And london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 8pm in washington, where President Donald Trump has marked his first working day in office with a decisive shift in americas dealings with the rest of the world. The tra ns Pacific Partnership is a huge Trade Agreement with countries in the pacific rim. Now, mr trump has said he will pull out of the deal negotiated by the Obama Administration. He says it would have damaged Us Manufacturing and jobs. Our north america editor, jon sopel, has the latest. Weve been talking about this for a long time. Oh the power of the pen. These are Executive Orders signed by the president as he starts his first week in thejob. From now on america will have nothing to do with the pacific trade deal. Another order sets in train plans to renegotiate the nafta agreement with mexico and canada. A far more complex undertaking. And theres to be a freeze on recruitment forfederaljobs. One other Executive Order particularly
That this was a Sport Run By Men For men. We will put up some copy cat has come into the bbc newsroom and show this. It concerns the Us Senate Foreign relations committee. There is no copy to show you. What i was going to say was that the South Carolina governor, nicky healy, has received approval from the Relevant Committee to be Donald Trumps ambassador to the united nations. Confirmation in the full senate should follow. Nicky healy was overwhelmingly approved. It has to be said it has been a less easy ride for Rex Tillerson, nominee for secretary of state. All the democrats considering his nomination voted against the appointment. It still went through. Lets go live to the state department. For those getting to know nicky healy for the first time, give us an introduction. Well, she is the daughter of indian immigrants. She is one of the few people of colour and, frankly, women in mrtrumps cabinet. People of colour and, frankly, women in mr trumps cabinet. She is governor of South C
That this was a Sport Run By Men For men. We will put up some copy cat has come into the bbc newsroom and show this. It concerns the Us Senate Foreign relations committee. There is no copy to show you. What i was going to say was that the South Carolina governor, nicky healy, has received approval from the Relevant Committee to be Donald Trumps ambassador to the united nations. Confirmation in the full senate should follow. Nicky healy was overwhelmingly approved. It has to be said it has been a less easy ride for Rex Tillerson, nominee for secretary of state. All the democrats considering his nomination voted against the appointment. It still went through. Lets go live to the state department. For those getting to know nicky healy for the first time, give us an introduction. Well, she is the daughter of indian immigrants. She is one of the few people of colour and, frankly, women in mrtrumps cabinet. People of colour and, frankly, women in mr trumps cabinet. She is governor of South C
The appalling targeting of the police is going on in this country right now i hope that is not the message you want to send two brave men and women that wear the uniform to protect us. Police officers and Law Enforcement officials cant count on federal Law Enforcement officials to back them up who can they rely on . Seeing no other witnesses think you attorney general for your questions in her time today. Without objection all members have five additional days to submit additional records for the hearing. With that this hearing is adjourned. Next u. S. Senators talk about the terrorist attacks in paris. Several u. S. Senators went to to the center for disheartening to talk about the recent terrorist attacks in paris and their related security concerns at home. A year ago the gulf for the goal was to destroy iso. No one should take this as a criticism of the men and women and uniform as well as their civilian counterparts in the field doing the best they can under the strategic and oper
Ladies and gentlemen, before i begin i would like to ask you to join me in recognizing an Incredible Group of soldiers sailors, airman marines and coast guards behind me. They are the best at what they do do, whatever they do including putting on sayreceremonyies like this one. Thank you very much. [applause] and mr. Secretary, i couldnt help thinking as the National Anthem is played i would hazard a guess how many times you have heard it but today it was played for you and i hope you remember the lasting service. Mr. President , secretary, men and women of the Armed Forces Good afternoon. It is an honor to thank secretary hagel for his service to our nation and what a Remarkable Service it has been. It started 20 years ago when Timothy Hagel was called in and they said young man you have six months to get back into college or you will be drafted into the vietnam war. Hagel replied i tried colleges, three colleges and lets say it wasnt in the best interest of those institutions to keep