Its wednesday 18 january. Iamjoanna i am joanna gosling. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The Foreign Secretary has said countries are queuing up to sign Free Trade Deals with britain when it leaves the European Union. Borisjohnson also suggests that agreements could be achieved quickly after the article 50 negotiations are concluded, and said the uk would not be hauling up the drawbridge, despite the new Migration Controls promised by theresa may. Our assistant Political Editor norman smith is in westminsterfor us. Over to you. Thank you. What is striking this morning is the confidence oozing from number ten about yesterdays Big Speech By theresa may on brexit, insisting there has been a positive reaction from other senior eu leaders such as Angela Merkel and francois hollande, both of whom theresa may spoke to last night. This despite the fact that she has thrown down the gau ntlet that she has thrown down the ga u ntlet to that she has thrown down the gauntlet to the rest of the eu say
London, this is bbc world news, its newsday. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore, 1 am in london and 8 00 in the evening in washington dc, where donald trump is preparing for his inauguration on friday, as 45th president of the United States. The ceremony on capitol hill is expected to draw Hundreds Of Thousands of spectators to the nations capital. The celebrations have already begun, with a huge Open Air Concert at the lincoln memorial, not far from the white house, and donald trump addressing the crowd. It is a movement that started. And it is a Movement Like we have never seen anywhere in the world, they say. There has never been a Movement Like this. And it is something very, very special. And we are going to unify our country. And our phrase, you all know it, half of you are wearing the hat, make America Great again. Cheering and applause. But we are going to make America Great for all of our people, everybody. Everybody throughout our country. I promise you that i will work so ha
London, this is bbc world news, its newsday. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore, 1 am in london and 8 00 in the evening in washington dc, where donald trump is preparing for his inauguration on friday, as 45th president of the United States. The ceremony on capitol hill is expected to draw Hundreds Of Thousands of spectators to the nations capital. The celebrations have already begun, with a huge Open Air Concert at the lincoln memorial, not far from the white house, and donald trump addressing the crowd. It is a movement that started. And it is a Movement Like we have never seen anywhere in the world, they say. There has never been a Movement Like this. And it is something very, very special. And we are going to unify our country. And our phrase, you all know it, half of you are wearing the hat, make America Great again. Cheering and applause. But we are going to make America Great for all of our people, everybody. Everybody throughout our country. I promise you that i will work so ha
expected to take place sometime this week. 60 votes are needed to overcome republican efforts to block the measure. here s athena jones with more on jobs bill and earth whether it ever pass. reporter: putting americans back to work is president obama s priority. say we can grow the economy as much as 2%, and as many as 1.9 million workers. reporter: he s been pushing the plan everywhere. at a press conference last week, on the road, on facebook and twitter, and in his weekly address. this is not the time for the usual games or political gridlock in washington. reporter: the bill would cut payroll taxes, extend unemployment benefits, give tax credits for hiring veterans or the long-term unemployed and provide money to keep public workers on the job and invest in rebuilding schools and road and paid for with a 5.6% tax on income over $1 million starting in 2013. the political stakes for mr. obama are high. no president since franklin roosevelt has bun re-elected with