. The Un Security Council has voted unanimously to back barrow but is calling for a peaceful transition. We want to take you now to the gambia. Our correspondent is in the city monitoring developments for
Its 9am in singapore, iam in london and 8 00 in the evening in washington, where the white house has vowed to fight the news media tooth and nail, over what officials see as unfair attacks on donald trump. The new president has taken issue with estimates of the size of the crowd at his inauguration on friday. His Press Secretary says it was the biggest in history for such an event, but as our North America editorjon sopel reports, the evidence doesnt support the claim. The weightiest issues on the planet were discussed at Donald Trumps inaugural address, but what the president is in a white rage about are suggestions that the crowds for him were not as big as they were for barack obama eight years ago, even though the evidence is incontrovertible, as these two photos, each taken 45 minutes before the inauguration started, make plain. But last night, journalists were summoned to the most extraordinary White House Briefing to be told they were lying. This was the largest audience to ever
Its 9am in singapore, iam in london and 8 00 in the evening in washington, where the white house has vowed to fight the news media tooth and nail, over what officials see as unfair attacks on donald trump. The new president has taken issue with estimates of the size of the crowd at his inauguration on friday. His Press Secretary says it was the biggest in history for such an event, but as our North America editorjon sopel reports, the evidence doesnt support the claim. The weightiest issues on the planet were discussed at Donald Trumps inaugural address, but what the president is in a white rage about are suggestions that the crowds for him were not as big as they were for barack obama eight years ago, even though the evidence is incontrovertible, as these two photos, each taken 45 minutes before the inauguration started, make plain. But last night, journalists were summoned to the most extraordinary White House Briefing to be told they were lying. This was the largest audience to ever