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Scotland's Parliament backs a second independence referendum,

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a decision that puts it on a collision course

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the beginning of the end of the United Kingdom?

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I hope the United Kingdom Government will respect the view of Parliament.

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This is simply about giving people in Scotland a choice.

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But the British Government refuses to negotiate

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with Edinburgh until the "Brexit process" is complete.

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We'll speak to Alex Salmond, Scotland's former First Minister,

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President Trump plans to sweep away Obama's climate change policies.

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Any moment now, the President is due to sign an executive order

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to overturn environmental laws and regulations which he says

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Ford announces over a billion dollar investment in car

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We'll ask the company whether this has anything to do

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with President Trump's America First approach.

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The girl's not for turning - why this statue of defiance

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The Scottish and UK governments look to be on a collision course tonight.

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Within the last couple of hours, the Scottish parliament has backed

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the Scottish First Minister's demands for a second

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The final decision to grant that vote still rests with the UK

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Government in Westminster, and tonight they have refused

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to even enter into negotiations with the Scottish Government

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until the Brexit process is complete.

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That could be years away, and well outside the timetable

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Our Scotland Editor Sarah Smith reports on a looming confrontation

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Jubilant excitement as supporters heard the Scottish Parliament had

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Tears of joy today, but disappointment will follow.

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They are shouting yes, the Prime Minister will soon tell

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Earlier, the debate suspended after last week's terror attack

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Scotland's future should be in Scotland's hands.

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That is what this debate is about, the future of our country,

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how we best harness our potential as a country and overcome

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Is she going to spend the next two years and 100% of her time

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campaigning for Scotland to leave the UK, at the expense of governing,

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or will she roll up her sleeves from today and seek to secure more

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powers for this parliament when they return from

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Independence debates always excite passion and confrontation.

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We are sick of it, and most people in Scotland have had enough too.

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This Parliament needs to and must focus on the priorities

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It is not the time to be sidetracked by yet more unnecessary division.

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So I will not take any lessons from the First Minister.

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I think I've answered the First Minister's question.

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The result was never really in doubt, as the Greens

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The motion, as amended, is therefore agreed.

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The First Minister can now formally ask Theresa May

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I hope the United Kingdom Government will respect the view of Parliament.

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This is simply about giving people in Scotland a choice.

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We agree that now is not the right time for that choice,

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but that choice should be available to people in Scotland,

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I look forward to discussions in the weeks ahead.

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Nicola Sturgeon knows that Theresa May is going

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to refuse to allow another Scottish referendum.

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So, why bother asking for one at all?

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The Tories say it is all part of a well rehearsed game

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from the SNP, where they put forward proposals to Westminster

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they know will be rejected, and then react with righteous

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Rejecting Holyrood's request for a referendum is a risk,

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but that's exactly what the UK Government will do.

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The Prime Minister has made her position very clear.

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Now is not the time for another referendum.

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Nothing has been said in the Scottish Parliament

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process would be unfair on the people of Scotland.

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The danger for the UK Government is that saying no

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could backfire and stir up support for independence.

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But they firmly believe most Scottish voters don't want another

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referendum and will accept that now is not the time.

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Let's speak to our Scotland Editor, Sarah Smith, in Edinburgh.

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Quite a robust response from the Scottish secretary David Mandel, and

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he's talking about not granting a referendum until the end of the

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Brexit process, which might include the transition as well. Yes, the UK

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Government's position as they don't want to even talk about another

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referendum or the possible timing of an independence vote until after the

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Brexit negotiations have been completed in two years' time.

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They've made clear they're not saying they think there could be a

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vote in two years' time, but to give Scotland a reasonable choice of what

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they're choosing between an independent Scotland and the new UK,

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as it will be processed Brexit, they need to wait until it's bedded down

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a bit and see what the consequences of leaving the EU are going to be.

