in his final news conference as president, barack obama calls on donald trump's administration to lead by example, to prevent big countries from "bullying" smaller ones. scientists declare that 2016 was the warmest year on record, and man made climate change is to blame. newsnight, the head of the imf, christine lagarde, looks at the

obama's executive orders on immigration. therefore they don't necessarily have the lasting impact he would like them to have. on this immigration order, news just coming in which is the first poll we have seen in which is the first poll we have seen since the order came into place last friday showing that 49% of americans agree with donald trump's immigration ban, a1% disagree so a lot of americans think this is a good idea. there aren't many moments to ta ke good idea. there aren't many moments to take a breath and consider what's going on, but let's take one of those right now. what have you been making the last ten days? unlike anything i've seen in us politics, if nothing else for the speed of which things are moving here, but there was this natty phrase that came up after the campaign which is that donald trump supporters took him seriously but not literally and journalists took him literally but not seriously. we have learned that both are relevant, take him seriously and literally because he is delivering on his campa

sally yates, appointed us attorney general by barack obama, said in a letter to lawyers at the justice department that given her responsibility to ensure that the government stands for what is right... deeming that an act of betrayal, mr trump promptly sacked her, installing dana boente as the new attorney general. pending the swearing in of mr trump's preferred candidate, alabama senator jeff sessions, whose confirmation has been delayed by democrats in congress. sally yates is not alone in her misgivings, though. barack obama said in a statement that he fundamentally disagreed with the notion of discriminating against individuals on the basis of faith or religion. us diplomats have also registered their concerns, leading to this tongue lashing from the white house. if these career bureaucrats have a problem with it, i think that they should either get with the programme, or they can go. later today, mr trump is due to announce his pick for a place on the us supreme court. the choice, he said, was one that would appeal to evangelical christians. he may also be hoping it leads to some

sally yates, appointed us attorney general by barack obama, said in a letter to lawyers at the justice department that given her responsibility to ensure that the government stands for what is right... deeming that an act of betrayal, mr trump promptly sacked her, installing dana boente as the new attorney general. pending the swearing—in of mr trump's preferred candidate, alabama senator jeff sessions, whose confirmation has been delayed by democrats in congress. sally yates is not alone in her misgivings, though. barack obama said in a statement that he fundamentally disagreed with the notion of discriminating against individuals on the basis of faith or religion. us diplomats have also registered their concerns, leading to this tongue lashing from the white house. if these career bureaucrats have a problem with it, i think that they should either get with the programme, or they can go. later today, mr trump is due to announce his pick for a place on the us supreme court. the choice, he said, was one that would appeal to evangelical christians. he may also be hoping it leads to som

the seven countries came from the barack 0bama seven countries came from the barack obama administration, because in 2011 he issued a very similar executive order banning all iraqi nationals from any visas or entering the united states. that is where that came from. the reason those seven nations were targeted or identified is because they cannot provide any of the vetting information that we need, which a nswe rs information that we need, which answers the unspoken question, why not saudi arabia or pakistan. those countries are willing to provide information on their citizens or their nationals which make it very easy for us to be able to issue visas. as far as this acting attorney general, i would have fired her as well. it is completely constitutional, it is insubordination, and the example i would give is, if you disagree with what your boss asked you to do in any work situation and publicly came out against it, they would not have theirjob by the end of the day either. but she is a legal adviser, she was talking about legal advice. from his point of view, if you don't disagree, that

barack obama only ba rack obama only left barack obama only left office 12 days ago and he has a ready is taken out that american values are the sta ke out that american values are the stake and people in the uk are protesting. in the uk people on the

and it has been a day of damaging headlines, with barack obama breaking his silence afterjust ten days, to say that he doesn't approve of this travel ban, and various american diplomats around the world also expressing disquiet. david kaye is the un special rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression. he is also clinical professor of law at the university of california. thank you very much indeed for your time. shall we start with the legal part. just explain to us what role the attorney general of the united states plays in helping the daily functioning of the government. well, the department ofjustice is led by the department ofjustice is led by the attorney general, and the department ofjustice, the attorney general, essentially represent the united states in all forms of litigation in us courts. and so for the attorney general to say that she would not defend the executive order was really quite something. it was quite a shock, i think, and basically said to the white house that the department would not... that the department ofjustice would not defend the executive order.” s

