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 together, is making it more difficult. there has been a lot of talk in the media about the responsibility to hold donald trump accountable, and i'm here to tell you that it goes two ways. we are going to hold the press accountable as well. no questions were allowed. earlier in the day from donald trump, on a visit to cia headquarters, a similar attack, though this time the target different. as you know, i have a running war with the media. they are among the most dishonest human beings on earth. they sort of made it sound like i had a feud with the intelligence community. but, hang on a minute, how do yo

the bbc newsroom. barack obama ba rack obama has just barack obama has just finished his final press conference as president, inevitably was asked about his successoi’. inevitably was asked about his successor. i don't expect that there is going to be, you know, enormous overla p. is going to be, you know, enormous overlap. that may be an understatement. only two days until donald trump is sworn in as president. i'll play you a report looking at how the day will play out on the national mall. in sport, i'll look at the vendee globe yacht race as it draws to a close. it only happens every four years, and this one is a thiller. pete main contenders are expected to finish tomorrow morning. —— the two main contenders. if you want to get in touch, that is the hashtag. on friday, the us presidency will be passed from barack obama to donald trump. this report by rajini vaidya nathan explains the practicalities of the day. ido i do solemnly swear... that i will faithfully execute the office of... how does it work on inauguration day? this is where donald trump will wa ke day? this is w

the us under barack obama plummeted partly over the issue of settlement building. mrobama was partly over the issue of settlement building. mr obama was fiercely opposed to the settlements, he allowed a us resolution to pass last month condemning israeli building of the settlements but donald trump, his son—in—law and his pick for us ambassador to israel have all donated to the settlements and they will clearly take on a much more pro— israeli policy. but there's also a feeling this is being done partly for domestic political consumption because the prime minister here benjamin netanyahu is facing a big challenge here from the far right, so he's trying to burnish his right wing credentials by choosing an issue that will go down well with nationalists, i.e. settle m e nt well with nationalists, i.e. settlement building. now, the issue of settlements is so contentious because it violates international law according to the un and its being built in areas that the palestinians want for a future state that are going beyond israel's borders according to the 1967 border demarcation. s

thousands ofjobs along the way and be a major boom for the oil industry. 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 fo

britain... 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

fbi and onto the table of barack obama, because of this credibility of the figures who are involved, and they are british figures. i'm not saying about the contents of the dossier, but is a different thing. but again, if you remember george w bush ten years ago made a statement to the us congress relying on british intelligence, —— allegations about people scurrying around trying to get you —— nuclear capability in africa, it turned out to be false. we have to be careful but the relationship is not dented. and we have to be careful about which figures we referred to, it is also difficult to tell the moment. no doubt the most famous dossier since 2003's "dodgy dossier". this is the" dirty dossier". the daily telegraph, first snow, then floods. stand—by for tidal surge. parts of the east coast, people are having to leave their homes. for most people this winter's been pretty mild so far. two we have this sequence of army on stand—by, army on alert. but it's also been the first time i've seen the phrase "thunder snow". as in like thunderstorms but snow instead. although it'

. but our next stop is not trump territory— chicago. this is barack obama's favourite diner. he still comes back. he is humble, he is strong. tahisha, as a nurse, likes the changes he made to health services. many of them will be very sick, can't get medicine, some of them will die. her son, daniel, but having a black president her son daniel thought having a black president would mean a more inclusive america. but he fears donald trump's brand of populism is now encouraging division. i do feel my safety might be, you know, in danger. really? you feel more vulnerable now? i do, i do. in certain situations i do. post—trump? post—trump, yes. because it is something that you can see from the energy that trump built and the way that people express themselves who support trump. a lot of them have certain beliefs in things like that that do not align with my existence. some here do question the obama legacy and think change is overdue. aspiring businesswoman erika hopes donald trump will help people like her. i believe that he's going to open up doors for small business owners, hopefull