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So this sets up quite a constitutional struggle. The First

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Minister is going to go ahead and send a formal request to Theresa

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May, to the British Prime Minister later this week, even though she

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knows the answer is going to be known. The Prime Minister is not

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saying never but is saying now is not the

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time to be talking about it, not when we should be concentrating on

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Brexit. The Scottish Government are pretty determined not to take no for

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an answer but what they can do to force the UK Government to at least

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enter discussions about an independence referendum, that

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remains unclear at the moment. That is a very good explanation of where

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we stand. Thank you. Let's speak to Alex Salmond -

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the former First Minister of Scotland and leader of the Yes

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campaign during the We know Theresa May will not engage

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on this. The question is, what next for you? Let's just concern what

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happened today. A proportion of Parliament, unlike this one down

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here, as by a substantial and clear majority voted for the people of

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Scotland have the right to exercise their self-determination.

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Now, Theresa May may think she can stand against that but she won't be

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able to, her position will crumble. Not today, not tomorrow, but over

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the coming weeks and months, because no British Prime Minister for the

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last generation has attempted to deny the Scottish people the right

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to self-determination. In my lifetime is the biggest opponent of

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Scottish independence was Margaret Thatcher but even she said in her

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autobiography that Scotland had an undoubted right of

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self-determination and the people if they were determined on it, no

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politician, certainly not her, would stand in their way. Theresa May,

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taking the stance she is doing, is attempting to deny the Scottish

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people the right to decide. Self-determination delayed is

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self-determination denied. Will she really crumble? She will say the

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view of the Scottish people is on her side. She's going into a very

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complex negotiation on Brexit. She's made it very clear the Scottish

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people can't take the view one independence until they know how

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that process has bedded down. I put to you again, what can you possibly

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do to change the position we are in tonight?

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She's wrong about the view of the Scottish people. There is only one

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poll that as our straight should the UK concede a referendum if it's

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requested? It showed a clear majority... 60%, which you said

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would be a prerequisite for another referendum. I never said anything of

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the sort. Nicola Sturgeon and her manifesto last year, which is what

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counts, said if Scotland were dragged out of the European Union

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against the will of the Scottish people, which has happened, on page

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23 incidentally, the Scottish Government should have the right

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call for another referendum. It was in her manifesto, Nicola Sturgeon

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resoundingly elected on that manifesto and the Scottish

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Parliament has voted clearly for it today. To deny that is to deny the

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right of the Scottish people. In fact, denying self-determination and

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no politician down here, the days of that happening... Down here this

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spring, Brexit, Empire 2.0. Let me tell you, the days of the British

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Empire are over and the days of British Prime Minister is denying

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self-determination to the Scottish people are over as well. You have

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been very critical of the Brexit campaign, Boris Johnson and Nigel

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Farage for not coming up with a clear plan. Let's focus on your

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plan. What is the destination for Scotland if it was independent?

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Nicola Sturgeon wants a referendum in 18 months to two years. Every

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parliament around Europe, as well as this one, will get a chance to

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accept or reject a Brexit deal. She will bring forward a in that time

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scale to care compare against the Brexit deal. That is the right and

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proper way to do things. I understand that but what is the

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destination, will you be a member of the European Union? I am certain

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Nicola Sturgeon will bring forward a prospectus which allows for

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continuity within the single market place. And nobody in this place is

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at all confident the British government will be able to do that

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as a result of the Brexit negotiations. That's why the right

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time, the proper time, the only feasible time to decide this issue

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is in 18 months to two years, when this parliament and every other

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Parliament around Europe gets the chance to vote on it. Why shouldn't

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the Scottish people have the right to vote and exercise

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self-determination on that timescale?

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Let's remind what's going on here. This is not just about Scotland.