at the time barack obama was president of the ita states. of course today donald trump is in the white house and noises from the white house are very different. you think it makes sense for britain to be cutting its bonds and ties with the european union at and ties with the european union at a time when the united states is being led by a man who is avowedly and proudly nationalist in his economics and his politics? well, look, first of all we are not leaving europe, we are leaving the eu and we want to remain a good european neymar and from theresa may's visit to washington you can see even now have that influence can play out and the opportunity for our european friends, britain exercising leverage, and you heard her say not being naive about putin, and standing with britain behind our nato commitments, that is a good example, but britain wants an independent foreign policy and that means. . . independent foreign policy and that means... and to be an independent, self—governing democracy, that means independent from the eu but we will h

and it has been a day of damaging headlines, with barack obama breaking his silence afterjust ten days, to say that he doesn't approve of this travel ban, and various american diplomats around the world also expressing disquiet, mike. and two more thoughts, i guess, occurring to many of our viewers. first of all, will dana boente enforce the executive order? but before all that, can president trump do this? well, yes, i mean, there are a lot of questions here. of course, ultimately, what is going to happen with this executive order? it does appear that there are going to be legal challenges, there were more advanced today, and that ultimately the fate of that very controversial move to basically prohibit the arrival into the united states of refugees, syrian refugees, indefinitely, and other refugees for several months, could end up going all the way to the united states supreme court. and in the past few hours senior democratic politicians have gathered at a rally outside the supreme court. house minority leader nancy pelosi and senate leader chuck schumer called mr trump's executive

sally yates is a barack obama appointee. she was asked to stay on temporarily by president trump, but is due to be replaced within days, depending on senate confirmation by mr trump's pick, jeff sessions. and another very unusual intervention. only 11 days after he left office, former president obama has weighed in to the controversy. his spokesman said american values are at stake, and praised protesters against the executive order. the statement says the former president is heartened by the level of engagement around the country, and says he fundamentally disagrees with the notion of discriminating against individuals because of their faith or religion. and, in the past few hours, senior democratic politicians have gathered at a rally outside the supreme court. house minority leader nancy pelosi and senate leader chuck schumer called mr trump's executive order un—american. all of us take an oath of office to protect and defend the constitution of the united states. what the president has done is not in the interest of se

sally yates is barack obama appointment and she's saying that as the most senior law enforcement official in the country, that it enforcement official in the country, thatitis enforcement official in the country, that it is not worth defending this executive order because she does not believe it is necessarily lawful. that is likely to remain the case for a while, for a few days. it is a setback but a fairly small one as far as the trump administration is concerned because of the preferred candidate for the position, senator sessions is due to be confirmed by the senate in a few days and he will obviously support the trump administration, he is expected to at least. what it does is suggest there isa least. what it does is suggest there is a certain amount of chaos as far as this new untried administration is concerned and donald trump had not served political office before getting the presidency and had they waited just a couple of days until such time asjeff sessions was confirmed, there would not have this embarrassing situation that they have now with sally yates saying she does not be

in the latest development, the acting attorney general, sally yates, who was originally appointed by barack obama, has told lawyers at the justice department not to defend mr trump's executive order on travel restrictions if it is challenged in court. canada's prime minister calls the shooting at a quebec city mosque a terrorist attack, as one of the suspects, alexandre bissonnette, is charged with six counts of murder. and this video is trending on bbc.com: the british actor peter capaldi is to step down from his role as doctor who. he took over as the 12th time lord in 2013. he will remain as the doctor until the end of the current series. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, it is time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk from nato headquarters in brussels. i'm stephen sackur. the job of nato secretary general isn't an easy one, this alliance is supposed to worked by consensus. and achieving that consensus just got a whole lot harder for my guest today, jens stoltenberg, nato‘s chief. why? the united states, nato‘s dominant member, is now being led by presi

