here we go again. it s adam schiff and his crew making up stories and sitting there like pious whatever you want to call them. it s just a really, it s a disgrace. it s a terrible thing for our country. they can t do any work. they re frozen, the democrats. they re going to lose the election. they know it. that s why they re doing it. and it should never be allowed, what s happened to this president. and despite that, i think i ve done just about more than any president in his first two and a half years in office. if you look, i think you ll see very few could compete with the things we ve done for our military, for the economy. we have the best economy anywhere in the world, by far. we ve rebuilt our military. we ve done so many things that are so incredible with tax cuts and regulations. and i have to put up with adam schiff on a per on an absolutely perfect phone call to the new president of ukraine. that was a perfect call. but adam schiff doesn t talk about joe biden a
matt miller in berlin. let s check in on what s going on in the market. we do have gains across some european indices, right now you can see the stoxx 600 up .2%, the broader european index is gaining. the dollar is also strengthening against the yuan, you can see one dollar now buys 689.71 offshore, and the pound is weakening. you can see it down 123.38. as we get closer to the possibility of hard brexit or new elections, investors continue to sell sterling. now to the first word news with viviana hurtado in new york. chief executive carrie lam has condemned the violence in her first news conference on the city since the end of british rule. fresheclaration follows demonstrations with police firing tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters. this week, u.s.-china trade talks are set to resume in shanghai, the first since discussions broke down almost three months ago two days of talks are scheduled to begin after presidents trump and xi reached a troop at the g20 although dee
negotiations. no deal from it was a year of crucial negotiations. no dealfrom britain is better than a bad dealfrom britain. we would love to have europe a la cart. and a year of bold promises in the worlds largest economy. and i can think of no better christmas present for the american people then giving you a massive tax cuts. it was a year where some of the world ‘s most influential companies hit a bump in the road. the taxi at uber will not have its licence renewed by transport for london. it says the firm is not fit and proper to operate. but others defied the critics to post record breaking results. welcome to review 2017, a year in business. we have all about to come but we are starting here in westminster, the home of the british government, where big ben isn t the only thing under construction. what about that brexit deal? back in march the uk prime minister theresa may triggered article 50, and negotiations began. shoulder to shoulder, not isaiah. just toonie is t
that was stormed by militants. several gunmen burst into the intercontinental hotel on saturday evening, shooting at guests and staff and detonating grenades. the afghan interior ministry said two of the attackers had been killed. andrew plant reports. armed security patrolling the roads around kabul‘s intercontinental hotel. these pictures taken at midnight, three hours after the shooting began. officials said four gunmen began firing on saturday evening, shooting at staff and guests. translation: at first i heard some gunfire and after 15 minutes, a worker from the hotel approached and said suicide attackers entered the hotel. local media reports say several people have been killed. it s unclear how many, yet it is believed the security guards at the entrance to the hotel may be among those injured. the intercontinental hotel in kabul is popular with foreign guests, situated on a hilltop outside the city and has been the target of an attack before in 2011 when 21 people d
london, this is bbc world news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 4pm in las vegas, where the deadliest shooting in modern us history appears to have raised at least the possibility of some sort of limits on how guns are used in america. donald trump says he will look into whether to temporarily ban rapid fire devices, of the kind used by stephen paddock in the fatal shooting of 58 people. the powerful national rifle association has already said it will back calls to regulate the devices. james cook reports. the golden glass was shattered by a man intent on mayhem. why, police still don t know. they say there is evidence stephen paddock had planned to survive the attack, and that he may have had help. we know stephen paddock is a man who spent decades acquiring weapons and ammo and living a secret life, much of which will never be fully understood. so far, there has been a lot of attention paid to the actions of the man who was in that building and w