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Northern Ireland is in deadlock. The Welsh arts alienate it. Scotland is

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moving for an independence referendum and the English are split

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50-50. This is not a Prime Minister in Westminster in command of the

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political environment. On that disunited basis, which she has

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created, she is moving into the most difficult European negotiations to

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stop for more than a generation. The Prime Minister... It will be evident

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for all to see. Michelle here in Washington. Just pick up on this

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idea, if you go back to the first referendum, one of the key questions

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many Scots had was what with the economy look like, what with the

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currency but like? Here we are talking about a second referendum,

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talking about the timetable for that to take place. Will people, when

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they vote on this, have any idea of what the economic landscape might

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look like? Of course they shall. As you will remember, in the first

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referendum campaign, December 2013, there was presented in a prospectus

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White Paper of 670 pages. Many, many people in the Brexit referendum last

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year would have loved that sort of prospectus in order to judge how to

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vote. I'm quite certain Nicola Sturgeon will outline the same kind

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of White Paper with the same kind of guidance for people as is right and

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proper in a referendum campaign. Alex Salmond, thank you very much

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indeed. A great pleasure. These are certainly momentous days

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for the UK. They are. Tomorrow Theresa May

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serves official notice on Brussels that Brexit will be underway. The

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two dear negotiation will start tomorrow. And today I think is a

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very good illustration of the challenge that she's going to face,

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not only negotiating with the European Union, which will be

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complex in itself, but also keeping her own party onside this. The

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staunch Brexiteers within her party who want their cake and eat it, but

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also those constituent parts of the United Kingdom. Remember, it's the

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conservative and Unionist party, she is a Unionist, she wants to keep all

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the countries together as part of the United Kingdom going forward and

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that will be a very difficult task. And we haven't even touched on what

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the other EU members think. Like Spain, or Belgium, who would

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possibly be opposed to an independent Scotland joining the

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European Union because it might giving courage and there succession

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as part of their country as well. Not an easy challenge for the

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Scottish Government, if it was to get that referendum.

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Meanwhile, President Trump has just signed an executive order rolling

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back many of President Obama's climate change policies.

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The energy independence order begins the process

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of withdrawing and re-writing President Obama's Clean Power Plan.

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The White House says it will restore thousands of lost jobs

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Begins the process of withdrawing and re-writing

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The White House says it will restore thousands of lost jobs to coal

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This is Wayne spoke in Pennsylvania. You come to a place like this, the

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coal mine, as hopefully you can see through the drizzle behind me, is

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literally physically part of the time. It is the reason this area

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prospered, but that has all been taken away in recent years. Not just

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this mine but several mines in this region have shut down in recent

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years. People have really struggled, have really struggled, but they have

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got used to the idea that if they want to move forward and have a

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future here they have to diversify in terms of industry, and along

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comes Donald Trump and says in effect that he can turn back the

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clock, can make coal king again and that is a message people here wanted

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to hear. The coal mine here closed

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more than a year ago. Hundreds of well-paid

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miners were laid off. Rightly or wrongly, many blame

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the policies of the last policy. Either losing their houses,

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trucks, their cars. If it was up to make,

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every coalminer in this country would be working,

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because the fact is, we've been mining coal in this

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country for 200 years. Open it back up, get

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the guys back to work. Nearly 70% of people

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here in a traditionally Democratic The fact he said he would reverse

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Obama policies on carbon emissions President Obama said

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he was introducing these regulations to curb America's reliance on coal

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cuts because of concerns over climate change,

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but this government's more dismissive attitude towards global

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warming is something that's alarming environmentalists,

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and its promise to reopen coal mines As well as overturning rules to stop

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offering new government leases for coal mines,

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Donald Trump plans to cut funding for America's environmental

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protection agency by around a third. The man he appointed to head

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the organisation says he's not even sure human activity

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affects climate change. But is all of this even

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going to bring back jobs? Trump said many times,

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I love coal miners, I love We're going to bring back coal,

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we going to bring back coal. And so this is the livelihood

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of this county. A lot of people, a lot of my

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friends, and so they believed it. I don't know how

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you bring back coal. Many mines shut down simply

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because of economics, there were cheaper ways

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of producing energy. If the jobs don't return,

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after hopes have been raised, people here might one day feel

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all that's really happened is a distraction from truly

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modernising American industry and a devastating setback

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in the fight against climate change. That report, we can listen to the

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president. We have an impressive group here to

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celebrate the start of a new era in American energy and production and

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job creation. The action I'm taking today will eliminate federal

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overreach, restore economic freedom and allow our companies and our

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workers to thrive, compete and succeed on a level playing field for

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the first time in a long time. It's been a long time, fellas. I'm not

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just talking about eight years, a lot longer than eight years, you

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people know it may be better than anybody.