and, highly unusually, president trump's predecessor has made his feelings known, barack obama's spokesman saying... and opposition to the travel ban will switch this evening to the capital, where democrats want to introduce legislation that would make it illegal. they are united. the republicans, as well, are deeply uneasy. last week, donald trump's first visitor to the white house was this man, the boss of ford. today he spoke spoke out against the ban. and notjust ford. goldman sachs, nike, starbucks, amazon and google, the biggest names in corporate america, condemning the action. and even the administration's own diplomats from the state department are organising against the ban, by signing what is called a cable of dissent, though for their efforts they have been given a right old kicking by the president's spokesman. and these career bureaucrats that have a problem with it? i think they should either get with the programme, or they can go. the protests have been intense, but the president is not backing down. he said this is about making america safer, and that the measures are temp

barack obama's spokesman saying... and opposition to the travel ban will switch this evening to the capital, where democrats want to introduce legislation that would make it illegal. they are united. the republicans, as well, are deeply uneasy. last week, donald trump's first visitor to the white house was this man, the boss of ford. today he spoke spoke out against the ban. and not just ford. goldman spoke spoke out against the ban. and notjust ford. goldman sachs, starbucks, nikkei, amazon and google, the biggest names in corporate america condemning the action. and diplomats from the state department are organising against the ban by signing what is called a cable of dissent, though for their effo rts cable of dissent, though for their efforts they have been given a right old kicking from the president's spokesman. and these bureaucrats that have a problem with it, i think they should either get with the programme or they can go. the protests have been intense, but the president is not backing down. he said this is

barack obama's spokesman saying, the former president was heartened by the level of engagement taking place in communities around the country. he fundamentally disagrees with the notion of discriminating against individuals because of their faith or religion. and opposition to the travel ban will switch this evening to the capitol where democrats want to introduce legislation that would make it illegal. they are united. the republicans as well are deeply uneasy. last week donald trump's first visitor to the white house was this man, the boss of ford. today he spoke out against the ban. notjust bored, goldman sachs, nikkei, starbucks, amazon and google, the biggest names in global america speaking out. even the diplomats in the state department are organising against the ban by signing what's called a cabal of dissent. for their effo rts called a cabal of dissent. for their efforts they have been given a right old kicking by the president's spokesman. these bureaucrats have a problem with it? they should either get with the problem or they can go. the protests have been intense, but th

barack obama has said he's heartened by protests around the us — and expressed his objections monday to any faith—based discrimination. that won't deter mr trump. who says this is a ban against people who threaten the us. and that he's happy with the way the travel ban is progressing. the un refugee agency tells us that thousands of refugees will be affected by the 120 day ban put in place by the trump administration. we will have a report from a un base in beirut. and we will still taking your questions — #bbcos is where to send them. we will keep them coming on the screen as we we will keep them coming on the screen as we progress. in what's starting to feel like a routine — as we have done for the last week at this time — let's go live to the state department in washington. we are going to talk about something that a group of colleagues have put together, it is a draft dissent memo. we will come back to that phrase. it is an opposition to president donald trump's executive order on refugees. this is a draft online. it points out among other things that — "despite the exe

it's only been a week since he left office and barack obama is back in us politics. he's condemned discrimination based on religion, as a clear reference to daondl trump's immigration ban. that won't deter mr trump. he says he's honouring a campaign promise and this is about american safety not prejudice. and this is what's happening in westminster. protests are continuing against the measures around the world — this is the scene in london now. meanwhile, the president has been signing new orders today. there will be regulation, there will be controlled, but it will be an normalise control where you can open your business, expand your business are very easily. fulfilling another campaign promise, the president says that for every new regulation, two will have to be removed. last week you asked us a lot of questions about the trump presidency. these are the contact details. it's rare for a former president to talk about a current president, let alone a week after leaving. this is president obama via his spokesperson telling us the president is fundamentally disagree

