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5:00 a.m. in the east. a sobering reality check for the trump administration courtesy of north korea. state media declaring pyongyang will not be pushed into a corner on abandoning the nukes while threatening to cancel the summit with president trump in singapore next month. the kim regime suspending talks with south korea that were scheduled for today. the reason well, u.s./south korea drills already scheduled that north korea considers provocative. there was such goodwill and such a rapid improvement of relations and developments on the korean peninsula and with the united states and then this. this feels like the north korea of several months ago. absolutely. and we just heard a statement from the south korean president s office, trying to call this growing pains. the fact that north korea put out overnight here in asia a series of pretty strongly worded statements saying that the u.s. has to think twice if it wants to have a summit with north korea while condu ....
start. i m christine romans. gets to you ever time. kind of like the trouper junes. i m dave briggs, wednesday january 16th. 5:00 a.m. in the east on this day 26th, the longest day of the government shutdown in history. we start, though, with the president s nominee for attorney general, setting a tone in a confirmation that had both parties mostly pleased. william barr breaking from the president and his aides on several key talking points, among them breaking from the claims that special counsel robert mueller is on a, quote, witch hunt. and vowing that he not allow them to put a spin on mueller s report. barral did his best to reassure senators that he would allow mueller to finish his work. i am not going to do anything that i think is wrong. and i will not be bullied into anything i think is wrong. by anybody. whether it be editorial boards, or the president. i m going to do what i think is right. barr also promised to quit if the president crossed the lin ....
a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business, and sport. and you can be part of the conversation. today we d like to hear your suggestions on the future roles of harry and meghan. if you were at the meeting in sandringham what would you suggest? tell us what you think. just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. lets get started then. queen elizabeth is due to meet senior members of the british royal family on monday about the future role of prince harry. the prince and his wife meghan want to step back from royal duties, but it s unclear how that will work. finance and security are among the issues to be resolved. meghan is expected to join in the conversation on the phone from canada. our royal correspondent sarah campbell has the latest. the queen is a familiar face here on sundays and, this morning, she attended church as normal. but these feel like very unfamiliar times, with senior members of the royal family all making t ....
Dallas Mavericks were far superior in Game 4 of the NBA Finals against an unknown Boston Celtics, who will now opt to win the championship title in Game 5. Boston leads the series 3-1. ....