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I'm David Eades, and from here at the BBC Newsroom, | :00:16. | :00:19. | |
we send our correspondants to bring you the best stories | :00:20. | :00:22. | |
In this week's programme, the other side of the American dream. | :00:23. | :00:28. | |
As Donald Trump sets out his vision for the next four years, | :00:29. | :00:31. | |
Ian Pannell assesses the challenges that lie ahead. | :00:32. | :00:36. | |
If you want to know what poverty in America looks | :00:37. | :00:38. | |
President Trump says he is going to fix it. | :00:39. | :00:41. | |
He's going to deal with what he calls the carnage | :00:42. | :00:44. | |
in America, of crime, of drugs, of gangs, | :00:45. | :00:46. | |
Quentin Somerville tells the tale of the Syrian baby | :00:47. | :00:54. | |
who lost her parents and had nearly every limb broken in | :00:55. | :00:57. | |
And also her reunion with the British doctor who saved her. | :00:58. | :01:06. | |
David Shukman reports on plans for two passengers to join the first | :01:07. | :01:31. | |
manned flight to deep space for more than 40 years. | :01:32. | :01:33. | |
It's going to give two rich people the thrill of a lifetime. | :01:34. | :01:36. | |
Basically it's really an adventure thrill ride that | :01:37. | :01:38. | |
President Trump used his first speech to Congress to declare | :01:39. | :01:41. | |
what he called a new chapter of American greatness. | :01:42. | :01:44. | |
In a surprisingly measured tone, he asked legislators to pass | :01:45. | :01:46. | |
a $1 trillion package to build new infrastructure and he missed | :01:47. | :01:50. | |
massive tax relief for the middle class. | :01:51. | :01:54. | |
But what about his pledge at his inauguration to help the poor | :01:55. | :01:58. | |
and repair what he called the carnage in America, crime, | :01:59. | :02:01. | |
Well, Ian Pannell has been to Baltimore, where a quarter | :02:02. | :02:08. | |
of the population lives in poverty, and many no longer see America | :02:09. | :02:10. | |
A citizen of the wealthiest country in the world has ever known. | :02:11. | :02:18. | |
They have no home of their own, and every morning, they come | :02:19. | :02:25. | |
to the Manor House Charity, where the poor of Baltimore | :02:26. | :02:28. | |
meet for a little food, warmth and compassion. | :02:29. | :02:33. | |
What is your message to President Trump? | :02:34. | :02:35. | |
Instead of critiquing is, come and help us. | :02:36. | :02:41. | |
Baltimore was even more violent than Chicago last year, | :02:42. | :02:59. | |
For some of its residents, this is a city where selling your | :03:00. | :03:02. | |
body or selling drugs is the only job available. | :03:03. | :03:05. | |
If you want to know what poverty in America looks like. | :03:06. | :03:07. | |
Incredibly, this entire block is pretty much made up | :03:08. | :03:10. | |
Incredibly, some people are living in between here. | :03:11. | :03:16. | |
Under President Obama, poverty grew in America, | :03:17. | :03:18. | |
and President Trump says he is going to fix it. | :03:19. | :03:21. | |
He's going to deal with what he calls the carnage | :03:22. | :03:24. | |
in America, of crime, of drugs, of violence | :03:25. | :03:26. | |
And there are few places better to do that than Baltimore. | :03:27. | :03:41. | |
And this is where it resides, on a bleak row of abandoned homes. | :03:42. | :03:44. | |
This is the end of the line for Americans gripped by poverty. | :03:45. | :03:47. | |
Here, we met the last family living on the block. | :03:48. | :03:49. | |
Three generations of the Stewart family are crammed in here. | :03:50. | :03:52. | |
Unpaid bills are piling up, not surprisingly they just have | :03:53. | :03:56. | |
They've been evicted before, forced to live in one of Baltimore's | :03:57. | :04:06. | |
It hurts, it hurts that they have to stay wrapped up in blankets | :04:07. | :04:11. | |
They don't want to get out of bed because there's no | :04:12. | :04:16. | |
They get bullied in school because of it. | :04:17. | :04:21. | |
For so many people, this is no longer a land of opportunity. | :04:22. | :04:29. | |
And the children who clamour for charity hand-outs | :04:30. | :04:33. | |
It will be perhaps the biggest challenge for the new president. | :04:34. | :04:38. | |
The Syrian conflict of course is full of terrible tales | :04:39. | :04:46. | |
of horror and suffering, but one story stands out | :04:47. | :04:49. | |