it's only been a week since he left office and barack obama is back in us politics. he's condemned discrimination based on religion, as a clear reference to daondl trump's immigration ban. that won't deter mr trump. he says he's honouring a campaign promise and this is about american safety not prejudice. and this is what's happening in westminster. protests are continuing against the measures around the world — this is the scene in london now. meanwhile, the president has been signing new orders today. there will be regulation, there will be controlled, but it will be an normalise control where you

barack obama for using, in order to get this sweeping issue on the table very quickly in his first week or so in office. very good suspect you. thank you for that. and in the next hour we'll talk to labour's shadow attorney general, shami chakrabarti. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. islamophobic hate crimes across luton, hertfordshire and essex have risen by almost 50% in a year — to over 120 cases. yet detectives in luton believe a majority of cases still go unreported. the bbc spoke to a victim of hate crime — targeted for her faith — who hasn't reported it to police. i was iwas in i was in town. this man came up to me and he picked up my niqab. ijust garston. it really, through me. —— gasped. for a long time i did not go to town by myself. a number of developers building high rise properties in london are paying—off councils to get out—of including ‘affordable homes' in their plans. there are dozens of tower blocks currently under construction with hundreds more in the pipeline — and many of them include litt

those were all decisions taken under barack obama. but it has strong bipartisan support from both the republicans and the democrats. and they have promised to continue to follow up on, for instance, increased us presence in europe. i promised you we would talk specifics about some of donald trump's particular grievances with nato. one is very much about finance. he says "we are getting ripped off by every other country in nato". he says "unless countries front up and pay the required 2% of gdp on their military spending, the united states will consider walking away from the nato alliance". right now only five countries meet that 2% threshold, that means nato is in grave danger, doesn't it? well, what we have seen is that nato allies in europe have started to increase defence spending. how much is germany going to be spending in the next financial year on its military as a proportion of its gdp? it's 1.2, isn't it? 1.296. that's almost 50% below what donald trump says they have to spend, if he's not to consider walking out of nato. i a

barack obama called slavery "america's original sin." his presidency once held promise of redemption. that has not happened. as this country enters the trump era, the divisions between black and white america are felt, perhaps, more starkly than they have been in a generation. cheering if there is anyone out there who still doubts that america is a place where all things are possible, tonight is your answer. ‘formation' by beyonce plays that was the era of yes, we can. when black america seemed poised to claim a confidence, a power, a parity long denied it. # y'all haters corny with that illuminati mess. # paparazzi, catch my fly and my cocky fresh. # i'm so reckless when i rock my givenchy dress. # i'm so possessive so i rock his roc necklaces. # my daddy alabama, momma louisiana. but america was not ready. to me it is a race war. you have black against white, white against black. # earned all this money but they never take the country out me. # i got a hot sauce in my bag, swag. from the swamps of washington to the baoyou of the sout

barack obama called slavery the original sin of america. his presidency once held out the promise of redemption. that hasn't happened. and as this country enters the trump era, the divisions between black and white america are felt, perhaps, more starkly than they have been in a generation. barack obama: if there is anyone out there who still doubts that america is a place where all things are possible, tonight is your answer. that was the era of "yes, we can." when black america seemed poised to claim a confidence, a power, a parity long denied. # i'm so reckless when i rock like she dressed # my daddy alabama, my mummy louisiana... to me it is a race war. you have black against white, white against black. from the swamps of washington to the bayou of the south. beneath the surface of the post—racial society, fear. anger. and the deep roots of a history stil anger, and the deep roots of a history still unresolved. the final week of the obama presidency began with the annual commemoration for a man who gave his life for the civil rights s

