well, barack 0bama took over from do that? barack 0bama took overfrom george bush and often the direct predecessor gives advice to the incoming president may consult with each other and private rather than make matters. —— international day of persons with disabilities. 0bviously, day of persons with disabilities. obviously, are donald trump is not done that with barack 0bama. barack 0bama campaigned vigorously against donald trump and against his party, so donald trump and against his party, so that, what we are going through right now is again a really red type of relationship between the current president and his immediate and assessor. barack 0bama had a great relationship with george w bush, even though his entire presidential campaign was based on this idea that george w bush had bought america down the wrong path, especially on foreign policy matters, with the wa i’s foreign policy matters, with the wars in iraq and afghanistan. —— predecessor. barack wars in iraq and afghanistan. —— predecessor. ba rack 0bama wars in i

president barack 0bama did not do that. he had a low interest rate.ve a normalised interest rate. it is good for a lot of people, they have money in the bank and they get interest on their money. for many yea rs interest on their money. for many years people did not get interest on their money. i have great confidence in ourcompanies, their money. i have great confidence in our companies, they are doing really well. i think it is a tremendous opportunity. the president was also asked about the on—going government shutdown which began at midnight on friday after democrats resisted president donald trump's demand for £abn for his mexico border wall. he was asked when the government might reopen. i cannot tell you when the government is going to be open. i can tell you it is not going to be open until we have a wall, a fence, whatever they would like to call it, i will call it whatever they want. it is all the same thing, it is a barrierfrom it is all the same thing, it is a barrier from people it is all the same thing, it is a barrierfrom people coming

as did barack 0bama. as did barack obama.n washington complete with santa hat and a sack full of presents. the former president spoke to chidren and their families and thanked the staff for looking after them over christmas. cheering. hi, merry christmas. you know what? my reindeer, they were stuck in some snow. ijust want to make sure that i have made the trip to see all you guys. it is so nice to meet you. is this mum over your question is this mum over here. so santa thinks you have been a good girl. spreading festive joy, the president, the ex—president getting out to meet people. he lives about a mile away from our studios in washington and he pops up occasionally in the city and people like seeing him and he is part of the community. i have been criticised for wearing a black shirt thatis criticised for wearing a black shirt that is not festive enough. our editor kate saying it is not showing enough of the festive season. so in honour of the festive season i have decorated my desk here in washington. tastefully. kate wi

putin, slightly out of date, kicking barack 0bama in the face.ut it's because he's been in power for nearly 20 years, so for a lot of young people, even if they were born slightly before he first came to power, he's all they've ever known. so, they see him like a bit of a god. it is odd, there's no doubting it, but the more i stand here, the more i find myself kind of getting taken in by it. a fiver. bargain. 0h! 0ld vlad on a chopping board there. i mean, i can't say anyone i know would have any... ..any theresa may kitchenware! but, you know, each to their own. hello. we are just outside the food hall. so, we're going to meet makar. he's the leader of a group called set. that's how it translates into english. they call themselves the puteens, because they're young — teenagers — and they love, love, love vladimir putin. so, we're going to go and meet them and see what they think of people like us in the west. makar? will. nice to meet you. shall we get out of the road? set is essentially an arts collective. fashion designers, painters, graphic a

going to build a grassroots campaign with small donations like bernie sanders last time around and barack 0bamad she is clearly pitching her stand where we would expect, on the left of the party. she has been a champion if you like of workers' rights in terms of representation on the boards of big companies. she talked about raising the minimum wage significantly and she has been a scourge significantly and she has been a scourge in some significantly and she has been a scourge in some ways significantly and she has been a scourge in some ways of wall street and those sort of institutions. it is difficult, going to be difficult for her, because i will be other people on that wing of the party, not least perhaps bernie sanders himself who has a huge infrastructure already in place from the last time he ran, and with all those people galvanised in the huge rallies. they will be in a similar territory, but the big thing is this field is going to be so crowded. there could be a part of a dozen or two d oze n there could be a part of a dozen or two dozen people in this field, and theissue two dozen

aspect has been captured in american media, talk about how she's had assumed her own career for barack 0bamadonald trump, what has been the reaction to that? what we cannot forget is that the 0bamas received unprecedented threats while they served in the white house, even president 0bama received over a dozen assassination attempts, including on his family. so it was not just that they survived a lot of rhetoric, which is quite well—known that she did not give any oxygen to the negative and quite racist and sexist comments that were made to her, but the fact that they really did face a real threat unlike any other presidential family has ever faced. though she did criticise trump for that, it was based in the experience no other first family has lived through. she was talking about michelle 0bama's memoir that shows become a best seller just 15 days after publication. hundreds of rare and personal objects belonging to the legendary singer and actor frank sinatra and his wife barbara have gone on show in new york before heading to auction next week. among the items that will be up for grabs i