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Thanks as well to the many distinguished members of Congress

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who have taken the time to be here. I want to thank all of our industry

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leaders who are with us, and to share our determination to create

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jobs in America for Americans. And thank you all so, I spotted you in

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the audience, thank you. That is what this is all about, bringing

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back our jobs, bringing back our dreams and making America wealthy

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again. I also want to thank the dedicated public servants who are

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with us this afternoon. You're doing important work to protect our health

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and public resources. So important. Finally I want to

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acknowledge the truly amazing people behind me on the stage, our

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incredible coalminers. APPLAUSE We love our coalminers.

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Great people. Over the past two years I've spent time with the

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miners all over America. They told me about the struggles they've

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endured. Actually, in one case, I went to a group of miners in West

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Virginia. You remember, Shelley. I said, how about this... Why don't we

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get together, we'll go to another place and you'll get another job?

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You won't mind any more do you like that idea? They said no, we don't

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like that idea we love to mine, that's what we want to do. I said if

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that's what you love to do, that's what you're going to do. I was very

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impressed. They loved the job, that's what their job is, I fully

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understand that. I grew up in a real estate family and until this recent

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little excursion into the world of politics I could never understand

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why anybody would not want to be in the world of real estate. Believe

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me. So I understand it, and we're with you 100% and that's what you're

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going to do, OK? APPLAUSE

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The miners told me about the attacks on their jobs and their livelihoods.

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They tell me about the efforts to shut down their minds, their

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communities and their very way of life. I made them this promise... We

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will put our miners back to work. APPLAUSE

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We've always do -- we've today on taking bold action to

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follow through on that promise. My administration is putting an end to

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the war on coal. We're going to have clean coal, really clean coal. With

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today's executive action I am taking historic steps to lift the

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restrictions on the American energy. To reverse government intrusion and

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to cancel job killing regulations. APPLAUSE

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And by the way, regulation is not just in this industry but every

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industry. We're doing them by the thousands,

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every industry. We going to have safety come water, clean air but so

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many are unnecessary and so many are job killing. We're getting rid of

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the bad ones. One by one we are keeping promises and putting power

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back into the hands of the people. First today's energy ended the

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patented his action for an immediate re-evaluation of the so-called clean

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Power plan. APPLAUSE Perhaps... Perhaps no single

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regulation threatens our miners, and companies more than this crushing

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attack on American industry. Second, we're lifting the ban on federal

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leasing for coal production. Third, we're lifting job killing

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restrictions on the production of oil, natural gas, clean coal and

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shale energy. And finally we are returning power to the states where

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that power belongs. States and local communities know what is best for

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them. They understand it, they get it, they have been doing it for a

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long time. It was taken away from them and not handled well. They are

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the ones that we should now and will now empower to decide. My action

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today is the latest in a series of steps to create American jobs and to

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grow American wealth. We're ending for theft of American prosperity and

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rebuilding our beloved country. We approved the permit to finally build

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the keystone XL pipeline and cleared the way to completion of the Dakota

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accessed pipeline. Thousands and thousands of jobs. APPLAUSE

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There is President Trump, rolling back Obama's clean power plan.

