Forthe trump stump, today President Trump confirmed he was totally serious. The secretary of homeland security, working with myself and my staff, will begin immediate construction of a border wall. Applause the United States of america gets back control of its borders, gets back its borders. Can we go ahead . But, as previous president s have found, it is one thing to sign and seal and another to deliver. On his second full day in office, president obama ordered the closing of guantanamo bay. But it stubbornly outlasted even his second term in office. His plans were locked up by an uncooperative congress. So might Donald Trumps wall meet similar obstacles . Its obstacle is literary, build a wall. There are a lot of nuts and bolts in the process. First of all, the money has to be appropriated, it has to go to congress, and there is the question of what the physical wall looks like. If some of it fencing, and is some of it a virtual wall . Today was basically a message that they are seri
Midnight in london and 7pm in washington, where injust two hours donald trump will address a joint session of the us congress for the first time. Its a much anticipated event with ramifications for policy and politics. Lets go straight to washington and speak to our correspondent Laura Trevelya n. Speak to our correspondent Laura Trevelyan. We know this president ial address to both houses of congress is not a State Of The Union but it sounds and looks like one. What are we expecting . It is in effect a State Of The Union, were expecting an optimistic speech from the president. He was widely criticised for the dark apocalyptic tone of his Inauguration Address when he talked about American College but tonight the white house says he will be upbeat and lay out a vision for all americans despite interest groups, but this will be a uniting speech, this is what the white house is aiming at. Republicans in congress are saying they dont want to hear about the president s twitter account or fa
Midnight in london and 7pm in washington, where injust two hours donald trump will address a joint session of the us congress for the first time. Its a much anticipated event with ramifications for policy and politics. Lets go straight to washington and speak to our correspondent Laura Trevelya n. Speak to our correspondent Laura Trevelyan. We know this president ial address to both houses of congress is not a State Of The Union but it sounds and looks like one. What are we expecting . It is in effect a State Of The Union, were expecting an optimistic speech from the president. He was widely criticised for the dark apocalyptic tone of his Inauguration Address when he talked about American College but tonight the white house says he will be upbeat and lay out a vision for all americans despite interest groups, but this will be a uniting speech, this is what the white house is aiming at. Republicans in congress are saying they dont want to hear about the president s twitter account or fa
Executive will be voted into office in hong kong. Elected not by the people, but by 1000 or so members of the territorys economic and political elite, tied closely to the beijing government. And that is far short of the Universal Suffrage demanded by my guest today. Joshua wong was a teenage student when he became a leader of the so called Umbrella Pro Democracy protests that swept hong kong in 2014. Has beijing managed to neutralise hong kongs youthful rebels . Joshua wong, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. So thank you. 50 hong thank you. So hong kong is about to get a new Chief Executive. He will be selected, he will not be elected, by the general population. And that isa sign by the general population. And that is a sign of the failure of your Pro Democracy Movement, isnt it . dont Pro Democracy Movement, isnt it . |j dont think it is in favour of our movement. Because our movement is just motivated by the undemocratic system, which means, rather than allowing us more social selectio
Executive will be voted into office in hong kong. Elected not by the people, but by 1000 or so members of the territorys economic and political elite, tied closely to the beijing government. And that is far short of the Universal Suffrage demanded by my guest today. Joshua wong was a teenage student when he became a leader of the so called Umbrella Pro Democracy protests that swept hong kong in 2014. Has beijing managed to neutralise hong kongs youthful rebels . Joshua wong, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. So thank you. 50 hong thank you. So hong kong is about to get a new Chief Executive. He will be selected, he will not be elected, by the general population. And that isa sign by the general population. And that is a sign of the failure of your Pro Democracy Movement, isnt it . dont Pro Democracy Movement, isnt it . |j dont think it is in favour of our movement. Because our movement is just motivated by the undemocratic system, which means, rather than allowing us more social selectio