Was expected to have a Ceremonious First Day back for 2017. Instead, it was full of action republicans have ditched a plan to strip the Office Of Congressional Ethics of its independence. The reversal was prompted by a public outcry and a dressing down from donald trump on twitter. And in the past hour, the President Elect has also tweeted that Onjanuary 11th in new york he will hold his First Official News Conference since his election. Heres Laura Trevelyan with the latest from washington. The house will come to order. As the Brand New Congress convened on thursday, instead of celebrating the republicans dominance of washington, lawmakers were the centre of the debate. It is over their behaviour is policed In The Name Of avoiding corruption. On monday night, republicans in the House Of Representatives tried to gut the independence of the Office Of Congressional Ethics by bringing it under the control of a house committee, prompting an outcry from democrats and government watchdogs. D
Was expected to have a Ceremonious First Day back for 2017. Instead, it was full of action republicans have ditched a plan to strip the Office Of Congressional Ethics of its independence. The reversal was prompted by a public outcry and a dressing down from donald trump on twitter. And in the past hour, the President Elect has also tweeted that Onjanuary 11th in new york he will hold his First Official News Conference since his election. Heres Laura Trevelyan with the latest from washington. The house will come to order. As the Brand New Congress convened on thursday, instead of celebrating the republicans dominance of washington, lawmakers were the centre of the debate. It is over their behaviour is policed In The Name Of avoiding corruption. On monday night, republicans in the House Of Representatives tried to gut the independence of the Office Of Congressional Ethics by bringing it under the control of a house committee, prompting an outcry from democrats and government watchdogs. D
Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 4am in the turkish city of istanbul, where police have reportedly detained the main suspect behind the new years eve shooting at a nightclub. 39 people were killed and seventy injured in the attack. The so called Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the shooting. Our turkey correspondent mark lowen has the latest. This was the culmination of a huge nationwide Police Manhunt that appears to have finally apprehended a 30 year old man, uzbek national, abdulkadir masharipov, believed to be the main suspect behind the Istanbul Nightclub Attack. In the aftermath of the attack he managed to escape, to flee the scene. Apparently, they were staying in an apartment belonging to a friend. Photographs released on social media and state media show him very bloodied with a heavily bruised face, wearing a grey t shirt and being held by his throat. He is undergoing a medical check and he has been transferred to police custody. There were fears in the aft
Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 4am in the turkish city of istanbul, where police have reportedly detained the main suspect behind the new years eve shooting at a nightclub. 39 people were killed and seventy injured in the attack. The so called Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the shooting. Our turkey correspondent mark lowen has the latest. This was the culmination of a huge nationwide Police Manhunt that appears to have finally apprehended a 30 year old man, uzbek national, abdulkadir masharipov, believed to be the main suspect behind the Istanbul Nightclub Attack. In the aftermath of the attack he managed to escape, to flee the scene. Apparently, they were staying in an apartment belonging to a friend. Photographs released on social media and state media show him very bloodied with a heavily bruised face, wearing a grey t shirt and being held by his throat. He is undergoing a medical check and he has been transferred to police custody. There were fears in the aft
Greg thanks, joe. Thats the smartest thing you have said in eight years. [applause] [applause] greg all right, the u. S. Intel report released friday directly accuse russian president Vladimir Putin of ordering a campaign to influence the election. I wish they told us this thursday we could have skipped listening to this. First we cannot say they did not change in the vote tallies or anything of that sort. We have no way of gauging the impact that certainly the Intelligence Community cant gauge the impact it had on choices the electorate made. Greg what is with this guy over here . Its like he just saw one of my nudes on snapchat. [laughter]
this is serious. And its on tv. Friday President Elect trump met with experts to discuss the findings. What does russia really to . For one, they had to John Podestas email. How did they do it . First they found one of his passwords. What was one of his passwords . Password. [laughter] this may be the greatest achievement in espionage history. Righ