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And fulfilling, as he does that a campaign promise. A fairly bruising

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few days, the White House, so this puts them back on the front foot. It

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will feel a bit like a win for the White House staff behind. And that's

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important, isn't it, Michelle? Yes,. What's interesting is Donald Trump

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won and came to power on the grounds of being a businessman, on the

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grounds of his experience. What you are seeing here is essentially he is

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saying he is putting economic policy, in his view, ahead of

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environmental policies. A shift from the Obama administration, which

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Republicans felt had overstepped the mark and gone too far. There would

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be many Republicans who would probably back him on that. They are

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not as in tune with President Obama's climate plans as perhaps...

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The Democrats were and obviously this is part of that. They've never

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really embrace climate change, so I'm sure there are plenty of people

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in his own party who are applauding today. Let's just move on. The wife

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of the Westminster attacker Khalid Masood says she is shocked by the

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killings here in London last week. In a week she said she totally

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condemned her husband's actions. He ran down and killed three

:24:29.:24:31.

pedestrians Westminster bridge and stabbed a police officer to death

:24:32.:24:37.

Parliament last Wednesday. People in the Australian state of Queensland

:24:38.:24:40.

are assessing the damage after Cyclone deadbeat brought torrential

:24:41.:24:46.

waning gusts of wind up to 260 kilometres an hour. The Prime

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Minister said military helicopters and ships are being sent to deliver

:24:50.:24:53.

aid to the states north, where tens of thousands of homes are without

:24:54.:24:58.

power. A convicted criminal known as Carlos the jackal has been convicted

:24:59.:25:02.

for life of the 1974 grenade attack on a Paris store that killed two

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people. Judges found Carles Gil to throw the explosive. The 67-year-old

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is already serving two life sentences in France for other

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murders and attacks. You're watching One Hundred

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Days from BBC News. Still to come for viewers on the BBC

:25:24.:25:27.

News Channel and BBC World News - from Mexico to Michigan -

:25:28.:25:31.

why Ford is investing Did Donald Trump have anything to do

:25:32.:25:35.

with it? And eye-balling Wall Street's bull -

:25:36.:25:39.

the steely girl staring down big business and why New York City wants

:25:40.:25:42.

to keep her for the moment at least. That's still to come on 100

:25:43.:25:45.

Days, from BBC News. Today some of us enjoyed them really

:25:46.:26:11.

warm sunshine. For others very wet with some very heavy thunderstorms.

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That gives you a flavour of what's to come through the rest of this

:26:15.:26:19.

week. Some spots will be nudging 20 degrees but for others quite a lot

:26:20.:26:22.

of heavy rain and temperatures as a consequence will be rather

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disappointing. Thing is turning more unsettled from the West. We have

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already had some thunderstorms this afternoon in parts of the Midlands.

:26:30.:26:33.

This damp weather will spread to other areas. A dreary end of the

:26:34.:26:37.

night and lots of cloud cover but that will help prevent temperatures

:26:38.:26:41.

dropping to low. No. Anything but a rather murky start to your Wednesday

:26:42.:26:46.

morning. Some mist around as well. This slow improvement, some sunshine

:26:47.:26:50.

for Scotland for a time at least, although it won't last forever

:26:51.:26:54.

because the rain will be piling up the Irish Sea and eventually engulf

:26:55.:26:58.

much of Scotland. A disappointing end to the day here with some heavy

:26:59.:27:01.

rain, particularly out west. Dry weather holding on in the far north.

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Northern Ireland, hopefully some dry spells developing through the

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afternoon but not to be relied upon. A lot of rain in the north-west.

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Rain in the west of Wales. Just nudging into far south-west of

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England. Further east, a lot of dry weather. Dry but quite cloudy, quite

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a humid feel, 15-16. That is nothing compared with the temperatures we

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could potentially see on Thursday. Warm air wafting up from the near

:27:30.:27:33.

confident and could send the mercury soaring as high as 20 or 21 in parts

:27:34.:27:38.

of East Anglia, the south-east. The north and west, markedly cooler and

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that's because a lot of cloud. Further rain, particularly up

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through the Irish Sea, Chris Daniels getting quite a lot of rain. Dry

:27:48.:27:51.

across parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland, best of the

:27:52.:27:55.

temperatures Southeast. By Friday further wet weather piling in from

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the West. That was slowly move eastwards. This is a cold front.