aspect has been captured in american media, talk about how she's had assumed her own career for barack 0bamamp, what has been the reaction to that? what we cannot forget is that the 0bamas received unprecedented threats while they served in the white house, even president 0bama received over a dozen assassination attempts, including on his family. so it was notjust that attempts, including on his family. so it was not just that they survived a lot of rhetoric, which is quite well—known that she did not give any oxygen to the negative and quite racist and sexist comments that were made to her, but the fact that were made to her, but the fact that they really did face a real threat unlike any other presidential family has ever faced. so although she did criticise trump for that, it was based in the experience that no other first family has lived through. she had an enduring les it —— legacy on politics, we will see what comes next from michelle 0bama, thank you very much. a four—year—old british girl has been praised for making a emergency call that saved her mother's life. kaitlyn wright, who

when you look at the tributes coming in from past presidents, from barack 0bama, even what's donald trumphis very warm sense of what george bush stood for. in some ways you look back and you see a very different time in american politics. he was someone who made a point of trying to reach out, reaching out across the oils. 0ne out, reaching out across the oils. one of the tributes was from clinton who beat him as president. he said, "i will always hold ourfriendship is one of life's greatest gifts." democrats and republicans were trying to work together then and from president bush's i'm concerned he was reaching out and trying to insular that he would look at global concerns, which is very difference to the white house now which says it is about america first. he was at a time of the world when there was a huge amount of change with the berlin wall coming down, what was happening in the soviet union and of course what was happening in iraq and kuwait. he was somebody who felt he had a leadership role in addressing that. the warmth that you see coming from across the world gives you a sen

now that's more than twice what barack 0bama raised for his initial inauguration parties, so there hasthey were giving out money for and what they may have expected in return. was just an invite to the dinner, or did they expect favours back from the president once he was in office, or extra access to him either at the inauguration, or during his time in the oval office? now, this has all come out in a wall streetjournal report that's been published this evening, but there are conflicting reports back from the people involved in that organisation committee. the committee's issued a statement that says it was in full compliance with all applicable laws and that it's not aware of any pending investigations and hasn't been contacted by persecutors. the organisers on that committee say they're simply not aware of any evidence of an investigation. and sarah sanders, the white house spokesman, was asked about this about this as well. she put distance between the committee and the president and said it had nothing to do with the president. at that time, his focus was all on the transition and

"president bush inspired generations of his fellow americans to public service," and president barack 0bamariot and humble servant. " 0ur north america editorjon sopel looks back at his life. i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states. america's 43 president circus on the 20th century most momentous times. so help me god. congratulations. the cold war ending, the bill in wall coming down, the soviet union collapsing, turmoil in the middle east and the first gulf war. yet by today's brutal standards, he seemed today's brutal standards, he seemed to embody a more noble sense of politics. rooted in duty, respects, and public service. the george kerber wauchope bush should reach the highest office in the land almost seemed predestined. he was born into a family of love, privilege and politics. his father was a us senator. 6eorge attended jail before volunteering to the navy in world war two. he was shot down over the pacific and his rescue remarkably caught on camera —— yale. peacetime took into texas where he made a fortune in the oil business. and then came the law

former president barack 0bama tweeted — america has lost a patriot and a humble servant in george hwearly i990s, the head of what was then the soviet union, mikhael 6orbachev, who helped bring around the end of the cold war, said "it was a time of great change demanding great responsibility from everyone". i've been speaking to robert manning who worked at the us state department under president george hw bush administration, now a senior fellow at the atlantic council think—tank. he told me what in his opinion defined mr bush's term. it was unusual in this sense that we have a president who was very close to the secretary of state and his national security adviser and that helps explain the extraordinary success helps explain the extraordinary success of his foreign policy, winding down the cold war, the breakup of the soviet empire, the reunification of germany, winning the gulf war in 100 hour was the lid is maintaining a relationship with china after the massacre in tiananmen square. it was an extraordinary set of achievements andi extraordinary set of achievements and i think hi