main news again. barack 0bama briefly the main news again. barack obama has commuted the sentence chelsea manning, the american soldier, formerly bradley manning, found guilty of providing us intelligence documents, nearly 750,000 of them, to wikileaks angie got dirty side, 35 years in prison. —— angie got 35 years in prison. more than 100,000 people have signed a white house petition calling for her release —— and she got. much more on the bbc website any time. you can reach me and most of the tea m you can reach me and most of the team on twitter. thanks for watching. hello there. hopefully you like cloudy weather, because that's what's coming up in the forecast really through the rest of the week and well into the weekend as well. satellite picture yesterday shows the extent of the cloud cover. rather misty across parst of england and wales, warm for the eastern side of scotland for the time of year but cold with the sunshine across east anglia and south—east england and these conditions will persist for another few days. across the midlands into staffordshire we have

says she is not convinced it is lawful. 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 security. it is rec

his last tv interview as president, barack obama has been speaking about his time in office, and also about his successor. he described him as an unconventional candidate that when an improvisational campaign. now he is in the process of building an organisation. and we will have to see how that works. it will be a test, i think, for him and the people that he has designated. to be able to execute on his vision. president obama admitted he had passed on some words of advice to mr trump. one thing i said to him directly, and i would advise my republican friends in congress and supporters around the country, is just make sure that as we go forward , just make sure that as we go forward, certain norms, certain institutional traditions don't get eroded, because there is a reason they are in place. activists led by they are in place. activists led by the royal —— reverend al sharpton have been on the streets of washington. criticising donald trump for comments he has made on twitter regarding civil rights campaigner, congressmanjohn regarding civil rights campaigner, congressman j

barack obama was leaving behind. too many of our citizens, a different reality exists. mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities. rusted—out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation. and an education system flush with cash but which leaves our young and beautiful students deprived of all knowledge. and the crime and the gangs and the drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealised potential. this american carnage stops right here and right now. and then a message to the rest of the world, don't look to us to bail you out, we have different priorities now. we assembled here today, are issuing a new decree to be heard in every city in every foreign capital and in every hall of power. from this day forward a new vision will govern our land. from this day forward it's going to be only america first. america first. economic nationalism would be the order of the day. we will follow two simple rules. buy american and hire american. and then an appeal for unity couched in these terms. it's time to remember

. barack obama for the first time in eight yea rs obama for the first time in eight years made himself available to chicago local media stations to talk about this. rob helgeson, thank you for joining about this. rob helgeson, thank you forjoining us. no problem. police in mexico have arrested more than 600 people in the wake of violent protests over a 20% increase in the price of gasoline. officials say the unrest has resulted in the death of a policeman and a bystander. will grant reports. in mexico, they call it the gasolinazo, in part it refers to the government's overnight fuel price hike, which took effect on the first of january. it also refers to this. at least 250 shops have been ransacked in response with hundreds of looters and protesters arrested amid the chaos. the eastern state of veracruz saw some of the worst of the looting with some stores emptied of clothing and food. others of electrical goods and flatscreen tvs. the protests quickly spread to other areas of the country to two, including hidalgo in mexico state. in the capital, mexico city, traffic ground to a halt a

are numbered, and this week barack obama has been working hard to try to save his political legacy. but for the outgoing president's half—sister, the end of his administration is as much about family as policy. she grew up with him in hawaii, and has been talking to the bbc about their younger days, and what he'll do when he leaves the oval office. growing up, mum certainly gave us a wide range of tools to become the people who we are. that being said, my brother was kind of a regular guy who loved his friends, who bodysurfed and who played basketball. i think that hawaii has given my brother a sort of laid—back attitude and an ease within himself. he wasn't a candidate for school president or anything like that, he didn't have at least vocalised aspirations for that level of civic engagement, and it wasn't until later that he became a little more serious, he became aware, after moving to la and then new york, i think of the challenges that we face as a country, as a people and community, and sought to find remedies and think about his place in his community and the country and