his predecessor, ba rack obama. view of vladimir putin and his predecessor, barack obama. the possibility of sanctions being lifted caused some alarm, even amongst members of donald trump's 1—party. the house speaker, paul ryan, cautioned against any such move, as did us senatorjohn mccain, who said that he would take legal action if sanctions were lifted against russia. on the subject of legal action, we're hearing that there are some writs that i know been filed against this executive order. people's wednesday being affected by travel bans. there are literally on the plane, the land and they are essentially illegal. how is there story developing? this executive order applies to so—called green card holders. these are people who are in the country legally, from these seven countries that were mentioned in order, but who are not citizens of the united states. if they happened to be out of the country when donald trump signed that order last night, they will clearly have difficulties getting backend, for the simple reason that there is this order, this 90 day stoppage o

that is a good position to be in —— the position barack obama had with mrs merkel. already, the us papers, who probably weeks ago didn't know who mrs may was, now consider her to be margaret thatcher. i think it has done well for both her and for him. the question from laura kuenssberg, from an american sense, i thought it was a bit on the edge. that said, he handled it. he gave that new york laughed and said, this is the first question you give me? it is worth reminding people of that question from laura kuenssberg from the bbc. it was the one about, maybe people find you, looking from overseas, it is hard to understand you as the leader of the free world when there are things you said that people mightfind hard are things you said that people might find hard to understand. that was a moment when he could have gone ina was a moment when he could have gone in a different direction, but he showed a sense of humour. he did try to deflect the question with a joke that his guest, theresa may, in an uncomfortable spot, as well as laura kuenssberg, who asked it. a more ma

barack obama signed an order to close guantanamo bay 80 years ago, it is still there. how much freedom does the president how to push policy?” do think president trump has a lot more freedom to manoeuvre, not least because the republicans control both parts of congress. i think that you are going to see the president moving forward with his executive orders, many of them with the support of congress. he is in a far stronger position than president obama, who became, in effect, a lame duckin obama, who became, in effect, a lame duck in his final years. with donald trump, you have a leader who is somebody who believes in implementing his campaign promises. you are saying that already with a flurry of executive orders being issued this week. he is sending a message, very loud and clear, that he is going to implement what he promised on the campaign trail. he does have a congress that is, on the whole, very sympathetic to most of his proposals. i think you're going to see a little synergy between the white house and capitol hill in the coming years. there might be some d

unlike president barack obama, who was so critical of brexit, donald trump applauded brexit from the beginning. president obama told the british they would have to go to, quote, the end of the queue if they voted for brexit, whereas donald trump is welcoming your prime minister with open arms to negotiate a trade deal. so there is the difference, two countries can have strong commitments to their own people and still see many mutual interests. let's bring in roderick abbott, you worked for the eu commission on trade for 30 years, obviously very appealing when the petition has gone from a president who said the uk would be at the back of the queue to a president saying the uk is right at the front of the queue, what you see has the potential for a trade deal? yes, well, good morning. i think the first thing to say is that, between a special relationship type of getting together and a trade agreement, they are two very different sorts of things, and if you are fine on one, because you have got all the history, you are not necessarily fine on the trade agreement. it is also true that bo

welcome to the david and barack obama showed. the united states and the united kingdom enjoy a truly special relationship. joining us now from westminster isjonathan powell, the former chief of staff to tony blair during his time as prime minister. the we were just showing the relationship between the prime minister and the previous prime ministers, and we were given a flavour of this special relationship. what will that mean when donald trump and theresa may meet today. unfortunately, very little. what is important as what reason can bring to the table. we can bring our alliance, and a strong military in the past. as we leave europe and run down our military we will be less relevant. the more we talk about a special relationship ourselves, the more needy we look. what will be the special message from the prime minister today? the prime minister will come back saying here is a man i can do business with but when we talk about shared values, they were shed values with previous presidents but it is difficult after last week to iden

