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hello. president trump has finally notched up a major legislative victory, the first stage in repealing barack obama s signature achievement the affordable care act. the us house of representatives has narrowly passed the republican replacement for obamacare. but how quickly the new bill becomes law, whether it does at all, is a whole other question. it will face a very tight vote in the senate. here s our north america editor, jon sopel. the moment at just after two o clock this afternoon in washington, when trumpcare became a thing. the ayes are 217. the nays are 213. the bill is passed. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. shame, shame, shame, shame. but outside, a rather different scene, as protesters chant, shame. this fight isn t over yet. getting the measure through the senate is going to be every bit as tough. because, as today s debate showed, this is a deeply divisive issue. so, i ask you, my colleagues, does trumpcare lower he ....
in what you expect to come through that might keep things one way or another? i m not sure they will keep things one way or another. we are waiting to see what happens in cardiff, which is still counting at the moment. there s been some relatively bad news for labour in wales already. we don t have anything at the moment about scotland, where there is a very different story, which isjust scotland, where there is a very different story, which is just how well are the snp doing? will they retain the 56 or 59 westminster seats they had last time? we will be looking for clues about that, it s a different political scenario to what we have tonight with the results in england and wales. thank you very much. time now for the travel show. this week, celebrating gha na s 60th birthday. i m drinking to the country s independence. sparring with the locals. boxing is massive, they love it here. and meeting some of its cutest residents. i am amazed how much banana a little monkey li ....
president trump has finally notched up a major legislative victory, the first stage in repealing barack obama s signature achievement the affordable care act. the us house of representatives has narrowly passed the republican replacement for obamacare. but how quickly the new bill becomes law, whether it does at all, is a whole other question. it will face a very tight vote in the senate. here s our north america editor, jon sopel. the moment at just after two o clock this afternoon in washington, when trumpcare became a thing. the ayes are 217. the nays are 213. the bill is passed. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. shame, shame, shame, shame. but outside, a rather different scene, as protesters chant, shame. this fight isn t over yet. getting the measure through the senate is going to be every bit as tough. because, as today s debate showed, this is a deeply divisive issue. so, i ask you, my colleagues, does trumpcare lower health co ....
ruled russia, as president or prime minister, he hasn t done it alone. he s been backed by a coterie of trusted associates, connected through past ties in st petersburg, or in the kgb or in business. one of mr putin s inner circle is my guest today. vladimir yakunin ran russian railways for a decade and was a close putin adviser. so much so the us made him a target of sanctions after the invasion of crimea. he left the railway two years ago. is he still a true believer in the putin project? vladimiryakunin, welcome to hardtalk. hello. i think it s fair to say, you, for a decade more, were one of vladimir putin s closest associates and advisers. in general terms, as you look at putin s impact upon russia, would you say that you believe he is taking russia in a very positive direction? thank you for your introduction. listen, to tell the truth, i never considered myself a voice to be in the position to be considered an adviser of mr putin. i was doing my business, i was c ....
one in the morning in london. and 8pm in cincinnati, ohio where the american student otto warmbier jailed in north korea for more than 15 months has died. the 22 year old had only returned home last week but it emerged he had been in a coma for a year. a north korean court had sentenced him to 15 years hard labour for attempting to steal a propaganda sign from a hotel. within the past few hours the us government has responded. secretary of state rex tillerson saying north korea would be held accountable and demanding the release of three other americans being held by pyongyang. and president trump has given his reaction. he spent 1.5 years in north korea. a lot of bad things happened. but at least we got him home to be with his pa rents. least we got him home to be with his parents. they were so happy to see him, even though he was in very tough conditions. he just passed away a little while ago. that is a brutal regime and we will be able to handle it. in a moment ....