:00:00. > :00:00.onwards, it will be pretty cloudy with not much sunshine to come in
:00:00. > :00:00.the days ahead and of course the risk of snow showers from Thursday
:00:00. > :00:00.and Friday onwards. For the first time in American
:00:00. > :00:09.history the Vice President has to vote to confirm
:00:10. > :00:11.a cabinet nominee. His unprecedented move
:00:12. > :00:24.was needed to break a tie The Senate being equally divided,
:00:25. > :00:26.the vice president votes in the affirmative. And the nomination is
:00:27. > :00:28.confirmed. The appointment of Education
:00:29. > :00:29.Secretary Betsy Devos leaves the Senate and the country deeply
:00:30. > :00:32.divided. The head of homeland security
:00:33. > :00:35.admits the travel ban should have been delayed,
:00:36. > :00:37.but the President says he will fight for it all the way
:00:38. > :00:41.to the Supreme Court. The White House says a wall
:00:42. > :00:45.on the Mexican border will be "well under way" within two years,
:00:46. > :00:51.we'll hear reaction from Texas Here the British government
:00:52. > :00:53.makes a concession to MP's will get a final say on any
:00:54. > :00:57.deal negotiated with Europe. And the supreme leader of Iran
:00:58. > :01:04.says his country will stand firm Ayatollah Kahmeini urges huge
:01:05. > :01:08.protests this Friday, for the anniversary of the 1979
:01:09. > :01:26.revolution. From the moment she was first
:01:27. > :01:31.introduced in late November as President Trump's nominee
:01:32. > :01:33.for education secretary, Betsy DeVos She's a millionaire Christian
:01:34. > :01:41.conservative philanthropist who critics said knew very little
:01:42. > :01:44.about the job she was up for. And she was widely ridiculed
:01:45. > :01:46.in her confirmation hearings when she was asked
:01:47. > :01:55.about having guns in schools. You can't say definitively today
:01:56. > :01:59.that guns shouldn't be in schools? Well, I... I will refer back to the
:02:00. > :02:04.Senator and the school that he was talking about in Wyoming. I think
:02:05. > :02:10.probably there I would imagine that there's probably a gun in the school
:02:11. > :02:13.to protect from potential grizzlies. Not her finest moment.
:02:14. > :02:16.Her support for directing taxpayers dollars to privately run schools,
:02:17. > :02:18.and her efforts to re-shape education in her home state
:02:19. > :02:20.of Michigan made her the most high profile target
:02:21. > :02:25.The Democrats in the Senate promised to stop her.
:02:26. > :02:27.Two Republicans said they would also vote against her.
:02:28. > :02:32.The vote was suddenly split at 50-50.
:02:33. > :02:37.But in the last hour Betsy DeVos has been confirmed.
:02:38. > :02:55.On this vote, the yeas are 50, the noes are 50.
:02:56. > :02:56.Only after the unprecedented intervention
:02:57. > :02:59.of the Vice President Mike Pence, who had to come to the Senate
:03:00. > :03:02.to give his casting vote - and ensure the President
:03:03. > :03:07.The White House press secretary is speaking, let's listen to a little
:03:08. > :03:11.of what he has been saying. The fact we had to get to the point where the
:03:12. > :03:17.vice president had to be pulled in to overcome the partisan logjam is
:03:18. > :03:22.another glaring reminder of the unprecedented obstruction the Senate
:03:23. > :03:27.Democrats have engaged in throughout this process. Obstruction is exactly
:03:28. > :03:29.the word Democrats used to use about Republicans.
:03:30. > :03:31.I've been speaking to the Democratic Senator Chris Coons,
:03:32. > :03:34.who is also a member of the judiciary and foreign
:03:35. > :03:44.I think you said you were not just voting no on Betsy DeVos but no way
:03:45. > :03:48.on the Education Secretary that Donald Trump wants his cabinet.
:03:49. > :03:53.What's so wrong with her? That's right, I voted no way today. No
:03:54. > :03:58.small part because of the river of calls, e-mails and letters I've got
:03:59. > :04:00.from people from Delaware who watched her confirmation hearing
:04:01. > :04:04.very closely and followed the whole process of her coming to the floor
:04:05. > :04:09.and said to me with a single voice that she is utterly unqualified to
:04:10. > :04:13.serve as secretary of education. She has no classroom experience, she has
:04:14. > :04:17.no school, school district management or leadership experience.