you campaigned for barack obama in his presidential bid and you said back in 2008, "i can feel a tide of change in the country." did it come? i think that there is still a tide of change. i mean, to try to act like we haven't had great progress as a nation and culturally is not true. i mean, we're coming from a situation where originally, we came to the nation as slaves. now, the head of our country, the president, president obama, it's a long journey, so to act as if we haven't moved anywhere... but he himself said... it doesn't mean we don't have places to go. look, i think martin luther king was saying we're owed... it's a promissory note that's been given to us. that promissory note was for life, liberty and happiness. we have not achieved that, so until we truly achieve that, then we haven't become the america that we say we want to be. living up to our constitution or our declaration of independence, we're not living in that. but he didn't do very well on race, did he? i mean, even in his final speech as president, barack obama said: "after my election, there was talk of a post�

but let's be clear, during that debate on the eu referendum, barack obama said quite clearly that there would be no special treatment. but he took a position on brexit, i think it was a bad thing or a good thing, personally he said we need a strong europe and britain would make europe stronger. i think the notion that we had an enemy in the white house and now that means regulation. they have less regulation than us. so, i think this trade deal is really dangerous, it's a trojan horse where we seem to be locking ourselves in donald trump's boot. we actually haven't, theresa may was quite careful. i think it is right what mark said, when it comes to going and lecturing other people, we all have memories. we have memories of gordon brown going to china and expecting to hear great things about liberty and freedom in china, was that behind closed doors gritter muck it was not in public. i thought that you would mention tony blair and george bush. that ended pretty badly... there is a lesson about that. our alliances with america should be based on values and those what we hold in common, no

obama's birth certificate, i think from then on, the media took a much more adversarial view towards donald trump, and that has carried over into the transition and into his presidency. i don't think they would like being characterised as the opposition party, but i think they feel they have a responsibility to challenge him and question him when he says something that the facts are not bear out. just a couple of questions here, firstly from alex, watching in manchester — do we know mr trump's thoughts on the european feeling towards his presidency? be pool c trump as a radical, they disapprove of his attitude towards the press, they see him as dangerous. that is not representative of all attitudes in europe, but i do not see mr trump as someone europe, but i do not see mr trump as someone he does pay attention. he ca res a lot someone he does pay attention. he cares a lot about what people think of him. when he was over in the uk right after the brexit folk, took that as a sign for a possible victory for him. so he was obviously paying attention to the brexit folk. i think he sees

obama. a former head of the cia has told has told our new programme, 100 days, that bringing back waterboarding would damage america's standing in the world. leon panetta, who was also head of the us defence department under president obama, said the practice didn't work. my view is that when president obama, in his executive order, said that we would not continue enhanced procedures, that we would not engage in torture, that that was a very important step for this country to take. because it was a symbol to the rest of the world that we were going to adhere to our values and to what we believe in, and so i think that is the proper course for the united states to take. to go back on that, to resurrect all of those procedures again, ithink, would be damaging, not only to our image in the world, i don't think it would be effective in terms of our ability to protect the security of our country. and we'll have more on all the latest developments from the trump white house tonight at 7pm in our n

obama. david willis, bbc news, washington. with us now is our political guru norman smith. theresa may has a forthcoming meeting with donald trump. what's theresa may hoping to get out of the meeting? well, she wants to make sure that we are in lockstep with donald trump, that we are like that with the new us president. because while all british prime ministers go over there and talk about the special relationship, it seems to me theresa may is going on awful lot further. she talks about how, you know, we have fought in wars together. but she says that britain and america made the more than world, and we can read it again. she seems almost to be sort of harking back to an era when britain and america were the two superpowers who forged the way things were done in the world. she says we can do that again, we have shaped institutions and values and we can once again adopt that leadership role. the second very striking thing is she seems to be pretty much budding brexit on the same page as mr t

obama. david willetts, bbc news, washington. —— willis. theresa may will call for a renewed special relationship with the united states, when she addresses republican politicians in philadelphia later. a day before she becomes the first international leader to meet president trump, the prime minister will argue for greater co—operation in the fight against terrorism. our political correspondent chris mason is at westminster. hi, chris. it is an important visit. we will hear special relationship endless is of the coming days. what can we expect? that is the favourite phrase of any british prime minister in any era, getting onto any plane and go to the us. we will hear references to the us. we will hear references to the us. we will hear references to the special relationship again and again. theresa may says it is that relationship that will allow her to be candid in her conversations with president trump. she set across the atlantic this morning with a bagful of questions from mps. the