a reprieve of the warm and trusting relationship mrs merkel forged with barack obama, who of course vocally supported her refugee policy. mrs merkel today, typically restrained, said that while mr trump has his youth and he's laid them out again, and that her opinions on the subject are already well known. there is concern here, not least because mr trump appears to have threatened to levy a 35% tax on german car manufacturer selling vehicles into the us. a lot of questions. i'vejust come vehicles into the us. a lot of questions. i've just come from speaking to one of mrs merkel‘s senior mps whose face behind the scenes in berlin there is a lot of concern and uncertainty. they still don't know what they are dealing with here. beyond the domestic concerns, or those issues of where will germany lie when it comes to working between the us and russia? but what is going to happen to the eu? mrtrump's but what is going to happen to the eu? mr trump's apparent disdain for the eu and nato, which he has described as obsolete, what are really causing the most concern. we know the french for

reverse barack obama's. and within hours of taking office, donald trump signed documents to roll back the health—insurance law known as obamacare. today, he withdrew america from the trans—pacific trade partnership, a protectionist move he says is key to securing american jobs and economic prosperity. in both tone and substance, donald trump promises to be a very different president from his immediate predecessors. to protect and defend... the constitution of the united states... so help me god. i think he will be quite revolutionary. i would expect he will put much more emphasis on the growth of the economy, higher wages and more opportunities for people. i'm not sure he will try and start out seeking compromise, i think he will start out to get the job done that he is said to the american people he would do. and i believe that means looking after the people that he thinks will be left behind. from the minute mr trump took the oath of office, he faced the challenge of transforming his campaign slogans into policies. he says his ethos of america first is the scaffolding on which h

. welcome to newsday. i'm babita sharma in london. the headlines: his final big speech as president. barack obama arising chicago for his farewell address. jeff sessions, the man picked to be the nexus attorney general, has told a congressional hearing that he is no racist and has never supported the ku klux klan. —— nexus attorney general. fifa approves plans for a massive expansion of football's world cup 248 teams. and the woman who sat in the front row of history. britain's war correspondent claire hollingworth has died at the age of 145 -- to 48 hollingworth has died at the age of 145 —— to 48 teams. —— the age of 105.

roll back a series of restrictions that barack obama set on the treatment of detainees — other media has this draft order, too. but let's take note of this — the white house press secretary sean spicer says this document isn't from the white house. can you shed any light on this draft memo going around about interrogation practices? yes. what agency did this originate from? i don't know, it is not a white house document and for those who have reported on this, this is the second day that a document that was not from the white house has been reported on as factual. i have no idea where that came from. it is not a white house document. donald trump has been asked about water boarding. if he feels it might prompt some useful information. this was his reply... absolutely, ifeel it works. but he'll "defer to the defence secretary and cia director" on whether to use it. but he is quite clear that he believes it is something the united states can justify and that it works. we can speak to barbara plett usher. that statement on water boarding, is that a significant shift? he has saying tha

some of barack 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 campaign promises, even those like the immigrat

obama that those challenges existed under ba rack obama but that those challenges existed under barack obama but he says under the inauguration of a new us president, there are challenges to the transatlantic partnership which is a different point. if you are not talking about the threats we are facing together, let us talk about a new administration. i have been in davos and talking at the world economic forum to many republican —— republican congressmen and senators and it's interesting to listen to them interpret what at that time, president elect, now president trump said, ought we did and what i sensed is there is a typical reaction, and iam familiarwith is there is a typical reaction, and i am familiar with that, when you come into office and there is a change of government and policies, there is a tendency to say what has been is wrong and not enough and now we will come and change everything. we will listen to that. i would say the transatlantic partnership, yes, there is a necessity of modernisation but it does not start today but it has already started. we will come to la