:04:18. > :04:21.She has not ever had a degree in education or hands-on experience of
:04:22. > :04:26.public education except for having dedicated millions of dollars and
:04:27. > :04:29.years of her life for advocating for vouchers, a vehicle for defunding
:04:30. > :04:32.traditional public schools. She has also advocated for access to
:04:33. > :04:37.taxpayer dollars through vouchers without accountability. It is her
:04:38. > :04:41.disastrous consequences in Michigan and because of that record and are
:04:42. > :04:44.very weak performance in her confirmation hearing that I voted no
:04:45. > :04:49.way. As you suggest the Senate phones have been jammed with
:04:50. > :04:53.Democrats and supporters of Democrats calling in to say they
:04:54. > :04:58.oppose Betsy DeVos. Democratic senators were up on the floor all
:04:59. > :05:03.night long with a Parliamentary stunned to try and stop her
:05:04. > :05:06.confirmation, and yet you failed. On this confirmation that you have put
:05:07. > :05:11.so much effort into opposing, Democrats have failed. Doesn't say
:05:12. > :05:14.much for your ability to oppose the president. This will be the first
:05:15. > :05:17.time in American history a vice president has to be called in to
:05:18. > :05:25.cast the tie-breaking vote to make it possible for cabinet nominee to
:05:26. > :05:29.advance. It is a reminder that in a 52-48 Republican-controlled Senate
:05:30. > :05:34.we will only be able to stop President Trump's Road nominees if
:05:35. > :05:37.we are able to persuade more than two Republicans to cross the aisle
:05:38. > :05:43.and join us. Given the disastrous confirmation of Betsy DeVos, her
:05:44. > :05:47.record of opposition to traditional public schools and her thin record
:05:48. > :05:51.of positive ideas for how to improve education I'm really stunned that we
:05:52. > :05:56.weren't able to persuade one more Republican to the aisle and join
:05:57. > :05:59.with us in voting no way against Betsy DeVos. So what does it say
:06:00. > :06:02.about your future chances of opposing Donald Trump's agenda? Even
:06:03. > :06:06.in this case when the public did seem to call in and make their
:06:07. > :06:09.voices heard you did not get those Republicans to support you, what are
:06:10. > :06:14.you going to do for the next four years to oppose this agenda? It is
:06:15. > :06:18.greatly concerning that we here in Congress with Republican control of
:06:19. > :06:22.house and Senate aren't able to make real progress in stopping Donald
:06:23. > :06:26.Trump unless there is a groundswell of opposition that is heard by
:06:27. > :06:29.Republicans. I've gotten, as you mentioned, thousands of calls,
:06:30. > :06:35.e-mails and letters, but I was likely to be a no vote given the
:06:36. > :06:38.record of Betsy DeVos in her confirmation hearing. I don't know
:06:39. > :06:48.that a combo double volume of calls and e-mails were sent to wavering
:06:49. > :06:52.Republicans. Donald Trump's dizzying and concerning a Ladder Match Putin
:06:53. > :06:56.and distancing of our vital allies, from Australia to Nato to the UK,
:06:57. > :07:00.whether a comparable volume of opposition is being heard in
:07:01. > :07:06.Republican offices, that's what it is going to take. OK, so for the
:07:07. > :07:09.next four years, with due respect to yourself as a male Democratic
:07:10. > :07:12.senator, it looks pretty much like the Democrats are emasculated in
:07:13. > :07:16.trying to fight President Trump. We aren't going to have a difficult
:07:17. > :07:19.uphill battle against President Trump without mobilisation from the
:07:20. > :07:24.grassroots, speaking to Republicans in the Senate. But I'll tell you
:07:25. > :07:28.that some of the unmeasured, I'm careful, unbalanced actions from
:07:29. > :07:32.President Trump in just his first two weeks have raised real alarm
:07:33. > :07:36.with Republican senators in Congress. Just in the last day
:07:37. > :07:42.President Trump attacking a sitting federal judge in Washington state
:07:43. > :07:45.caused real concern not just for Senator Ben Sass who has stood up to
:07:46. > :07:50.President Trump but for Mitch McConnell, who said that the
:07:51. > :07:55.so-called Muslim ban was perhaps still considered and that attacking
:07:56. > :07:58.individual judges was uncalled for. I think as President Trump engages
:07:59. > :08:03.in more and more outlandish actions you will see greater and greater
:08:04. > :08:07.concern among Republican Senators. Thanks very much. Thank you.
