the schmuck. he s. hello. good to have you with us. president trump says he s surprised and disappointed after failing to secure republican support in congress for plans to replace obamacare, one of his main election campaign pledges. our north america editor jon sopel has more. mr vice president, do you have the vote? a day of truly frantic meetings and phone calls, as the vice president, mike pence, went to the hill to try to secure the votes needed to pass health care reform trumpcare. and the usual tools deployed, a mixture of menace and flattery. but it wasn t going well. do you have the votes? my vote is still a no. my vote has not changed. if anybody tells you for certain they know what is going to happen, they are lying. the situation is still very fluid. and if concessions are made to the right of the republican party, you lose the moderates, and vice versa. at the white house, there were no attempts to distance themselves from the legislation. the president s s
in singapore and london. this is bbc world news. it s newsday. good morning. it s 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 2am in moscow where thousands of russians have been taking part in anti corruption rallies across the country in defiance of the kremlin. the biggest protests were in the russian capital, where police say 500 people have been detained. they included the opposition leader, alexei navalny, who d called for the demonstrations. the rallies are the biggest seen in russia for at least five years. from moscow here s our correspondent steve rosenberg. there were moments today when moscow resembled a battlefield. russian riot police broke up an anti government protest, on what was a day of demonstrations across russia. in moscow, they detained more than 500 people. earlier, police had poured into the city centre, warning that the protest was illegal. still, thousands of people packed into pushkin square, to accuse the russian government of corruption. the level of
1am in london, and 3am in moscow where thousands of russians have been taking part in anti corruption rallies across the country, in defiance of the kremlin. the biggest protests were in the russian capital, where police say 500 people have been detained. they included the opposition leader, alexei navalny, who s called for the demonstrations. the rallies are the biggest seen in russia for several years. the us state department says the detention of the protestors is an affront to core democratic values. there were moments when moscow resembled a battlefield. russian riot police broke up an anti government protest on what was anti government protest on what was a day of demonstrations across russia. in moscow, they detained more than 500 people. earlier, police had poured into the city centre, warning that the protest was illegal. still, thousands of people packed into pushkin square to excuse the russian government of corruption. translation: the level of corruption is too h
costs of the new appliance? i would say that these standards have very different affects on different households based on some of the characteristics i mentioned and also some that i state as well in my written testimony. for instance, if you live in texas, maybe it s more benefit for you to have an efficient air conditioner but do you care how efficient your furnace is? in that case you may not save money by getting an efficient furnace. so i would say that different situations geographical area would have an impact on it? absolutely. and you indicated the use of the product, obviously, would have an impact on it. and you mentioned, i think, some elderly people who maybe use it less would have less benefit from it as well, is that correct? that is correct. and the department notes that in its analysis. so all of us make comments about, oh, this is going to save money and so forth, but it certainly is possible in many instances, i would assume, that low-income p
[applause] president obama: this marks the first official state visit by a singaporean prime minister in over 30 years and celebrates the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between our two nations. it is a reflection of my friendship and partnership with prime minister lee in the past eight years. it s an opportunity to repay the hospitality that the prime minister and the people of singapore showed me when i visited during my first year in office. we were there for the apex summit with the tradition of dressing of shirts that are somewhat colorful, a tradition we will reserve only for those summits and are not duplicating today. a half-century ago, when singapore was an island of rural villages and crowded tenements, few would have imagined a day like today. singaporeans pride themselves as being the little red dot on many maps with a big impact on the world. in less than a generation, under the vision and stewardship of prime minister lee kuan yew, singaporeans transf