rangers beat inverness today but it needed a brad mackay own goal to do it. 1—0 at ibrox. on new year's eve. there are eight premier league matches on boxing day. david moyes returns to manchester united, two and a half years after he was sacked. his sunderland side are currently in the relegation zone. asked about his 11 months at old trafford, he says he didn't get enough time. i was definitely unfairly treated. i think you need to look and say that over the piece, other managers have come and gone and it's been difficult for them, as well. i actually think whoever follows sir alex ferguson, whether it wasjose mourinho or klopp or david moyes, i think it would have been the same, i think it would have been the same, i think it would have been the same, i think it would have taken whoever it was time to change the squad around. they had great players, manchester united. there was one or two getting near the end of their career and it was going to be a little bit of a rebuilding job and it was never going to get done immediately. there were three matches in the rugby union

joining us from beijing, nbc news correspondent janice mackay 48er.n something before this that happened in between china and taiwan. >> reporter: ali, the phone call and the tweets that followed continue to irk chinese officials today amid reports taiwan's president tsai ing-wen may be trying to meet donald trump's transition team in new york. she's going to latin america in january. she will transit through the u.s. she may want to meet the transition team in order to deepen contact before the inauguration. now reacting to this chinese officials today issued a terse statement through reuters expressing hope that it does not want the u.s. to allow her transit, and also does not want to send any wrong signals to taiwan kneels independence forces. now the phone call broke with decades of u.s. protocol on taiwan. and it also put chinese officials in a very tough position. this is one of the most sensitive issues for them. they consider taiwan a province. so it's really cast a lot of doubt on whether there is going to be rockier times ahead for u.s./chin

rangers beat inverness today but it needed a brad mackay own goal to do it. 1—0 at ibrox.y union premiership and with the top five teams all playing. saracens are still top of the table but wasps are level on points with them after they secured a bonus point win against bath at the ricoh arena. 40—26 the final score. it is that time of year to gather round the fire, sit back and indulge in home comfort. wasps fans, unbeaten at the ricoh, and they were quickly on their way again thanks to christian wade. what followed was purely instinctive, leaving the defence grasping at fresh air. dave attwood and ross batty pulled them to within three, but batty wasn't the only forward to show his pace as thomas youngs restored wasps' ten point cushion at the break. the director of rugby must have been pleased deep down. no mistaking the finish, wade's18th pleased deep down. no mistaking the finish, wade's 18th try of the year. still, bath crossed twice more themselves for a bonus point, but no changing the result. wasps finishing 2016 at home as they started it, chris ashton returned f

was a lot of interest in the scottish budget on thursday — unveiled by the finance secretary, derek mackayt this time of austerity, top earners benefiting from an inflation—busting tax cut. so i will limit the increase in the higher rate threshold to inflation, and not give a substantial real terms tax—cut to the top 10% of income earners. and plans to give more powers to the welsh assembly were discussed in the house of lords on wednesday. but the former lord chief justice lord judge warned that the uk government would still have the power to overturn laws made in wales. we have been discussing this legislation. it can be wiped out, any part of it, primary, secondary, tertiary, whatever it may be, it can be wiped out by a minister without any consultation with anyone at the national assembly of wales. here to explain the challenges facing politicians in scotland and wales are our wales correspondent and our scotland correspondent. david, starting with scotland, it's the first budget in which scotland has been allowed to set income tax. what have they done with these new powers? they've lo

lynn and miss starazk and miss mackay for being here. it's a difficult issue but we want to ensure we take care of the guard men and women in california and make sure we don't have similar issues across the defense enterprise. before we adjourn, i want to take a moment of personal privilege. this is my last subcommittee hearing and want to thank miss davis for all of her help over the last two years. when we set out an agenda for this congress, what we were going to accomplish in this subcommittee, we had quite a few major issues and people said we were crazy for thinking we could get even one done. whether that be ucmj reform, retirement reform, health care reform, commissary reform and due to your support, the hard work of all the committee members and incredible staff, we got all four of them done. that would not have happened had it not been for the great working relationship we have. i want to thank mr. walz. standing beside every officer is an nco making sure he gets the job done right. he was that person for me. i really want to t