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That cold front will push the warm air away. A fresher feel to things

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as we start the weekend. Going to see a fair few showers around on

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Saturday. This little ridge of high pressure will settle things down

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come Sunday. To sum up this weekend, April showers on the menu for the

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1st of April on Saturday. Drying up on Sunday but some chilly nights to

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come as well. Enjoy your evening. Welcome back to 100 Days with me

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Michelle Fleury in Washington Our headlines: Scotland's

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parliament backs a second independence referendum,

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putting it on a collision course Yes 69, no 59, there

:30:13.:30:14.

were no abstentions. The motion as amended

:30:15.:30:21.

is therefore agreed. Is this the beginning of the end

:30:22.:30:24.

of the United Kingdom? And the girl's not for turning -

:30:25.:30:29.

why this statue of defiance Donald Trump had some good news

:30:30.:30:32.

to tweet about this morning - Major investment to be made

:30:33.:30:59.

in three Michigan plants. Ford has said it will spend

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1.2 billion dollars Before we came on air

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I spoke to Joe Hinrichs, How much of the announcement

:31:11.:31:13.

today is new investment The investment in the Romeo

:31:14.:31:17.

plant is new, we have not The 200 million investment in the

:31:18.:31:27.

data centre is as well. The incremental investment

:31:28.:31:39.

going from 700 million So a number of these

:31:40.:31:40.

are new and exciting developments. What prompted you to make this

:31:41.:31:44.

further investment in the US at this These investments have been

:31:45.:31:49.

in the works for a while. A number of them were committed

:31:50.:31:52.

in 2015 as part of the UAW Why we are announcing today

:31:53.:31:55.

is the Michigan economic development corporation met today to give

:31:56.:32:05.

support for incentives So they were going to take

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the package as part of the consideration,

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we wanted to talk about it publicly It wasn't long ago that he pulled

:32:16.:32:17.

a planned investment in Mexico now you're going ahead with this one

:32:18.:32:22.

of the US. Can you explain the business

:32:23.:32:29.

thinking behind it? We originally announced

:32:30.:32:31.

we would building a new plant As we have seen over

:32:32.:32:34.

the last couple of years, We alternated that plan to bail

:32:35.:32:39.

to produce the in another Mexican That frees up money to make

:32:40.:32:44.

incremental investment in the US. Trump has talked about car industry

:32:45.:32:59.

about how it produces cars, where they are produced,

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did you talk to the We shared the good news

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about the investment today with the White House

:33:04.:33:12.

administration before 8am. We always give courtesy

:33:13.:33:13.

for our stakeholders including From the different jurisdictions

:33:14.:33:15.

where we make announcement. We said that information

:33:16.:33:24.

because we wanted to know the knees were making,

:33:25.:33:27.

it's a big investment and exciting news for Michigan and the US

:33:28.:33:29.

and the auto industry. You mention the tax breaks for part

:33:30.:33:34.

of a decision at the local level? You've got the administration

:33:35.:33:37.

talking about border tax reform. We are supportive of the initiatives

:33:38.:33:39.

of the administration We think that is very much

:33:40.:33:52.

a necessary for the US economy. The future infrastructure

:33:53.:33:56.

investment as well. There is definitely a need

:33:57.:34:03.

for that in the US. The tax support we are getting

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the state of Michigan is about a little less

:34:11.:34:13.

than $30 million over 15 years. So not the bulk of the why

:34:14.:34:15.

we made the decision, but we appreciate the state's

:34:16.:34:18.

support, and so with a number What has been the reaction

:34:19.:34:21.

from the workers? Our workforce is extremely excited

:34:22.:34:26.

about being up to make the next The cascading effects

:34:27.:34:32.

of investment dollars in the auto It creates nine other jobs fair

:34:33.:34:45.