barack obama deported millions of people. is this really that much of a change on the deportations specifically?m that much of a change on the deportations specifically? it is. the reason is this. the reality is trumped is talking about security. this is nothing but politics. opening up the doors for going not only for emigrants but the racial profiling of latinos in the united states as well as any other american who is perceived or considered to be an immigrant. in the united states, almost eight out of ten latinos are united states citizens. however, whenever we see the immigration debate turned this toxic, it concerns the civil rights every latina who gets harassed by police. when mrtrump latina who gets harassed by police. when mr trump announced today, it pushes local police to become immigration agents. something that law enforcement in any part of the country has spoken up against because it actually undermines their ability to preserve the safety of the communities they need to serve. on that point or extending that

barack obama already deported millions, and paul ryan says it won't apply to the so—called dreamers, the people who came to the us illegally as children, they don't have to worry, the focus will be on deporting criminals. but that definition, people who are criminal aliens prioritised for removal, this order vastly expands that definition, doesn't it? it changes the existing immigration policy. president obama when it aggressively after illegal immigrants which committed crimes and deported many of them, more than his predecessors. donald trumps said he will do all of the same but areas scepticism they are criminal immigrants to know that promise. he says he will expand his attention to the other illegal immigrants. i think we need more certainty on this. there is a degree of ambiguity but it seems the direction has changed. the policy was about finding a pathway to citizenship on normalisation for president obama, for illegal immigrants or people without papers. mr trump has reversed that policy. it is very much a law and order policy. to normalise the law rather than the state of i

executive orders that barack obama be repealed. executive orders that ba rack 0bama put be repealed. executive orders that barack obama put into place lasted through the expiration of his term into donald trump's term but because one president can do one thing, another can it so donald trump can enter them when he wants as has done with the abortion counselling and that he stated. we appreciate your help. what about tomorrow? more on immigration, particularly taking a look at people coming from other countries. there was talk about a ban on muslims, i don't think we will see that but we could see some immigration visa bans on certain countries and also that could be further looking at refugees, perhaps a ban on serbian refugees and a suspension of the us refugee programme. we will see. you will help us through that. thank you. we appreciate that. thank you for all of us who stayed with us. lead story is president trump has begun the process of building a wall along the us mexico border but there have been many other developments be

that was a criticism, ironically enough, launched by conservatives against barack obama. he used executive orders to defer deportation for children, undocumented children who had come into the country and stayed here, and lots of conservatives said it was a broad overreach of presidential power. now you see it on the other side, donald trump using his executive authority to change immigration rules and you hearan change immigration rules and you hear an outcry from the left. there seems to be a pretty substantial ground for justification for the president using this power, it has been challenged in court and a pelt before, but it is an expansion of presidential power and many are not happy and would much prefer to see the sorts of policies going through congress the way they say this government was devised. anthony zurcher, live with us from the bbc newsroom in washington, dc. he will be with this across the hour, we are spending the whole hour talking about the trump administration because it is moving at huge speed and changing facets of how america operates within its

it was a very black period in america's history, one that barack obama signed executive orders to stop, to turn its back on, and trump appears to be reversing this policy 180 degrees. general mattis, the new defence secretary, he is not impressed, senatorjohn mccain himself was tortured during the vietnam war, during that conflict, he is chair of the senate intelligence committee, he believes this is all outrageous, the idea that he might go back to these enhanced interrogation techniques. the suggestion that guantanamo bay may stay open rather than an attempt to continue to shut it down and get prisoners out. the people around the president are suggesting this is not a good idea, or people in his own party suggesting this is not a good idea, is this all about politics, what is this? it is about practicalities, in the case of wo nton practicalities, in the case of wonton obey, it is perfectly possible that it may stay open for longer, barack obama signed an executive order very early on in his presidency, 2009, saying it had to close, he did not want anybody else transferred there. tru