:08:08. > :08:14.The president has such a skeletal team at the moment. Let's show
:08:15. > :08:18.people be top picks in his cabinet. Here are 15 people. The top line
:08:19. > :08:22.have been confirmed. Ten are still to go through the process and get
:08:23. > :08:27.the vote of the Senate. In his first ten days President Obama had ten
:08:28. > :08:35.cabinet picks confirmed. In 17 days Donald Trump has secured just five.
:08:36. > :08:39.Other Democrats proving a point here? Right, Donald Trump likes
:08:40. > :08:43.making history, right? This is the slowest confirmation hearing process
:08:44. > :08:49.for any cabinet since George Washington. I'm not sure he's going
:08:50. > :08:53.to love that bit of history but that's what the Democrats have
:08:54. > :08:56.decided to do. Senator Kunz said they needed to mobilise the
:08:57. > :09:00.grassroots. I'm just wondering if this is something to coalesce
:09:01. > :09:03.around. Is this going to prove a point to the Democratic grassroots?
:09:04. > :09:06.I think what the Democrats are deciding is that they have no
:09:07. > :09:12.interest in trying to combo mice with Republicans -- compromise with
:09:13. > :09:18.Republicans, they won't get anything from the White House seems to be the
:09:19. > :09:22.calculation. For eight years Republicans basically said no to
:09:23. > :09:27.resident Obama and the Republican party is in great shape. The
:09:28. > :09:31.calculation of the Democrats, being the party of obstruction did not
:09:32. > :09:34.hurt the Republicans. My question is do they have the stomach for being
:09:35. > :09:38.the party of opposition, they haven't always liked being in that
:09:39. > :09:45.position. It's going to be interesting watching their strategy.
:09:46. > :09:47.I didn't think Chris Coons sounded very confident of their chances of
:09:48. > :09:50.opposing President Trump's agenda. Democrats say they can't confirm
:09:51. > :09:52.the outstanding candidates because of complications
:09:53. > :09:54.with their tax affairs, share Mr Trump's pick for labor secretary
:09:55. > :09:59.has confirmed he employed an undocumented immigrant
:10:00. > :10:10.as a housekeeper. In a statement Andrew Pudzer
:10:11. > :10:12.said he immediately ended her employment when he learned
:10:13. > :10:14.of her status. But this could delay his
:10:15. > :10:16.confirmation even further. President Trump has had another busy
:10:17. > :10:19.day he has been meeting with county sheriffs and veterans to talk
:10:20. > :10:21.about his travel restrictions, he has also been reaching
:10:22. > :10:23.out to foreign leaders. A Whitehouse statement said
:10:24. > :10:25.the President had phone calls scheduled today with both
:10:26. > :10:27.the Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and Turkish
:10:28. > :10:35.President Tayyip Erdogan. Trump's nominee for the Supreme
:10:36. > :10:36.Court, Neil Gorsuch, has been holding meetings
:10:37. > :10:39.to try to smooth his Today he's been to see
:10:40. > :10:43.Republican Senator Mike Crapo Last week Crapo praised Gorsuch,
:10:44. > :10:48.saying he has a 'strong background One of the few who has been
:10:49. > :10:59.confirmed is Rex Tillerson with Secretary Tillerson and former
:11:00. > :11:05.state department official Elliot Abrams - who's believed
:11:06. > :11:07.to be under consideration Abrams last served in government
:11:08. > :11:21.in the Bush White House. There were more developments
:11:22. > :11:24.on Brexit in parliament today Katty. You will remember they are
:11:25. > :11:30.debating the Brexit bill. During that debate the government
:11:31. > :11:32.Minister David Jones said there will now be a parliamentary
:11:33. > :11:35.vote on the deal - so MP's will get a say at the end
:11:36. > :11:42.of the negotiation with the EU. We intend that the vote will cover
:11:43. > :11:44.not only with the withdrawal arrangements but also the future
:11:45. > :11:50.relationship with the European Union. And furthermore I can confirm
:11:51. > :11:52.that the government will bring forward a motion on the final
:11:53. > :11:57.agreement to be approved by both Houses of Parliament before it is
:11:58. > :12:01.concluded. And we expect and intend that this will happen before the
:12:02. > :12:05.European Parliament debates and votes on the final agreement.
:12:06. > :12:08.Tom Bateman is at Westminster for us.