barack obama in the white house tomorrow at noon — that's 5o‘clock uk time. french skipper armel le cleac‘h wins the vendee globe solo round the world yacht good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has outlined her vision of a "truly global britain" during an address to business leaders at the world economic forum. the prime minister said the uk is facing a period of "momentous change" and must forge a new role. and she urged international businesses to behave more responsibly, by paying their fair share of tax, and recognising their duties to their staff. mrs may said the world economy must be made to work for everyone, as our business editor simonjack reports from davos. theresa may stepped out to face the global elite she has been so scathing about. an audience she acknowledged was still struggling to understand the referendum result. i know that this, and the other reasons britain took such a decision, is not always well understood internationally. particularly among our friends and allies in europe. some of our european partners feel that we have turned our back on

the eu had clout. barack obama was a vocal fan of the eu, he was also a big supporter of mrs merkel and her refugee policy. how that transatlantic tone has changed in just a few weeks and that is something that is really concerning people here, particularly of concern are mrtrump‘s people here, particularly of concern are mr trump's comments about nato, which he has described as obsolete and the eu, which he has predicted will simply fall apart. it does now seem to be clear to many here in berlin that on one side of the world, you've got russia, who would very much welcome a fragmentation of the eu and on the other side of the world, perhaps you now have a us administration who are starting to think the same way and in the middle, you've got, actually, and increasingly lonely mrs merkel trying to preserve the integrity of the european union and i think that is why we saw her today responding to donald trump's comments, first of all to the comment about her refugee policy being a catastrophic mistake, responding characteristically by saying simply that he has laid out his position

charged with her murder. an emotionalfarewell — after eight years in office barack obama prepares to step down and pays tribute to his wife. for the past 25 years you have not only been my wife and mother of my children, you have been my best friend. cheering and coming up in the sport on bbc news: sam warburton is close to stepping down as the wales captain. alan wynjones would be his likely replacement for the six nations. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. russia has dismissed media reports that it's holding compromising information about donald trump. it comes after claims in america that russian intelligence agencies have obtained personally compromising material about his business interests and his private life. mr trump — who has denied the allegations — is due to hold a news confererence this afternoon — his first since his election last november. he tweeted that the intelligence agencies shouldn't have allowed the information to leak. he took one more shot at them and said are we living in nazi germany. he will hold a news conference this afternoon, his firs

? you refused to say then. would you use the word progress? barack obama, when he talks as the head of the nation about race issues, he says, change has come and things are different and we are making progress. good for him, he is the president and he should say that. he wouldn't say that if it wasn't true. presidents do that all the time. we went through huge wars over stuff that wasn't true. explain why you would not say that? i only speak for myself, not for everybody else. i just speak for myself, or i try to. so "we" is a word i don't use very often. just from my perspective, i am not trying to send this message from the body politic black, it is just my perspective, those are my words. it is obama'sjob in a weird way and someone said earlier... the book is kind of about what is progress and what it feels like and how you measure it. you were talking about american optimism. i think there is some truth to that. it is kind of an optimism that is sort of spreading to world politics. everyone is doing things the way americans do. you have to be optimistic, i don't know if that is new

enough to present to him and to the president himself who's still barack obama at the moment. do you feel the cia and fbi have to fully investigate these claims now?” don't know. i don't know the background to why they decided these allegations were sufficiently serious to present to the president—elect and to the president. until we know the full detail of what the intelligence agencies know, it's very difficult for lay men like us to make a proper judgment. all we can say at the moment is that absent is some evidence, some witness that enables us evidence, some witness that enables us to stand up the story. itjust remains allegations. you can't go beyond that. it cannot be very good, can it, for a president, any president frankly, to get off to the kind of rocky relationship with their own intelligence services that mrtrump has their own intelligence services that mr trump has managed to do? that's a slightly different issue. i agree with you there. because, we might have thought before his press conference today, he had declared a kind of truce did the intelligence agencie