he was appointed as national security advisor despite the president's predecessor, barack 0bama, warninga top job. he was in the post forjust 23 days, sacked by donald trump when it was revealed he had discussions with the russian ambassador to washington about lifting us sanctions on russia before mr trump took office. it also came out that he'd lied to the us vice president mike pence about that conversation. last december, he pleaded guilty to charges that he'd lied to the fbi about his contacts with russia, and he became the most senior member of the trump administration to be indicted. since then, he's been corporating with the investigation led by since then, he's been cooperating with the investigation led by the special counsel robert mueller looking into whether the trump campaign colluded with russia. earlier this month, robert mueller said mr flynn has provided substantial assistance to the inquiry with first—hand details of contacts between the president's transition team and russian government officials. as a result, the special counsel has said michael flynn should not go t

president trump criticised barack 0bama for pulling troops out of iraq too early in his opinion a coupleago when he fell as a result president 0bama had helped to create isis. it'll be interesting to create isis. it'll be interesting to see whether or not that is the kind of charge that is thrown back at president trump following this decision. already you have a couple of republican senators who we have had on —— senators, one of whom we have had on the show. it is remarkable how many has stepped up today, completely ta ken remarkable how many has stepped up today, completely taken by surprise. they are pushing back and saying this is not the right time to do this. it leaves america weaker and leaves the field open to russia and potentially around and emboldens them instead. let's see how the decision plays out. the us federal reserve doesn't like to get involved in politics but today the central bank is being drawn into a deeply political row. in the past few minutes, it has just raised interest rates by a quarter of a per cent, to 2 point 5 per cent. president trump has been publicly

he was appointed as national security advisor despite the president's predecessor, barack 0bama, warning flynn a topjob. he was in the post for just 23 days, sacked by donald trump when it was revealed he had discussions with the russian ambassador to washington about lifting us sanctions on russia before mr trump took office. it also come out that he'd lied to the us vice president mike pence about that conversation. last december, he pleaded guilty to charges that he'd lied to the fbi about his contacts with russia and he became the most senior member of the trump administration to be indicted. since then, he's been corporating with the investigation led by the special counsel robert mueller looking into whether the trump campaign colluded with russia. earlier this month, robert mueller said mr flynn has provided substantial assistance to the inquiry with first—hand details of contacts between the president's transition team and russian government officials. as a result, the special counsel has said michael flynn should not go to jail for lying to federal investigators. he could get up

a year ago, president barack 0bama, when you are giving a speech, make sure you use a lot of pauses. intelligence news anchor. we played it on the news, absolutely. that did not scare me, i have to say. good, good, it's quite easy to check which are fake and which are real. how could it used maliciously? we will see it being weaponised against celebrities and public figures like politicians as we saw there. that's where it could get scary because actually if a politician seemed to be making quite an inflammatory statement which is believed it could spark a diplomatic incident and that's why we need to be watchful about how this technology develops. how would we spot a deep fake video? there is a bit of a technology arms race to get better at spotting these videos, we can tell for example further or not a subject is blinking and open why did they look sufficiently human. but it's about public awareness and it's about developing more sophisticated ways of legitimising those videos which are authentic. 0k. let's bring in dan melville who uses a 3—d printed bionic arm, an example of assi

george w bush will deliver a eulogy, president trump will attend, alongside democrats barack 0bama and this motion is very simple. as the government complied with the order made by this house on the 19th of november this year to publish the full and final legal advice by the attorney general to the cabinet concerning the eu withdrawal agreement under framework for the future relationship? yes or no. that order was binding. mr speaker, future relationship? yes or no. that orderwas binding. mr speaker, on the 13th of november i sort your advice on that issue. and you ruled in the following terms. the ruling i give is simply that the motion is effective. i have been advised of us. it is not an expression of the opinion of the house. it is an expression of the will of the house that certain documents should be provided to it. yesterday, the government published a reasoned position paper. that was not legal advice. it simply described the deal. it was a synopsis. it was in the nature of unexplained. and explain having already been published when the deal was published. was a long way from l

he was appointed as national security advisor despite the president's predecessor, barack 0bama, warningcome out that he'd lied to the us vice president mike pence about that conversation. last december, he pleaded guilty to charges that he'd lied to the fbi about his contacts with russia and he became the most senior member of the trump administration to be indicted. since then, he's been corporating with the investigation led by the special counsel robert mueller looking into whether the trump campaign colluded with russia. earlier this month, robert mueller said mr flynn has provided substantial assistance to the inquiry with first—hand details of contacts between the president's transition team and russian government officials. as a result, the special counsel has said michael flynn should not go to jail for lying to federal investigators. he could get up to six months. let's cross to matthew wilson, associate professor of political science at southern methodist university matthew, thank your for joining matthew, thank yourforjoining u why has it taken so long to get to the sentencin