The us attorney general takes the unusual step of authorising federal prosecutors to investigate allegations of voter fraud in last weeks president ial election. The uk Unemployment Rate rises to 4. 8 in the three months to september compared with 4. 5 in august with redundancies reaching a record high. The education standards body for england ofsted warns that some children have regressed in basic skills and learning during the pandemic. And coming up this hour. Researchers say the discovery of a two million year old skull in south africa has uncovered a new chapter in the story of human evolution. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Well bring more on the vaccine news in a moment, but first our breaking news that the chief palestinian negotiator saeb erekat has died at the age of 65. He had suffered Serious Health problems for several years before contracting coronavirus la
Administration policy. All that plus another comment from the president that sets off an afternoon of media factchecking and heated reaction. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts has the news from the white house. Good evening. The sheer volume of news coming out of this white house and the first couple days worth anything that weve seen in recent memory. The president has still not shaken his campaign air of propensity to step on his own message. President trump took major steps to resurrect the keystone xl and Dakota Access pipelines, another opportunity for the president to undo obamaera actions. Are going to renegotiate some of the terms and if they would like, well see if we can get that pipeline built. A lot of jobs. 28,000 jobs. Great construction jobs. The twittersphere lit up with protest. Condemning the executive order on keystone xl and Dakota Access pipelines. From House Speaker paul ryan, praised. Thanks to the executive order, the Keystone Pipeline and Dakota Acce
Sarah . Thank you very much. Im assuming youve read Bob Woodwards book. I know a lot of us have. Can we expect, other than repeating denials from general mattis, general kelly, john dowd, can we expect the white house to give a list of all the things in the book that are wrong and that qualified woodward to be a liar. I think that would be a complete and utter waste of our time, so no. Hold on a second. So then that goes to this quinnipiac poll that came out today that says that 55 of americans believe that the oped writer in the times is right and that the president is getting a 60 negative rating on the honest and truthful. 60 of americans think hes a dishonest person. So does the president think he can actually win a credibility battle with bob woodward, whos a, with, you know, an august member of the press corps, helped take Richard Nixon down, and is a legend. How can he win that credibility battle . Once again, i think i would rather take the actual, onrecord account from people
Can we expect, other than repeating denials from joe mattis joe kelly. Can we expect the white house to give up all the things are wrong. I think that would be a complete and utter waste of our time. Hold on a second that goes to this quinnipiac poll out today 55 of americans believe that the oped writer in the times is right and the president is getting a 60 negative rating on honest and truthful. If 60 think he is dishonest person. Does the president think he could win a credibility battle with bob woodward who is august member of the press corps and helped take president nixon down. How we win that battle . Once again i would rather take the actual on record account from people who have here who have been working in this build hog have intracketted with the business day in and day out like general mattis, general kelly and like myself. Not disgruntled former employees who refuse to put their name on things when they come out to attack the president. I think those are far more credib
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