:12:09. > :12:12.This is what the opposition Labour Party were hoping for, a vote on a
:12:13. > :12:19.deal. If they vote no, what happens, then?
:12:20. > :12:22.Well, this was one of the questions asked to David Jones, the Brexit
:12:23. > :12:27.minister that you've just seen there in the Commons. Well, you know, if
:12:28. > :12:32.Parliament rejects the negotiated deal, what next? He said essentially
:12:33. > :12:35.we would fall back on international trade rules, so that would involve
:12:36. > :12:39.tariffs and things like that. Whether or not he meant to go that
:12:40. > :12:44.far is unclear tonight. Certainly the concession he offered in saying
:12:45. > :12:47.giving a verbal guarantee, if you like, that the British parliament
:12:48. > :12:54.would get a say on that final Brexit deal seemed to be enough to buy off
:12:55. > :12:59.any potential opposition. It's intriguing actually that it was
:13:00. > :13:02.enough to see off a potential rebellion. What is happening is a
:13:03. > :13:07.grappling for control of the Brexit process. Members of Parliament want
:13:08. > :13:11.to have their say, and they want that say to be stamped into law. And
:13:12. > :13:16.the government is very keen to have the right to go to the other member
:13:17. > :13:22.states and negotiate as the British government and not having to keep
:13:23. > :13:25.coming back to Parliament. It looks as though some MPs want to add
:13:26. > :13:29.conditions to the bill to trigger Article 50. The government remains
:13:30. > :13:32.on track to have control of the process. Meanwhile back row.
:13:33. > :13:34.The row that surrounds the Commons Speaker John Bercow
:13:35. > :13:37.He faced further criticism for voicing his opposition
:13:38. > :13:39.to President Trump addressing the parliament during the state
:13:40. > :13:42.visit - let's listen to what Nigel Farage had to say
:13:43. > :13:51.The whole point of the speaker is that he is the neutral chairman of
:13:52. > :13:54.the forum for debate. And he has breached those bounds of neutrality
:13:55. > :14:00.in a way that I have never seen before. He has also added to that,
:14:01. > :14:03.been deeply insulting towards the president of the USA, whether you
:14:04. > :14:07.like him or hate him, I think some of the term is applied to him were
:14:08. > :14:10.outrageous. And I think he should go very quickly.
:14:11. > :14:16.Nigel Farage, there. Not surprising that he would come out against
:14:17. > :14:19.Speaker Burke out on this issue. I want to ask you more broadly, was
:14:20. > :14:25.this an own goal for people who don't want Donald Trump to come on
:14:26. > :14:28.that state visit to address parliament question mark as it
:14:29. > :14:32.brought out more voices in support of Mr Trump, perhaps. Intriguing
:14:33. > :14:37.question. Just as the debate has been had in the US about how do you
:14:38. > :14:41.handle Donald Trump, this completely unorthodox nonpolitician is now in
:14:42. > :14:44.the most powerful political role in the world. We have now had the same
:14:45. > :14:51.dynamic happening here in the UK because of course that very
:14:52. > :14:54.trenchant opposition, with the speaker coming out, somebody in a
:14:55. > :14:59.traditionally neutral role, said he was opposed to him speaking in
:15:00. > :15:02.parliament because he was opposed to racism and sexism. What it has
:15:03. > :15:08.triggered today is a bit of a backlash and a number of
:15:09. > :15:11.Conservative MPs in the UK saying, look, what's more important is the
:15:12. > :15:16.UK's relationship with its historical ally, with the United
:15:17. > :15:20.States, and therefore what this requires is diplomacy, and not, as
:15:21. > :15:30.one MP put it, the referee to get involved in the game. I don't think
:15:31. > :15:35.it's enough to see off Mr Bercow, there is not much weight of opinion
:15:36. > :15:41.behind it, but it has added to the view for some to stay a bit more
:15:42. > :15:49.quiet and to try and gain traction and leveraged with the White House
:15:50. > :15:52.behind-the-scenes. So interesting. Opponents of Donald Trump on both
:15:53. > :15:54.sides of the Atlantic trying to figure out how to best advance their
:15:55. > :15:56.case. In the clearest admission yet
:15:57. > :15:57.that the President's controversial travel ban had been 'mishandled',
:15:58. > :16:00.the head of Homeland Security John Kelly told Congress this morning
:16:01. > :16:03.that that he wished the rollout of the executive order had been
:16:04. > :16:06.delayed so that he could have are considering whether to reinstate
:16:07. > :16:14.the ban later today, President Trump has said that
:16:15. > :16:17.if he doesn't get his way he is prepared to go
:16:18. > :16:21.to the Supreme Court. We're going to take it
:16:22. > :16:26.through the system. It's very important for the country
:16:27. > :16:28.regardless of me or whoever We have to have security
:16:29. > :16:34.in our country, we have When you take some place
:16:35. > :16:37.like Syria you take all And if you remember ISIS said
:16:38. > :16:48.we are going to infiltrate the United States and other
:16:49. > :16:50.countries through the migration. And then we're not allowed to be
:16:51. > :16:54.tough on the people coming in? So we'll see what happens,
:16:55. > :16:58.we have a big court case where we're well represented and we're
:16:59. > :17:07.going to see what happens. This is going to be something of a
:17:08. > :17:09.long legal battle for the White House, I suspect.
