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out in washington dc. here s president obama arriving on capitol hill earlier. he was there to talk to democrats in congress about trying to save his affordable care act, or obamacare as everyone calls it. it s a complicated law but at its heart is a requirement for all americans to have health insurance and for some to get subsidies to do that. the republicans have always hated the way it works and now that they control congress and soon the white house. they plan to do something about it. none of this is a surprise, donald trump has repeatedly said this. obamacare obamaca re has to obamacare has to be replaced and we will do it and we will do it very, very quickly. it is a catastrophe. as well as mrobama, vice president elect, mike pence is also on capitol hill today. reuters reports he s said the republican plan to replace the affordable care act will evolve in the months ahead. he is promising immediate action. we have the grand battle between the outgoing adm ....
this evening, the daily mirror, the 4ist this evening, the daily mirror, the 41st president of the united states, and a profile shot of donald trump. now the world holds its breath . and there are pictures of the previous 44 presidents of the united states around it. i suppose, previous 44 presidents of the united states around it. isuppose, hugh, the point danny is making is that eve ryo ne the point danny is making is that everyone expected donald trump as a former governor of new york once said, to campaign in poetry and govan in prose. he hasn t shifted at all. govan in prose. he hasn t shifted at all. govern. govan in prose. he hasn t shifted at all. govern. no, and you would expect it to grow into the office he was about to occupy but there s been no sign of that at all. there are two possibilities. 0ne no sign of that at all. there are two possibilities. one is that he felt he needed to retain that character, he needed to retain the persona that got him t ....
so who really does speak for the president? and the israeli prime minister arriving in washington to start a new relationship with the white house. iran, hezbollah, syria and settlements. there is plenty to discuss. this story begins at the end of december. president obama had just imposed new sanctions on russia in retaliation for moscow hacking the election. donald trump s senior foreign policy advisor, general mike flynn, hopped on the phone with russia s ambassador to discuss the penalty. now us law bars any private citizen from conducting foreign policy. but the greater mistake was to mislead the vice president. the national security advisor told mike pence that sanctions never came up in his calls with the russian ambassador. not true. the conversation had been bugged by us intelligence, disproving the general‘s account. in his resignation letter, flynn sai, unfortu nately, because of the fast pace of events, i inadvertently briefed the vice president elect a ....
a decision on the future of arsenal manager arsene wenger won t be made until the end of the season, the bbc understands. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. president trump s most senior diplomat, the secretary of state, rex tillerson, is making his debut on the international stage. he s attending a meeting of foreign ministers from the 620 countries in germany. he will have talks with the foreign secretary, boris johnson, among others. state department officials say mr tillerson wants to listen, and to offer reassurances about president trump s approach to international affairs. david willis reports. america s secretary of state has a lot on his plate. rex tillerson‘s top priority will be reassuring nervous allies that the government he is part of is not in fact descending into chaos. given the evidence that exists to the contrary, however, it might prove a difficult message to sell. not yet four weeks into his term in office, mr trump has had his travel ban ....
is going to pick up their phone behind the wheel today without even thinking about it? don t do it because picking up a phone, no matter how nice you are or good you are, accidents like this can happen to anyone on the road by using a phone. and a test which is almost 100% accurate in telling mums to be whether the child they re carrying has down‘s syndrome is being made available on the nhs from next year. this morning there are yet more warnings it could lead to an increase in the number of abortions. we ll get reaction. hello and welcome to the programme. we re live until iiam. throughout the morning, we ll bring you the latest breaking news and developing stories. a little later in the programme we ll ask what s going on with ukip and hopefully speak to nigel farage who is annoyed that his only mp allegedly tried to block him getting a knighthood. should mr farage get a knighthood? tell me what you think. our top story today, drivers caught using their phone behin ....