Coming up in the sport on bbc news, claims that lord coe misled mps as questions grow over what he knew and when over the russian doping scandal. Good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. President trump has sacked his acting Attorney General, accusing her of betrayal after she told Government Lawyers not to defend his controversial Travel Restrictions in court. Sally yates, who was appointed by president obama, had said she was not convinced mr trumps temporary ban on travellers from seven muslim countries was legal. Richard lister reports. It isa it is a battle over American Values and its going on all across the county. In Columbus Ohio last night it was met with pepper spray. In dallas, texas, there was a silent vigil and concern over what the future holds. We came from mexico. Things arent great there now. Do deny something an opportunity to build a future seems completely wrong. The most significant protest came from sally yates, an Abomb Ma Appointee asked by President
Zurcher, catty quay will be here in 20 minutes time, questions to both of them are very welcome. Katty kay. Heres a prophetic video clip from a couple of years ago. I believe the Attorney General has an obligation to follow the law, the constitution, and give their independent legal advice to the president. Well, thats true, and like any ceo with a law firm, sometimes lawyers have to tell the ceo, you cannot do that, dont do it, it will be in violation of the law, you will regret it. Please, no matter how headstrong they might be. Do you feel that the duty of the Attorney Generals Office . |i do you feel that the duty of the Attorney Generals Office . I do, to fairly and partially evaluate the law and provide the administration with impartial legal advice. That is sally yates, talking at a Confirmation Hearing in 2015. This time yesterday she was americas acting Attorney General. Not any more. Donald trump fired her after she ordered Justice Department lawyers not to enforce the presid
Zurcher, catty quay will be here in 20 minutes time, questions to both of them are very welcome. Katty kay. Heres a prophetic video clip from a couple of years ago. I believe the Attorney General has an obligation to follow the law, the constitution, and give their independent legal advice to the president. Well, thats true, and like any ceo with a law firm, sometimes lawyers have to tell the ceo, you cannot do that, dont do it, it will be in violation of the law, you will regret it. Please, no matter how headstrong they might be. Do you feel that the duty of the Attorney Generals Office . |i do you feel that the duty of the Attorney Generals Office . I do, to fairly and partially evaluate the law and provide the administration with impartial legal advice. That is sally yates, talking at a Confirmation Hearing in 2015. This time yesterday she was americas acting Attorney General. Not any more. Donald trump fired her after she ordered Justice Department lawyers not to enforce the presid
Claim by a sitting president. President trump fired off a series of tweet is accusing former president obama of wiretapping. Mr. Trump has offered no his claim which isime to being roundly denied. We will get latest from abcs gloria riveria. Reporter explosive tweet from donald trump, president offering no proof but accusing his predecessor barack obama of spying on his campaign. Quote terrible, just found out other bam a had my wires tapped in trump tower just before the victory. Trump cited no evidence to backup the claim, just more tweets. This is nixon watergate. Bad or sick guy. White house aids cannot complain the basis of trumps allegations whether Intelligence Briefings or news report. Story posted friday to conservative news site breitbart alleged eavesdropping on trumps campaign. Well, it is clearly all about deflection. Now president is throwing this out here to get to us Start Talking about this instead of, paying attention to what is really going on with their contact with
And kansas congressman mike pompeo. Here with a look are wall street journal columnist dan henning ger, senior fellow jason riley, Editorial Board member mary kissell and assistant Editorial Page Editor james freeman. Lets start with pence. A little bit of night of the long knives in transition with Chris Christie getting the knife in the back, i guess, and being pushed out. Mike pence taking charge. What do you think of that . I think its an upgrade. When i look at this trump transition, most of all, im surprised at how conventional it is really. You have all these names coming out are people who have a lot of experience in government. You might have thought given his Unconventional Campaign wed see ronde rusie ordain in white as secretary of defense. Why is pence an upgrade from christie . I think from a limited government perspective, mike pence is really the person who reassured a lot of conservatives during the campaign, persuaded a lot of republicans to come home to trump. I thin