obama? do you think it is a fact that everything we heard from these women yesterday happeneded on the watch of barack obama? he was president for eight years. donald trump has been here more about eight hours. is it your intention to always tell the truth from that podium and will you pledge to never glowingingly say that's not factual? it is. it is an honour to do this and yes, i believe that we have to be honest with the american people. i think sometimes we can disagree with the facts. let's talk now to thomas friedman, new york times columnist. he says president trump's distortion of the truth makes him a " reckless leader". and in texas is brad pascoe. president trump paid his company $91; million to run his digital campaign during the election. journalist steve gruber runs a conservative talk show. he's in michigan, voted for donald trump and he says mr trump will easily win a second term in 2020 if the press continue to attack him unnecessarily. we're alsojoined byjena friedman, a de

barack obama didn't want them, donald trump wa nts obama didn't want them, donald trump wants them, and also coal and that sort of thing. i think those two pipelines i would not be against those two pipelines. let's not forget, barack obama only nixed the keystone xl pipeline just before the paris agreement, so he had a better position. what i am worried about is, some of the things he wants to do may not necessarily be bad things, but the way he goes about it, the way he rams everything through, i have one, and nowi it, the way he rams everything through, i have one, and now i can do whatever i want. i am very fea rful of do whatever i want. i am very fearful of a huge backlash against the oil industry and against other energy industries, you know, in the next three to four years, because it is just round down. next three to four years, because it isjust round down. when next three to four years, because it is just round down. when you swing the pendulum too much to one side, it usually swings back quite violently. that sort of where i would stand on this. arab news. israel approves 25

both schemes were blocked by barack obama, amid large—scale protests by environmentalists and native americans. they have restarted their demonstrations. the israeli government has approved plans to build 2,500 more homes on occupied palestinian land in the west bank. it's the second such announcement since president trump took office. palestinian officials say it will fuel extremism and make any peace deal more difficult. the british government has confirmed it will begin the formal process of leaving the european union by the end of march despite wednesday's supreme court ruling that parliament must have the final say on triggering brexit. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi, from the swiss resort of davos, where my guest is one of the delegates of the annual world economic forum — nigeria's agriculture minister, audu ogbeh. when president buhari came to power 18 months ago, he raised hopes that he would reform the country. instead, nigeria is involved in its worst recession for 20 years. there is widespread food insecurity in the north and grow

when barack obama was president there was a huge amount of prevarication and hand—wringing over what to do about the keystone xl pipeline, the president then trying to balance his green credentials with his desire to providejobs. for donald trump, in his second day in office, no such qualms. for him, everything is about putting americans back to work. but criticism has been swift. president trump's decision today to green light these dirty oil pipelines proves one thing, that over the next four years he will side with the oil and gas industry over public health, the environment and every day americans. and the move is certain to upset native americans whose opposition to the dakota pipeline was strenuous and, ultimately, successful last yea r. they object to it, saying it will contaminate water supplies and disturb ancient burial grounds. and though this executive action has been signed, this is probably going to end up in the courts and so, in the short—term, this move is likely to create more jobs for lawyers than construction workers. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. there's bee

the schemes were both blocked by barack obama. environmentalists and native americans have reacted angrily and vowed to challenge the decision. the israeli government has approved plans to build 2,500 new homes in the occupied west bank. it's the second announcement of new construction in occupied territory since president trump took office. a spokesman for the palestinian president said the move would promote extremism. the british government says it will begin the formal process of leaving the european union by the end of march, despite losing a supreme court case over the role of parliament. the court ruled that mps must have the final say on triggering brexit, bringing a seven—month legal battle to an end. now on bbc news, tuesday in parliament. hello and welcome to tuesday in parliament. the main news in westminster, thejudges have spoken. it's up to parliament to make a decision on triggering brexit. i can announce today that we will shortly introduce legislation allowing the government to move ahead with invoking article