as a symbol of just how brutal and unfair war could be. | :04:50. | :04:54. | |
In the New Year, five-year-old Maram lost both her parents and nearly | :04:55. | :04:59. | |
every limb in her body was broken when her house was bombed in Aleppo. | :05:00. | :05:03. | |
The British surgeon who operated on her watched her leave | :05:04. | :05:06. | |
for asylum in Turkey, not knowing if she would survive. | :05:07. | :05:09. | |
Well, seven months on, Doctor David Nott has returned | :05:10. | :05:11. | |
As Quentin Somerville reports, this is a harrowing story | :05:12. | :05:18. | |
So much of Aleppo's pain is anonymous. | :05:19. | :05:27. | |
But Maram's suffering was unforgettable. | :05:28. | :05:31. | |
An air strike killed her parents and left her gravely ill. | :05:32. | :05:39. | |
Inside Syria, Doctor David Knott worked to save her leg. | :05:40. | :05:46. | |
From here, and only five months old, she was evacuated | :05:47. | :05:52. | |
But after months of searching, the BBC tracked her down | :05:53. | :06:00. | |
The final surgery was nearly too much. | :06:01. | :06:52. | |
Her wounds are healing, but there will be work | :06:53. | :06:59. | |
to reconstruct her bones and repair damaged nerves. | :07:00. | :07:03. | |
It's said children can't remember pain. | :07:04. | :07:10. | |
Few though have as much to forget as Maram. | :07:11. | :07:13. | |
When I saw Maram today, it was very emotional. | :07:14. | :07:16. | |
As a doctor, you try and stay fairly unemotional when you're dealing | :07:17. | :07:21. | |
I suppose having got children as well now, | :07:22. | :07:27. | |
and how much you love that child, you know, a tiny piece of my heart | :07:28. | :07:33. | |
That's what I have been thinking about everyday since leaving. | :07:34. | :07:44. | |
How ready are we to fly to the moon and back for a holiday? | :07:45. | :08:06. | |
Well, the prospect of space tourism has moved a little closer this week, | :08:07. | :08:09. | |
after an American aerospace company SpaceX has said it has room for two | :08:10. | :08:12. | |
This would be the first manned flight to deep space | :08:13. | :08:16. | |
in more than 40 years, although it would involve | :08:17. | :08:18. | |
-- would not involve a lunar landing. | :08:19. | :08:21. | |
It's going to cost you $100 million a seat. | :08:22. | :08:24. | |
Our science editor, David Shukman has been to find out more. | :08:25. | :08:27. | |
Bold and often boastful, this young company knows how | :08:28. | :08:31. | |
This is an animation, but already, two tourists have been promised | :08:32. | :08:38. | |
seats on it to fly around the moon as early as next year. | :08:39. | :08:43. | |
Not since the last Apollo mission, back in 1972, have any humans flown | :08:44. | :08:46. | |
The tourists will not be landing on it, but if this trip happens then | :08:47. | :08:54. | |
they will get amazing views, and space scientists | :08:55. | :08:56. | |
We are really now entering the era where space | :08:57. | :09:06. | |
Maybe not for another 10, 15, 20 years, for ordinary | :09:07. | :09:11. | |
It will be the playground of the rich. | :09:12. | :09:17. | |
When I met him he spilled out a startling vision | :09:18. | :09:23. | |
I think we are really entering a new era of space travel | :09:24. | :09:28. | |
There is a history of SpaceX promises running late | :09:29. | :09:32. | |
Ten days ago, it landed a huge rocket, significant | :09:33. | :09:39. | |
because reusing spacecraft will make launches cheaper. | :09:40. | :09:42. | |
Last year, one of its rocket blew up, but SpaceX quickly got | :09:43. | :09:46. | |
back to its key business of launching satellites. | :09:47. | :09:49. | |
This week, its Dragon capsule delivered cargo | :09:50. | :09:52. | |
A trip to the moon is obviously harder, and critics say it | :09:53. | :09:57. | |
Well, it's going to give two rich people a thrill of a lifetime. | :09:58. | :10:03. | |
It's not anything to do with science or exploration. | :10:04. | :10:08. | |
It's repeating missions that have been done 40 plus years before, | :10:09. | :10:11. | |
so it's basically an adventure, a thrill ride that | :10:12. | :10:13. | |
Well, tourists visiting the International Space Station have | :10:14. | :10:26. | |
We don't know who the two passengers are, but if they get there, | :10:27. | :10:35. | |
they may pave the way for others to follow. | :10:36. | :10:38. | |
That's your lot from Reporters this week. | :10:39. | :10:45. |