every job we create. The state of Michigan

:34:46.:34:52.

where supportive and excited. All of our employees are excited

:34:53.:34:55.

about the investment. 80% of our sales are produced here,

:34:56.:34:57.

with the largest reducer of vehicles in the US,

:34:58.:35:00.

we are enforcing the manufacturing and automotive story

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of the United States, it makes us feel good,

:35:03.:35:04.

it's our home country And a friendly business

:35:05.:35:06.

environment helps. So big investment in these Michigan

:35:07.:35:18.

plants and president Trump is claiming this is one of his. Did you

:35:19.:35:21.

get a feeling from that interviews were the they made the decision

:35:22.:35:24.

because of Trump or what is already in the pipeline? Some of that money

:35:25.:35:31.

as he said, was in the pipeline for a long time. Some was more recent.

:35:32.:35:35.

Perhaps it was influenced by the fact we keep hearing them

:35:36.:35:41.

businessmen, CEO after see that business has improved or Word or

:35:42.:35:44.

improve the Tramp. I think the question though -- improved under

:35:45.:35:52.

Tramp. The question is what is hat thing is that on car production.

:35:53.:35:56.

We're starting to see Americans buying fewer cars, and perhaps there

:35:57.:36:01.

was a sense the market has reached a peak. So it will see how this

:36:02.:36:06.

marries the idea of selling cars when customers do not want as much.

:36:07.:36:15.

Leading Democrats say the Republican chair of the House intelligence

:36:16.:36:18.

committee must recuse himself from the investigation into Russian

:36:19.:36:20.

Last week Mr Nunes by-passed his committee

:36:21.:36:23.

going directly to the President with new intelligence

:36:24.:36:25.

It suggested Mr. Trump and his associates

:36:26.:36:34.

in the surveillance of foreign targets, by the American

:36:35.:36:37.

Where did that intelligence come from?

:36:38.:36:39.

Well, it now emerges he had met his 'source' on White House

:36:40.:36:42.

grounds the very day before he shared it with the President.

:36:43.:36:47.

Someone had invited him into the White House, and logged him

:36:48.:36:50.

All of which begs serious questions of the chair's independence.

:36:51.:36:54.

Speaking to reporters earlier today he denied any wrongdoing

:36:55.:37:02.

You guys get so many opportunities to interview when you have something

:37:03.:37:08.

to report global talk about it. We're not ruling out accusing. A

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Russian investigation will continue. Are you considering stepping down?

:37:16.:37:21.

Look guys, go ask... I don't know what you're talking about. Go ask

:37:22.:37:22.

the other side. Well among those calling

:37:23.:37:28.

for Chairman Nunes to recuse himself from this investigation

:37:29.:37:31.

is Democratic Congressman Jim Himes - who sits

:37:32.:37:32.

on the intelligence committee. A brief time ago I spoke

:37:33.:37:34.

to him from Capitol Hill. We've seen various meetings being

:37:35.:37:41.

cancelled this week by the house intelligence committee. I think some

:37:42.:37:45.

people are beginning to wonder, is the world poisoned. Can the

:37:46.:37:52.

committee do its job? The committee has been put into suspended

:37:53.:37:57.

animation. Yesterday's meeting is a consistent meeting every week, when

:37:58.:38:01.

we are first back in Washington, it was cancelled. It was rescheduled.

:38:02.:38:06.

Thursday was cancelled to. Today's open hearing is the subject of con

:38:07.:38:12.

cassation and it was also cancelled. I think the way for this

:38:13.:38:19.

investigation to move forward is for chairman To Share With Us, Democrats

:38:20.:38:22.

And Republicans Alike, The Material Here Received And The Reasons For

:38:23.:38:32.