:17:10. > :17:11.Let's talk now to Governor Tim Pawlenty -
:17:12. > :17:17.the Republican representative for Minnesota from 2003 until 2011.
:17:18. > :17:26.You were a lawyer. Should the appeals court, now that it's about
:17:27. > :17:29.to hear the case from the Justice Department, from the White House on
:17:30. > :17:35.this, reinstate, using, the President's travel ban? They may or
:17:36. > :17:40.they may have a mixed result. The circuit hearing this is notably
:17:41. > :17:44.liberal in its traditions, San Francisco, Seattle and other places,
:17:45. > :17:46.so that may not be the best home-court advantage for the
:17:47. > :17:51.administration. Wanting to keep an eye on, there is difference that
:17:52. > :17:55.should be paid under the law to the president in International security
:17:56. > :17:59.matters. It will be curious to see how much weight they put on that.
:18:00. > :18:02.You are a Republican but you've also been pretty critical of Donald
:18:03. > :18:05.Trump. During the campaign you once said that he was unfit for office
:18:06. > :18:11.and you weren't going to vote for him. What do you think about the
:18:12. > :18:14.travel ban more broadly? I think he campaigned on it, nearly half the
:18:15. > :18:19.country voted for him and for that approach. And we need to strike the
:18:20. > :18:22.right islands between illegal immigration and our security. In the
:18:23. > :18:28.past it has been out of balance and out of control to some degree. And
:18:29. > :18:32.this is only a 90 day ban, so the idea that it is somehow permanent or
:18:33. > :18:37.going to be more than what has been sent it is overreaching. You are
:18:38. > :18:40.from Minnesota, one of the largest Muslim populations in the United
:18:41. > :18:44.States, I'm sure you are aware that many Muslims see this as religious
:18:45. > :18:50.this cremation, I'm sure they do in your home state as well. How does
:18:51. > :18:54.America get round the perception that it has taken up a position that
:18:55. > :19:00.seems antithetical to its constitution? Again, we certainly
:19:01. > :19:03.appreciate immigration. The very idea of American exceptionalism.
:19:04. > :19:07.These are refugee patterns from some of the most troubled countries in
:19:08. > :19:10.the world, places you would probably not travel yourself without fear for
:19:11. > :19:15.your security. These aren't the only Muslim countries in the world. It is
:19:16. > :19:16.a band limited to 90 days on seven countries that some the most
:19:17. > :19:23.troubled in the world, I don't think. I wonder if I could get your
:19:24. > :19:29.thoughts on the comments from the speaker of the parliament here in
:19:30. > :19:31.London, Mr Bercow, who voiced his opposition to Donald Trump
:19:32. > :19:37.addressing MPs and peers in parliament. He says "Our opposition
:19:38. > :19:42.to racism and sexism and our support for equality before the law and an
:19:43. > :19:46.independent judiciary are hugely important to us." Is that a slap in
:19:47. > :19:49.the face for Republicans? Those are some of the concerns I shed in the
:19:50. > :19:55.campaign about candidate Donald Trump, but he is the president of
:19:56. > :19:58.the United States. For this gentleman, I am not familiar with
:19:59. > :20:01.him, to work to disinvite him from speaking to Parliament is something
:20:02. > :20:04.he may want to take into consideration. He's going to need
:20:05. > :20:09.Donald Trump for things like helping with the bilateral trade agreement
:20:10. > :20:12.after Brexit. So are those concerned something that rational? Of course,
:20:13. > :20:16.but you have to look at the whole relationship. Sticking his thumb in
:20:17. > :20:20.the eyes of President Trump may not be in the best interests of the UK
:20:21. > :20:24.when it comes to negotiating a trade deal. Precisely. When you look at
:20:25. > :20:31.those who've been to address parliament, we've had the America
:20:32. > :20:36.Kuwait, Xi Xinping of China. Kuwait are allowed to address parliament
:20:37. > :20:40.but not your President. That's what you call a double standard. This is
:20:41. > :20:45.an individual who is obviously playing games and not acting in the
:20:46. > :20:50.best interests of his country. Very briefly, I wanted to ask you, you
:20:51. > :20:54.are also involved in financial services, there has been a big
:20:55. > :20:59.business backlash against this travel ban, what are you hearing?
