donald trump has reignited several major environmental disputes in the us. he s flexing the powers of the presidency, using executive orders to sign into action moves to re launch some controversial oil pipelines. they d been held up by the obama administration out of concern for the environment and native american lands. mr trump says the projects will create jobs, particularly in the us steel industry. our north america editor jon sopel reports. i am, to a large extent, an environmentalist, i believe in it. but it s out of control. the key word there seems to be but , as another day brings another set of executive actions that aren t exactly music to the ears of the green lobby. from now on, we re going to start making pipeline in the united states. we build it in the united states. we build the pipelines. we want to build the pipe. we re going to put a lot of workers, a lot of steelworkers back to work. and from former vice presidential candidate, sarah palin, this tweet,
good evening and welcome to bbc news. the american president donald trump has said he has every confidence in his attorney generaljeff sessions after mr sessions was accused of lying under oath to the senate about his contact with a russian diplomat. the senate hearing to a permanent appointment as attorney general, he said he had not communicated with any russians during the presidential election campaign. after it was confirmed he had two meetings with russia s ambassador to the us in july and september, senior democrats demanded his wreck resignation and called on the fbi to launch a criminal investigation. jon sopel reports. well, that didn t last long. the afterglow from president trump s acclaimed joint address has now been taken over by claims that the newly installed attorney general lied under oath during his confirmation hearings over his contacts with the russians. and that s brought calls forjeff sessions to resign and the appointment of a special prosecutor to in
from germany s die welt. welcome to you all. let s begin with britain s exit from the european union. last summer, by a margin of 52% to a8, people here voted to leave. theresa may wanted to stay in the eu, but now she has the task of negotiating notjust brexit, as it s become known, but also a trade deal with europe. since 1973, britain s laws have absorbed growing quantities of regulations devised between the 28 member countries, on which a court in luxembourg has the final say. those who want to stay argue this pooling of sovereignty has made it easier to trade and has created new protections in areas like employment or consumer rights. supporters of brexit say it s simply a case of taking back control. michael gove, you were a supporter of brexit, a big advocate during last year s campaign. on wednesday, the tone was sadness on all sides. by friday it had become steely. michael gove, should we be preparing for a long and bloody war between the two sides before the deal is
to dateline london. two examples of power to the people for us this week, but with very different responses from those in charge. russia saw some of the largest street protests of vladimir putin s 17 years in power, which ended with more than 1,000 arrests and the organiser in jail. nine months after the british voted to leave the european union, prime minister theresa may sent a polite letter to brussels triggering divorce after 44 years. to discuss the week s events in russia and the eu, the russian born writer alexander nekrassov, michael gove mp, who was a conservative cabinet minister until last summer, and is now a columnist with the times. stephanie baker of bloomberg news. and stefanie bolzen, from germany s die welt. welcome to you all. let s begin with britain s exit from the european union. last summer, by a margin of 52% to 48%, people here voted to leave. theresa may wanted to stay in the eu, but now she has the task of negotiating notjust brexit, as it s become
i m ashleigh banfield. good to have ali here all week. in the battle over the bush-era tax cuts, playing politics with your takehome pay and nothing hort of the presidency is on the line here. if the two parties can t agree on extending those tax cuts by the end of the year, a typical american family making $70,000 a year could get hit with a tax increase of $3,000. that is a lot of pain. right now house republicans are busy crafting a plan to extend those tax cuts for everyone across the board rich, poor and everything in between. this is a plan that cannot get through the democratic-controlled senate. the president making a big push to let those tax cuts expire for the wealthiest of us americans. here s what s at stake. we ve got the bush tax cuts are set to expire at the end of this year. and i feel very strongly that the middle class tax cuts, which would affect 98% of americans, should be extended further. now is not the time for a tax increase on the middle clas