scheduled a vote to repeal and replace president obama s signature piece of legislation, the affordable care act. it guarantees health insurance for millions of americans, and republicans have struggled to agree on how to change it. but now it seems they believe they have the votes to get the bill through the house. live now to our correspondent in washington, laura bicker. laura, how is it looking? it looks like they have the vote to get it through the house. remember, this was a key campaign pledge from republicans. how many times did we hear from the platform from donald trump he is alleged to repeal and replace obamacare? it was easier said than done because when they first tried it republicans simply couldn t agree. they say the problem with the affordable care act is that too many people are paying far too much for health insurance, subsidising the cost for others. and they don t believe that republicans or government should be involved in providing healthcare. that is
scheduled a vote to repeal and replace president obama s signature piece of legislation, the affordable care act. it guarantees health insurance for millions of americans, and republicans have struggled to agree on how to change it. but now it seems they believe they have the votes to get the bill through the house. it looks like they have the vote to get it through the house. remember, this was a key campaign pledge from republicans. how many times did we hear from the platform from donald trump his pledge to repeal and replace obamacare? it was easier said than done because when they first tried it republicans simply couldn t agree. they say the problem with the affordable care act is that too many people are paying far too much for health insurance, subsidising the cost for others. and they don t believe that republicans or government should be involved in providing healthcare. that is something that is so personal. when it comes down to it, when they first voted a draft
police have made and another arrest in connection with monday s terror attack in manchester. they say they have found a large part of the network responsible for the bombing. police are still pursuing a number of lines of enquiry and the terror level remains critical. there will be more police officers at prominent events this weekend, such as the fa cup. an already vast investigation, still expanding. each day, counter terrorism detectives raid more properties in manchester, cutting through the shutters at this moss side barbershop. the shop owner, abs forjani, is a cousin of the manchester bomber who was arrested earlier in the week, with two of his brothers. police also raided another house in the middle of the night, bringing the number of people in custody to nine, all men, mostly libyan, and aged between 18 and 1m. they re very significant, these arrests. we are very happy we have our hands around some of the key players we are concerned about. there is still a little b
the heavy fighting, pretty much every car and every building has been wrecked. travelling the route of the new silk road. we have a special report on the trillion dollar project linking china and europe. with no other country offering a big idea right now, this is the most ambitious bid to shape our century. hello, i am katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. the donald trump s son, his campaign manager and his son in law, talked to a well connected russian in a meeting billed as a chance to get damaging information about hillary clinton. thejune 2016 meeting is the first evidence that people in donald trump s inner circle did talk to russians with the intention of getting dirt on mrs clinton. donald trump jr has now confirmed both the meeting and its agenda. so is this meeting evidence of collusion? or was it simply a chance for some legitimate opposition research? and how damaging is it to the president? all questions for congress and the special prosecutor
from the president against a member of his own cabinet this week, calling the attorney general wea k and beleaguered . all this on the very day he struggled to get a major piece of legislation on reforming health care through congress. and into this maelstrom walks the british international trade secretary, liam fox. he wants a big international trade agreement with the united states. he needs it desperately if brexit is to be a success. president trump rolled out senior republicans to meet dr fox, including the house speaker, paul ryan. but when trump tweets that a uk trade deal is big and exciting, who does he mean will benefit? before we came on air, i spoke to liam fox about trump, trade and yes chicken. we ll hear his thoughts in a moment. first, the big picture of what s at stake. at 4:16am this morning, the president of the united states‘ twitter account enthused over liam fox s visit. our special relationship with the uk is going to be even better, the us tr