:21:00. > :21:02.Business leaders are generally in favour of legal rational
:21:03. > :21:06.immigration. Our organisation hasn't taken a formal position but many
:21:07. > :21:09.business leaders are concerned or opposed in their individual or
:21:10. > :21:11.corporate capacity is. Thank you for coming in.
:21:12. > :21:13.If you follow Mr Trump's Twitter account, you'll know that
:21:14. > :21:19.when the President is awake, he usually has a view on something.
:21:20. > :21:37.That is a reference to Mr Trump's comments on Fox News on Sunday
:21:38. > :21:40.about President Putin being a "killer", and the other part
:21:41. > :21:43.of that tweet is of course his rising frustration with Iran -
:21:44. > :21:46.and the nuclear deal that was signed by his predecessor.
:21:47. > :21:48.Well, in Iran today, the Supreme Leader Ayatollah
:21:49. > :21:54.Khameini said President Trump had revealed what he called
:21:55. > :21:58.Lets talk more about the Iranian reaction with Rana Rahimpour -
:21:59. > :22:04.The White House said the Ayatollah needs to recognise there is a new
:22:05. > :22:12.president in town and Donald Trump will take actions as he sees fit.
:22:13. > :22:16.There are many different factions in Iran, they will not all see it in
:22:17. > :22:20.the same way, why don't you just give us an impression of how Donald
:22:21. > :22:25.Trump is perceived in Iran. Although there are different factions in
:22:26. > :22:32.Iran, anti-American is is in every faction. So that is universal? If
:22:33. > :22:35.you can call it universal in Iran, yes. In order to be part of the
:22:36. > :22:40.establishment you have to be anti-American. Of course there are
:22:41. > :22:44.different degrees of being anti-American. The most radical
:22:45. > :22:47.would be the supreme leader and some of his closest allies. I think
:22:48. > :22:55.President Rouhani and the Foreign Minister and the people involved in
:22:56. > :22:59.the nuclear negotiation last year, they are more pragmatic. And in the
:23:00. > :23:04.long-term they would prefer to have some sort of relationship with
:23:05. > :23:10.America. But they don't see that happening any time soon. We keep
:23:11. > :23:14.bringing these eminent Republicans onto the set and I keep asking them,
:23:15. > :23:17.aren't you going to undermine the moderates here? Each one says the
:23:18. > :23:22.hardliners in Iran are undermining the moderates. How would you see it?
