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over what officials see as unfair attacks on president trump. the new administration has taken issue with the number of people who attended the inauguration on friday. president trump claims at least a million people turned out, but aerial photographs appear to tell a different story. with more here s our north america editorjon sopel. the weightiest issues on the planet were discussed at donald trump s inaugural address, but what the president is in a white rage about are suggestions that the crowds for him were not as big as they were for barack obama eight years ago, even though the evidence is incontrovertible, as these two photos, each taken 45 minutes before the inauguration started, make plain. but last night, journalists were summoned to the most extraordinary white house briefing to be told they were lying. this was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period. this kind of dishonesty in the media, the challenging, the bringing of our nation toget
it s 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington, where the white house has vowed to fight the news media tooth and nail over what officials see as unfair attacks on donald trump. the new president has taken issue with estimates of the size of the crowd at his inauguration on friday. his press secretary says it was the biggest in history for such an event, but, as our north america editor jon sopel reports, the evidence doesn t support the claim. the weightiest issues on the planet were discussed at donald trump s inaugural address, but what the president is in a white rage about are suggestions that the crowds for him were not as big as they were for barack obama eight years ago, even though the evidence is incontrovertible, as these two photos, each taken 45 minutes before the inauguration started, make plain. but last night, journalists were summoned to the most extraordinary white house briefing to be told they were lying. this was the largest audience to
it s 9am in singapore, iam in london and 8:00 in the evening in washington, where the white house has vowed to fight the news media tooth and nail, over what officials see as unfair attacks on donald trump. the new president has taken issue with estimates of the size of the crowd at his inauguration on friday. his press secretary says it was the biggest in history for such an event, but as our north america editorjon sopel reports, the evidence doesn t support the claim. the weightiest issues on the planet were discussed at donald trump s inaugural address, but what the president is in a white rage about are suggestions that the crowds for him were not as big as they were for barack obama eight years ago, even though the evidence is incontrovertible, as these two photos, each taken 45 minutes before the inauguration started, make plain. but last night, journalists were summoned to the most extraordinary white house briefing to be told they were lying. this was the largest a
have entered the gambia to help improve security for the returning new head of state adama barrow. it follows the reluctant departure of his predecessor. former president yahya jammeh was flown out of the small west african country after pressure from regional presidents and the threat of military force. our africa correspondent alastair leithead reports from the gambia. it was the first chants gambians had to celebrate in the country s only ever peaceful change of president in half a century. at the gates of state house they gathered, knowing a new guard is on its way into power. the crowd welcomed foreign troops, a regionalforce the crowd welcomed foreign troops, a regional force led by the senegalese. the threat of military action helped remove a president who refused to accept a election defeat. now their extra security will help smooth the transition. 2a hours earlier, former president yahya jammeh had come to the airport, finally persuaded by regional heads of state it