His actions, not letting them know about it. That would be a start to

:38:33.:38:36.

get this investigation back on start. How common is it for people

:38:37.:38:44.

to go to the White House to a secure location to read sensitive

:38:45.:38:47.

documents? It's pretty uncommon. In the capital, we have our own offices

:38:48.:38:53.

with secure areas in which we review the most sensitive intelligence. The

:38:54.:38:56.

chairman said that for whatever reason he had to do it there. That

:38:57.:39:01.

is not what is so odd. What is odd is that if this was something that

:39:02.:39:06.

would be 100% innocent without any kind of political taint, let her out

:39:07.:39:10.

and as the jail and tier Teran alluded that it was a proper

:39:11.:39:16.

unmasking of US information or some mistake made by the intelligence

:39:17.:39:19.

community, that sort of thing is precisely the reason our community

:39:20.:39:23.

exists. To consider it and look at it and provide oversight of the

:39:24.:39:27.

intelligence community. But the fact is almost a week later, we are

:39:28.:39:30.

almost completely in the dark about this material suggests it is not

:39:31.:39:34.

anything that is in the ordinary course of business. It sounds like

:39:35.:39:40.

you think this is a distraction from the burger question, Russia's -- the

:39:41.:39:45.

bigger question, Russia's involvement in the US election. It's

:39:46.:39:51.

not a distraction. On lap to include it's a deliberate effort to change

:39:52.:40:01.

the topic, to prevent the open testimony. That is not happening.

:40:02.:40:07.

Don't think it's an accident is not happening. We also, I think, saw

:40:08.:40:11.

that the topic shifted from the very serious allegations to from last

:40:12.:40:18.

wakes hearing, the FBI investigation underway into Trump and Russia, all

:40:19.:40:24.

of a sudden we're not talking about that because of this bizarre episode

:40:25.:40:27.

of running to the White House, not sharing with committee, changing the

:40:28.:40:31.

topic, I have to believe that this is a deliberate political effort.

:40:32.:40:37.

The FYI director whispers to be meeting a panel private today, and

:40:38.:40:42.

all those meetings were cancelled in the furore. It seems all the

:40:43.:40:46.

meetings this week have been cancelled. There are big questions

:40:47.:40:48.

about the house intelligence committee and whether it can do its

:40:49.:40:51.

job. Out of the problem here is that the committee has still not seen to

:40:52.:40:57.

share the relevant information that Mr Nunes had seen. A week on,

:40:58.:41:02.

whether those documents that he had seen support the argument that means

:41:03.:41:08.

were properly unmasked. That Mr Trump and his associates were being

:41:09.:41:13.

watched. It's impossible to judge. There's a question of who were the

:41:14.:41:18.

Tramp Trump came numbers speaking to. We don't know that either. Were

:41:19.:41:23.

they, does this tie into the Russian investigation or not? Or is this a

:41:24.:41:28.

distraction? All of this remains unknown, hence you have reporters

:41:29.:41:33.

chasing Mr Nunes down the corridor trying to find out what they can.

:41:34.:41:37.

Completely distracting from the work of the committee. Christian, I don't

:41:38.:41:43.

know if he seen these pictures. Take a look at this. It's a statue that

:41:44.:41:48.

has appeared in downtown Manhattan not far from Wall Street. That's the

:41:49.:41:51.

charging bowl in the background. You're looking at the back of a

:41:52.:41:57.

statue which is called the Fearless Girl, which is supposed to be facing

:41:58.:42:02.

off against the charging bull. It was designed to celebrate

:42:03.:42:05.

International Women's Day. There are some feisty and fearless women in

:42:06.:42:13.

New York, and Michelle is one of them. Put your business hat on. It's

:42:14.:42:21.

not being bullish is it the market? Generally, since the repealing of

:42:22.:42:25.

Obama care collapse, the Dow has suffered a bit? I think we've seen

:42:26.:42:30.

confidence shaken on Wall Street and in Washington. Over health care

:42:31.:42:37.

debacle. But American consumers are still confident and it boosts the

:42:38.:42:41.

market. That's all we have timed for, that's 100 days from now. You

:42:42.:42:46.

can get in touch with us on twitter as well. See the next time tomorrow.

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