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the japanese prime minister, shinzo abe, is making a historic visit to hawaii, 75 years after the japanese attack on pearl harbor that brought the united states into the second world war. the visit began with mr abe paying tribute to american military personnel buried at the national memorial cemetery of the pacific. before he left tokyo, mr abe said he wanted to send a message that japan would never repeat the atrocities of past wars. laura bicker reports. archive: december 7th, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy. the japanese attacks came in waves during a deadly two hours. bombs ripped through us battleships, crippling the pacific fleet and killing over 2000 americans. survivors recalled that the once bustling port burned for hours. i had a fire hose in one hand, trying to put out the fires, and with the other i went around memorising these nametags so i could write to their parents and tell them what happened to their son. after 75 years, a sitting japanese pri ....
singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it s newsday. glad you could join us. it is sam glad you could join us. it is 8am in singapore, midnight in london, and 7pm in washington, where in eight days, donald trump will become president of the usa. donald trump seems to be at odds with some of his key cabinet nominees. his choice for the new head of the cia strongly endorsed the work of the us intelligence community powers after it was criticised by the president elect. hours. general james mattis, nominated for defence secretary, accused russia of trying to break up nato, in contrast with donald trump s wish for closer ties with president vladimir putin. we have more from washington. a week before inauguration day, it s usually an air of expectancy that you ll find on capitol hill, where next friday, they ll be playing hail to the chief as donald trump takes centre stage. but the mood now is much more feverish, much more surreal, as front page allegations swirl ....
it is 9:00am in singapore, 1:00am in london, and 8:00pm in the evening in washington, where in eight days donald trump will become president of the united states. mr trump seems to be at odds with some of his key cabinet nominees. his choice for new head of the cia, mike pompeo, on the left, strongly endorsed the work of the us intelligence community, hours after it was criticised by the president elect. and generaljames mattis, on the right, nominated for defence secretary, accused russia of trying to break up nato, in contrast to mr trump s wish for much closer ties with president putin. 0ur correspondent nick bryant reports from washington. a week before inauguration day, it is usually an air of expectancy that you ll find on capitol hill, where the stage is being set foertrump to take the oath of office. but the mood now is much more feverish, much more surreal, as front page allegations swirl that russia has compromising information about the president elect which ....
with some of his key cabinet nominees on several vital questions facing the new administration. his choice as new head of the cia has strongly endorsed the work of us intelligence agencies, hours after they were attacked by the president elect. and in contrast to mr trump s fond and admiring words for president putin, his nominee for defence secretary accused russia of trying to break up nato, and described it as a threat to europe. nick bryant reports from washington. a week before inauguration day, it is usually an air of expectancy that you ll find on capitol hill, where the stage is being set foertrump to take the oath of office. but the mood now is much more feverish, much more surreal, as front page allegations swirl that russia has compromising information about the president elect which would make him susceptible to blackmail. do you solemnly swear to give the committee the truth. today, donald trump s choice as the new cia director was on capitol hill, claiming ....
facing the new administration. his choice as new head of the cia has strongly endorsed the work of us intelligence agencies, hours after they were attacked by the president elect. and in contrast to mr trump s fond and admiring words for president putin, his nominee for defence secretary accused russia of trying to break up nato, and described it as a threat to europe. nick bryant reports from washington. a week before inauguration day, it is usually an air of expectancy that you ll find on capitol hill, where the stage is being set foertrump to take the oath of office. but the mood now is much more feverish, much more surreal, as front page allegations swirl that russia has compromising information about the president elect which would make him susceptible to blackmail. do you solemnly swear to give the committee the truth. today, donald trump s choice as the new cia director was on capitol hill, claiming the new allegations are unsubstantiated, but agreeing the krem ....