was speaking about barack obama. because at the end of the day, free speech, and that is something i appreciate and celebrate, free speech means that you have the right to speak out against things that you see. you know, any ludicrous ideas are any instances where there is hypocrisy within politics. i have that right and i intend to use it. i am not fundamentally opposed to donald trump as a human being, but i am in a position where every single day i will be living in a country that is under his presidency and so if he affords me comedic material, then i will only do what i can do, which is turn that into fodder and put it on a tv show, that is a fake news show. trevor noah, thank you so much for coming on hardtalk. thank you for having me. hello there. stargazers have had something of a cold treat over recent hours. the clear skies across england and wales have allowed a frost to form, but we have had some beautiful weather watcher pictures sent to us of the moon and also visible planets. venus was particularly visible earlier in the night. now, it's a cold start to the day. englan

in a very different picture that barack obama was leaving behind. too many of our citizens a different reality exists. mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities. rusted out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation. and an education system flush with cash but which leaves our young and beautiful stu d e nts which leaves our young and beautiful students deprived of all knowledge. and the crime and the gangs and the drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealised potential. this american carnage stops right hip —— here and right now. and then a message to the rest of the world, don't look to us to bail you out, we have different priorities now. we assembled here today are issuing a new decree to be heard in every city in every foreign capital and in every hole of power. from this day forward a new vision will govern our land. from this day forward it's going to be only america first. america first. economic nationalism would be the order of the day. we will follow two simple rules. buy america

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,

president, barack obama, has underlined that having a constructive relationship with russia is in the interests of america and the wider world. our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg considers the view from russia, on the trump—putin relationship. if donald trump redecorates the white house, here's something for the west wing, perhaps. a gift from russia with love. artist nikas safronov says america's new leader reminds him of napoleon and a pirate, and although nikas did have all bases covered, he says he always believed it was trump who'd create a fresh canvas for us—russian relations. "the american people made the right choice," he says. "we hoped trump would win." but did moscow do more than just hope? this month, a us intelligence report claimed the kremlin tried to influence the election for trump through cyber attacks, internet trolls, and a media campaign. the report highlights the role of rt, calling the channel the kremlin‘s principal international propaganda outlet. today, it hit back. how awful it is to see that such a huge and powerful country relies on such bad,

sally yates, who'd been appointed by barack obama, said she couldn't defend the decision to stop refugees and citizens of seven muslim countries from entering america. donald trump's controversial travel ban is facing resistance on a variety of fronts. after a weekend of mass protests, chaos at airports and a diplomatic outcry came an unusual act of defiance on the part of america's top law officer. 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 hav

trade deal involving a dozen countries was agreed by barack obama. president trump has also cut funding for international groups that provide abortions, and has frozen the hiring of some federal workers. flood management in england and wales is still fragmented, inefficient and ineffective according to a group of mps. members of the commons environment committee have accused the government of failing to take simple steps to protect homes after they recommended an overhaul of the system. the government has rejected the criticism, saying that many suggestions have been accepted. fiona lamdin reports. sadly not such a rare sight, waging war against the water as roads are transformed into rivers. in recent years there's been severe flooding in cumbria, yorkshire, scotland and somerset. two months ago the nvironmental food and rural affairs committee defra called for a radical overhaul to what it called the government's disjointed flood management. just one of the many criticisms levied at defra, it hasn't created a national floods commissioner for england. flooding is a much more re

lam in i am in singapore. the headlines. barack obama i am in singapore. the headlines. ba rack obama holds i am in singapore. the headlines. barack obama holds his final press conference, and says he leaves the white house optimistic. at my call, i think we are going to be ok. —— core. we just have to not take it for granted. i know you will help us do it. thank you. no arrest for samsung's boss. there is not enough evidence to prosecute. samsung's boss. there is not enough evidence to prosecutelj samsung's boss. there is not enough evidence to prosecute. i am in london. millions of dollars are being pledged for research to prevent the next ebola—like epidemic. and we speak to the first indigenous australian to become a government minister. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it is sam this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it is 8am in singapore, midnight in london, and seven in the evening in washington, where president obama has held his final press conference of his eight yea rs final press co

