Hashtag beyond one hundred days hello and welcome im katty kay in washington and Christian Fraser is in london. The American Government is struggling to do what families around the world manage to do every single day balance their budgets. The senate has just agreed to a two year deal but they still have to get the house of representatives to sign on to their plan. The bipartisan deal in the senate gives both sides a bit of what they want. Republicans get more money for the us military. Democrats get money for Health Programmes and disaster relief. This doesnt deliver the much promised Immigration Reform but it is a rare thing american lawmakers actually coming together to work out solutions. Heres a listen. This bill is the product of extensive negotiations among congressional leaders and the white house. No one would suggest it is perfect. But we worked hard to find Common Ground and stay focused on serving the American People. After months of legislative logjam is this budget deal i
Moth south rediscovered in 55 relatieps ififi south korea rediscovered in 55 relatieps ififi moth south korea to be north and south korea looks to be taking a backward step. Officials said they have no intention of meeting with delegates. These satellite images from a few days ago show the troops practising for that display, all very much a contrast to the Public Relations image being projected on the eve of the Opening Ceremony of the games, which south koreas president has been calling the peace olympics. The games are being held in pyeongchang, in south korea. The bbcs Stephen Mcdonell is there. Bring us up to date. Well, here at at pyeongchang there was hope that it was possible that this high level delegation from the United States in north korea, given that they are here in the games, might actually sit down and talk to one another. But we have heard from the north korean side that that delegation has, quote, no intention whatsoever of meeting with the us delegation. We are get
Vacation planning is available at aruba. Com. And now, bbc world news. Laura this is bbc world news america. Reporting from washington, i am laura trevelyan. The war rages on in parts of syria, under intense bombardment from government forces. The human toll of the conflict r is stiising. As the olympics get set to open, the u. S. Vice president warns north korea it wie not let it e games to hide offense. And and dark skin, blue eyes chers are discovering wh the first modern britain looked like, and it may come as a rprise. Laura welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and aroundmahe globe. Rights groups say more than 25 people have died, including 12 children, after Syrian Government forces carried out airstrikes on eastern ghouta. It is one of the last remainingo arearolled by rebels fighting president assad. Athe region is estimated home to an estimated 4000 people. Medical supplies and food have not been allowed in since late last year. Our correspondent quentin somm
A direct hit with the eye wall and after the turks and caicos as we get into the latter part of the week and weekend. Temperatures in the upper 80s in the bahamas, that is a core of warm air it will feed off of that not really allowing irma to weaken whatsoever. And in fact, as we look at the latest track here, it shows north of cuba on saturday morning a category four hurricane and yesterday that was over the keys and today its more likely over miami. But i do not want you to look just at the actual direct path because you need to look at the entire cone of uncertainty. Its a 225 mile wide zone this far out so the actual track once did gets close to florida it could be anywhere within the 225 miles needs to watch the cone. A dangerous storm no matter what. Well look at this as well as our local forecast. Thank you adamment of course Hurricane Irma, just as adam mentioned causing a lot of damage in the caribbean. The four considered the most structurally sound on the island of saint ma
Transition period. His statement provides the detailed accounts of meetings with the ambassador russian banker and lawyer. Donald trump jr. And Paul Manafort who were also in that meeting with the russian lawyer are negotiating now to provide closed door interviews about it as well. Sharrie. More news from the white house. Moments ago President Trump made a statement about replacing obamacare. He says senators are very close to having the votes needed to pass a new plan and he again blasted democrats for what he called obamacares failed promises. Seven years ago a small group of politicians and special interests in washington engineered a government takeover of healthcare. Every pledge that washington democrats made to pass that bill turned out to be a lie. It was a big fat ugly lie. The senate could vote tomorrow on whether to allow a republican backed replacement plan to reach the floor for debate. Abc news will have more coverage of the russia investigation and the latest on the eff