there were a number of republicans who did also oppose mr tillotson and they expressed concerns abouty backed down —— tillotson. one of the big concerns was mr tillotson's past business dealings with the kremlin and questions about whether he was committed to maintaining sanctions on russia over the annexation of crimea. he did oppose those sanctions when he was head of exxon but he said as secretary of state he would represent america's national interests. barbara plett-usher there. the british prime minister theresa may has again refused to say whether an unarmed trident missile veered off course during a test last year. the government's defence secretary sir michael fallon told parliament that the system was ‘successfully tested' lastjune, but he wouldn't provide any other details for reasons of national security. the opposition accused the government of keeping parliament and the public in the dark. our political editor laura kuenssberg has the latest. set condition 150 for weapons system readiness test. aye aye, sir. pressing the nuclear button. action stations. a process that is

mr. tillotson said that he was troubled by reports that russian hackers had tried to influence the u.s. election and went on to say that nato allies have a right to be alarmed. he said the u.s. needed to move moscow from being always an adversary to being a partner at times. from the incoming u.s. administration to the outgoing one. after eight years, president obama has delivered his farewell speech, returning to the city's campaign started. >> with 10 days left in his presidency, barack obama reminded americans what his tenure had achieved. president obama: if i had told you eight years ago that america would reverse the great recession, reboot the auto industry, and unleash the longest stretch of job creation in our history -- if i had told you that we would open up a new chapter with the cuban people. shut down iran's nuclear program without firing a shot. take out the mastermind of 9/11. if i had told you that we would win marriage equality and secure the right to health insurance for 20 million fellow citizens. if i told y'all that, you might've set our sights were set a little to

mr. tillotson is making a clean break from exxon, and history of these conflicts. he's even gone so far to say that teller since ethics agreement serves as a sterling model for what we like to see with other nominees. he clearly recognizes that public service sometimes comes at a cost. i believe inquiries into mr. tillerson said nominations have been fair and exhaustive. during the hearing lasted over eight hours and is responded to over 1000 questions for the record. i'm proud of the bipartisan the process which is keeping in tradition of this committee that we pursue this regarding his nomination, and i think that what opinions and votes today may differ, that the process has been very sound. with that i would like to recognize a distinguished ranking member for his comments, senator cardin. >> well, mr. chairman, as i have said during the hearings and i repeat again, i want to thank you for the fairness in which you have allowed these confirmation hearings to go forward, and the building of our members to be able to question mr. tillerson and to ask additional q

earlier this month mr tillotson appeared to take a hard line on china, saying beijing should not be allowedds it has built in contested waters. the former oil executives still needs to be confirmed by the full senate. more analysis on trump and tpp from tokyo with our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes in a moment but first the who has warned about the number of cases of bird flu. different strains been spreading across asia and europe since early last year leading to large scale slaughtering. it's normally spread by direct contact with birds but experts fear it could mutate into a form easily transmitted between people. just since november last year, nearly a0 countries have reported fresh outbreaks of highly parthenogenesis avian influenza in poultry or wild birds. the rapidly expanding number of these outbreaks and via virulent strains currently circulating have put us on high alert. since the beginning of bird flu outbreak, south korea has culled nearly a fifth of its paltry. as a result the country faced a shortage of eggs and prices went up 70% ahead of eggs and prices went up 70% a

mr. tillotson's tillerson's shoes.more difficult if his job and the job of investors all across the world today? >> when secretary tillerson is confirmed, he has the weight of the world on his shoulders. are looking for reassurance that the united states is going to be with them and that we are not going to break all the eggs and change all the policies of the united states government because of the administration is a new. they are looking for constancy and when president trump talk to president putin over the weekend, it appears that president trump did not raise russian interference in our election and did not raise russia's invasion of ukraine. those are the two most critical issues or the united states and the crane issue is the most critical issue for the europeans. if you look at the white house's readout, you look at the issues that were discussed and that issue was not on the agenda. the europeans want the united states to have their back and putin's division of eastern europe is a concern of european countrie

i think what they will seek to do, let's assume that mr tillotson is confirmed as the new secretary ofited kingdom cou nterpa rts think their united kingdom counterparts will be able to develop a reasonably constructive relationship with them, and the contact with the president will be reserved for the prime minister. she is due to see him and quite rightly she will do her best to develop a proper, serious relationship. it will be easier in the case of the right to —— united kingdom because for various reasons trump is will this post to the uk, and he will be short of allies elsewhere. my guess is that it will be a corpulence discussion but none of us actually know and this is all speculation at this stage. we have never had to indulge in this degree of speculation eight days before a breezy is president has taken office. —— a previous president. breezy is president has taken office. -- a previous president. so martin ripped conveyor, the former mp. —— sir malcolm rifkind. and in the next half an hour the outgoing us ambassador to the uk — matthew barzun will be here. we were asking ab

mr. tillotson, the gentleman that president-elect trump has nominated to service secretary of state. i would refer you to mr. tiller since team for next split nation of what exactly he was trying to convey in his remarks. i can tell you the policy that's been in place in the obama administration has been to not take sides in the competing claims of the child's sinus south china sea. we don't have claims to any territory and what we suggest it is those with competing claims should seek to resolve those competing claims not through force intimidation or coercion but through diplomacy and negotiation. that is something we have encouraged all parties to do. i don't know whether that will be the policy of the incoming administration or one of the topics that will be covered in the first briefing that you have inherent my successor. but that the policy that has been in place in this administration. >> there was one of the key aspects of the foreign policy do you feel it might -- can you repeat the first part. >> again, i can't speak to what form policy priorities will be pursued by the inco

mr. taylor sent. >> democrats believe they can go deeply into tillotson's experiences with putin and they want to paint him, my sources tell me as an ally of putin and try to raise a red flag on humar rights issues and really on global order. is it really the right thing for the united states have a close relationship with russia. i haven't heard details about what the democrats have on tillotson but they're doing a deep dive on them. >> and a concern on republicans about some of these nominees? >> there is initially a lot of concern about tillotson who didn't have issues on capitol hill.ha they thought they make the russia issue flareup. but because he's been endorsed by forms secretary of state they've spoken highly of him conversation of a trump transition there's a sense that tiller's it has the stature to survive these hearing. >> what about senate democrats? which ones are likely to be open to the nominees from president-elect trump? >> senator high camp has been a conversation with the team. it looks like she's not going to be the agriculture secretary but if your 2018 democrat of her reelection