. and the mainland's most famous tech giant ali barack obama reports strong revenues and looks to soar even higher with the cloud. good morning, asia and hello, world. it's a wednesday and glad you could join us for this edition of asia business report. we kick off with lego and the danish owned company has told the bbc that authorities in china need to do more to tackle fake goods after the man in charge of lego‘s huge new factory in the mainland failed to spot a fake piece from the real thing. lego is currently involved in legal action against one chinese manufacturer it claims is ripping off its products. here's robin in shanghai. billions and billions of these little plastic bricks have been sold the world over and now lego is betting big on china. what started out with hand cut bricks in denmark in 1949 is now $100 out with hand cut bricks in denmark in 1919 is now $100 million state—of—the—art operation near shanghai. but they‘ re state—of—the—art operation near shanghai. but they're not the only ones doing it. copies like this and fakes or counterfeits are prolif

anything. president barack obama has urged his fellow democrats to fight for his flagship healthcare bill. it comes as the incoming trump administration began the process of repealing the affordable care act. the republican vice president—elect, mike pence, had promised the process would begin on donald trump's first day in office, the 20th of january. people who live near main roads may be at greater risk of dementia, according to a decade—long study by scientists in canada. the medical causes of the brain disease have yet to be identified but the research suggests air pollution and noisy traffic could be significant factors. dan johnson reports. memory is lost, thoughts confused, personalities gradually fading. —— memories. dementia fx 850,000 people in the uk. now there they claim it could be linked to traffic —— affects. this study from canada shows that people living close to busy roads had higher chances of developing dementia. researchers in ontario followed more than 2 million people over 11 years. the ones who live within 50 metres of heavy traffic had a 12% high

america's top law officer. 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 b

white house, becoming the a5th president of the united states. it marks the end of barack obama's eight years in the oval office. this week our correspondentjon kay is travelling along highway a5 — gauging the country's mood. today, he's in chicago, illinois, where barack obama began his political career, and where people have been reflecting on the legacy he leaves behind. right through the middle of donald trump's america. to get a sense of the country he is taking over. but our next stop is not trump territory. chicago. i could do with some breakfast. this is barack obama's favourite diner. he lived round the corner before he was president and he still comes back. what does he eat. he likes the brea kfast. he is humble, he is strong. taihitia is an obama fan. as a nurse, she likes the changes he made to health care, giving poorer people better access. she worries donald trump will overturn the reforms, hitting the most vulnerable. they will not have access to doctors, they will have to come through emergency services. many of them will be very sick, can't get medicine. some of them

provide information on world football's governing body fifa. barack obama caught his vice presidentjoe biden by surprise at a white house ceremony. he awarded the 74—year—old with the country's highest civilian order, the presidential medal of freedom. a clearly emotional mr biden was described by the outgoing president as a lion of american history. the best vice president america has ever had, mrjo biden. this also gives the internet one last chance to... laughter ..talk about our bromance! it is time to the weather forecast. let's catch up with the latest from louise. it isa it is a weather watcher‘s dream, pictured like today, picture perfect but not so if you are trying to get out and about. we have seen snow showers. they are making their way down into pennines in the east anglia and london area. it is settling but not causing an issue, it will ease away. 0nce settling but not causing an issue, it will ease away. once it does so, it will ease away. once it does so, it is an improving picture. we keep snow showers to the far north and west, winds are a feature,

of the changes brought about by barack 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 new programme 100 days, with katty kay in washington

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weeks of barack obama's presidency remaining, and later today he gives his big farewell speech. as well as being commander in chief he's also overseen the world's biggest economy for the last eight years. but what kind of legacy has he left? well, since his inauguration injanuary 2009 more than 11 million jobs have been added, with the unemployment rate falling from 7.8% to 4.7%. it peaked at 10.0% in 0bama's first year in power. the typical american family brings home nearly $54,000 a year. that's almost exactly the same as 20 years ago, once you adjust for inflation. wage growth has been very low under 0bama, and has been called the "missing piece" of the recovery. the economy has grown about 1.5% a year over the course of his presidency. that compares to about 2% under his predecessor george w bush. one of the costs of that has been that us government debt has nearly doubled, from $10 trillion to $20 trillion, during 0bama's eight years in the oval office. marianne schneider—petsinger, us geo—economics fellow at chatham house, a think tank in london. if you ask any president

. barack obama has delivered his farewell address as us president, telling the american people he believes the country is in a better, stronger place than when he was first elected eight years ago. in an emotional speech in chicago, he thanked his wife michelle, his family and staff, as our correspondent laura trevelyan reports. cheering. barack obama returned to chicago, the place where his political career began to deliver his long planned farewell address. the president used his platform to underline what he sees as his achievements. if i had told you that we would win marriage equality and secure the right to health insurance for another 20 million of our fellow citizens... cheering and applause. if i told you all that, you might have said our sights were set a little too high. turning to his theme of what could undermine america's democracy, the nation's first black president was frank about the state of race relations. after my election, there was talk of a post—racial america. such a vision, however well intended, was never realistic. race remains a potent and often divis

that. the us house of representatives has voted to begin the process to repeal president barack obama's landmark affordable care act, known as obamaca re. the senate has already approved the measure. laura bicker has the details from washington. all throughout the campaign, the cry from donald trump was that he would repeal and replace obamacare and he has already praised the swift action of his republican colleagues by getting this through congress and saying that soon the ‘unaffordable care act‘ would be history. however there is that repeal process under way. it is a budget measure that has gone through today and that will make way for a repeal and replace bill. however there is yet to be a replacement. we spoke to people today in the house and there was a clear choice — keep affordable care or have chaos. they fear in the meantime amidst the uncertainty, insurance payments would continue to rise. there are also 20 million americans who now have insurance under obamacare who did not previously have it. the worry is what will happen to them. many have pre—existing conditions, be it mul

take some work, so we will wait on it. barack obama is a leader who will have the word "era" attached to his name, but some will see it as a great failing of his presidency. that the name "trump" now looms so large. nick bryant, bbc news, chicago. severe cold weather has hit eastern and southeastern europe over the past week, with temperatures as low as minus thirty degrees celsius. the bbc‘s howard johnson has travelled to two refugee camps in greece, around an hour outside athens, to see how refugees are coping with the wintry weather. it's so cold at night. the situation is very bad. it's not good, very cold. everybody has children. there is cold. now, there's not water, nothing inside. i have just arrived at the malakasa refugee camp. around a0 families are inside there. there is an impromptu demonstration here against the conditions in the camp this winter. we would have a look inside ourselves, but we were denied permission. apparently there is a blanket ban on media filming inside the camp at the moment. the containers, they didn't have a door, they didn't have windows. it's

these people thinking? barack obama is smiling and looking relaxed because this has been a long and gruelling period. we feel we have watched him age and grey with the burden of office. but he must also feel, listening to that speech, so what will be left of what i have done over the past eight years? and he leaves office with very high approval ratings, but in terms of concrete steps, is donald trump going to undo various bits of the policy, the iran nuclear deal, policy, the iran nuclear deal, policy towards the middle east, policy towards the middle east, policy towards the middle east, policy towards cuba, climate change. the list goes on and on. yes, it was a broadbrush speech from donald trump. he did not get into the specifics. but did he give us a sense of direction? absolutely, he did. he knows where he wants to take the country and what he wants to do, andi the country and what he wants to do, and i would imagine barack 0bama feels uneasy about that. carlos watson. the one thing we know about donald trump is that he does not feel as wedded to his statements as previous pol

the white house press corps. but barack obama says he will still speak out to defend his "core values." three diseases could become global killers, but half a billion dollars has been pledged to defeat them. i'm sally bundock. in business, brexit exodus. fears grow in the city of london, as leading firms warn thousands of staff may now be relocated.

these women yesterday happened on the watch of barack obama? he was president for the eight years. donald trump has been here more about eight hours. there is an obsession by the media to delegitimise this president and we are not going sit around and let it happen. we're going to fight back tooth and nail every day and twice on sunday. 0k, it is a shame that the cia didn't have a cia director to be with him today when he visited because the democrats have chosen, senate democrats are stalling the nomination of mike pompeo and playing politics with national security. that's what you guys should be writing and covering instead of sowing division about tweets and false narratives. the president is committed to unifying our country and that was the focus of his inaugural address. this kind of dishonestly in the media, the challenging about bringing our nation together is making it more difficult. there has been a lot of talk in the media about the responsibility to hold donald trump accountable. and i'm here to tell you that it goes two—ways. we're going to hold the press accountab

hello, i'm ros atkins. this is outside source. we'll begin in washington where barack obama we'll begin in washington where ba rack obama has just we'll begin in washington where barack obama has just finished his final press conference as president. inevitably, he was asked about his successoi’. inevitably, he was asked about his successor. i don't expect there is going to be you know, enormous overla p. going to be you know, enormous overlap. the british foreign secretary boris johnson overlap. the british foreign secretary borisjohnson warns eu leaders not to give the uk punishment beatings over brexit like a world war ii movie. we've had a response from the top of the eu, theresa may's announcement that the uk will leave the single market. thousands of tourists are leaving the gambia because of an ever worsening political crisis. in theory the new president will be inaugurated tomorrow. it's not going to happen as the man who lost the election is refusing to go. we'll talk to the us journalist who campaigned to get the cia to put millions of documents online, which they've n

his inauguration as barack obama. this was the largest audience to ever witnessed an inauguration, period. these attempts to lessen the inauguration doormat enthusiasm of the inauguration are shameful and wrong. official estimates of crowd sizes are not released, but aerial photographs appear to contradict the trump administration's assessment. nonetheless, mr spicer, in his first reading at the white house, went on theissue reading at the white house, went on the issue a thinly veiled threat to reporters covering the trump presidency. were going to hold the press accou nta ble presidency. were going to hold the press accountable as well. he will ta ke press accountable as well. he will take his message directly to the american people, where his focus will always be. size clearly matters greatly to donald trump, and regardless of the inauguration crowds, the crowd at yesterday's protest was so large that a march on the white house proved impossible because there were so many people present. it is a question which will ultimately prove the most unpalatable to the new administration

. barack obama is the most divisive president in well over a generation. why? i believe he played the race issue. iagree with generation. why? i believe he played the race issue. i agree with doctor king, history was that men would be not addressed by the colour of their skin but the content of their character, but president 0bama kept reminding people of the colour of skin and forcing it to be a racial issue. it has been very negative for our country. brian is one of the most prominent civil rights lawyers in america today. he is perplexed by that kind of sentiment. in america today. he is perplexed by that kind of sentimentlj in america today. he is perplexed by that kind of sentiment. i think he tried really hard to counter the idea that he was there just for people of colour. his policies were for everyone. you can point to many things he did that would be racially divisive —— you can't. we have police shootings being the most dramatic, and a polarising to people, but i can't find much that he did that any other democrat would not have done. many of us think he encountered hos

president's time in office. cheering. it wasn't just the hope when barack obama came to office, it was the wild expectation, too. that the country's problems would be solved at a stroke, that the first african—american president would usher in a post—racial era. no more black america are all white america, no more black america or white america, just the united states of america. but the lingering vestiges of that dream disappeared in the summer of 2014, in clouds of tear gas, in a nondescript suburb of st louis, missouri, called ferguson. an unarmed black man had been shot by a white police officer. it was a pattern that would become all too familiar. in charleston, south carolina, walter scott had been pulled over for a minor motoring offence. footage captures the white police officer who stopped him shooting him in the back several times before he dies. gunfire. the policeman claimed self—defence. at his trial, which ended last month, the jury was unable to reach a verdict. the court, therefore, we must declare a mistrial... another symbol for the black community that thin