:23:23. > :23:27.Is he pushing the moderates to the side? He definitely is, he
:23:28. > :23:32.definitely is. What happened today, one of the leaders of the opposition
:23:33. > :23:37.came out and said that on the 10th of February which is the anniversary
:23:38. > :23:42.of the Iranians republic and every year there are huge demonstrations,
:23:43. > :23:48.he asked the opposition to join that, and he said that if it comes
:23:49. > :23:51.to defending our country, we are all united and we are together and we
:23:52. > :23:57.have to put aside our disagreements. So what's happening is that it's
:23:58. > :24:01.actually mobilising people, and that's exactly what the supreme
:24:02. > :24:05.leader once. This is a great gift to the supreme leader. Despite all the
:24:06. > :24:13.differences, he now has this course, and he's going to ask people to get
:24:14. > :24:17.together and be in his side and be anti-American. OK, just very quickly
:24:18. > :24:20.because we haven't got very long, there is this getting together on
:24:21. > :24:24.Friday, the anniversary of the revolution, should we be watching
:24:25. > :24:29.numbers on the streets for a sign as to the mood in town? It's very
:24:30. > :24:34.difficult to find out how many of those people are there because they
:24:35. > :24:37.genuinely still believe in the causes of the Islamic Republic and
:24:38. > :24:43.the revolution that happened in 1979, or how many are there because
:24:44. > :24:48.it's almost like a street festival, there are food stalls and a lot is
:24:49. > :24:52.going on. So many people are there out of curiosity or to get gift
:24:53. > :25:01.bags. It's very difficult to say what's the real reason for people to
:25:02. > :25:03.go out there. Thank you very much. Rana will join me for Facebook live
:25:04. > :25:07.tonight. You're watching One Hundred
:25:08. > :25:09.Days from BBC News. Still to come
:25:10. > :25:13.for viewers on the BBC News Channel and BBC World News -
:25:14. > :25:15.fighting for their futures in France as a former president
:25:16. > :25:18.and a candidate from the same party face separate scandals - we've
:25:19. > :26:08.the latest reaction from Paris. The weather is certainly going to be
:26:09. > :26:12.a lot better this evening compared to what we had yesterday, in fact
:26:13. > :26:17.some clearer skies today across the West of the UK and a touch of frost,
:26:18. > :26:21.but this is not the case for everybody. Some wind and a bit of
:26:22. > :26:24.rain flirting with the Eastern counties of the UK and some showers
:26:25. > :26:28.occurring across the south-west of the country and those showers will
:26:29. > :26:34.continue, at least for a time into tonight. Some western areas getting
:26:35. > :26:39.missed, fog patches and a touch of frost. Around freezing very early on
:26:40. > :26:42.Wednesday morning. Zooming into the South for Rush hour, the weather is
:26:43. > :26:48.looking quite across Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Wiltshire, most of
:26:49. > :26:54.Wales. Thick cloud across the Midlands, the Southeast. All the way
:26:55. > :26:57.up the spine of the country, particularly eastern areas, thicker
:26:58. > :27:02.cloud. Patchy rain. It will not feel doesn't in the morning, Leeds and
:27:03. > :27:08.Hull, 4 degrees, outbreaks of rain. This is the Frost across western
:27:09. > :27:15.areas. Northern Ireland, Western Isles, at least inland away from the
:27:16. > :27:20.coast, touch of frost. On Wednesday it remains fairly cloudy. We may
:27:21. > :27:23.start to see that whether changing, transitioning into something a
:27:24. > :27:30.little bit colder, those cold easterly winds starting to set in.
:27:31. > :27:34.Norwich only a high of three degrees, Newcastle four degrees.
:27:35. > :27:39.Still some sunshine and maybe temperatures of seven to nine across
:27:40. > :27:44.western areas. Wednesday evening we will see a touch of frost again, so
:27:45. > :27:47.Thursday morning frosty across parts of the UK, and then that colder air
:27:48. > :27:54.well and truly establishes itself across the UK for Thursday. So,
:27:55. > :27:59.nippy wind, temperatures dropping, low single figures for most of us.
:28:00. > :28:04.Three degrees across Yorkshire, only six in Plymouth, four in Belfast.
:28:05. > :28:08.That cold will just become more apparent through the course of
:28:09. > :28:11.Friday until we get some wintry showers, initially, we are thinking
:28:12. > :28:15.across Yorkshire, north-east, possibly eastern Scotland, and look
:28:16. > :28:21.at these temperatures, only three degrees. Summary for the end of the
:28:22. > :28:22.week, cold, biting easterly wind, rather cloudy and occasional snow
:28:23. > :30:04.showers. Welcome back to 100 Days -
:30:05. > :30:07.I'm Katty Kay in Washington, history the Vice President has been
:30:08. > :30:15.forced to vote in order And coming up, how do Mexicans
:30:16. > :30:21.in Texas feel about the planned border wall which should be under
:30:22. > :30:24.construction within two Let's turn to the fun and games
:30:25. > :30:45.of the French Presidential election. The centre right candidate
:30:46. > :30:47.Francois Fillon is tumbling in the polls over allegations
:30:48. > :30:49.he paid his wife a salary Today we learn the former
:30:50. > :30:53.President Nicolas Sarkozy - from the same party -
:30:54. > :30:55.will stand trial over allegations of fraud,
:30:56. > :31:11.relating to the financing Christian, you covered French
:31:12. > :31:17.politics for a long time. Three or four senior French politicians under
:31:18. > :31:27.investigation of some kind. All those at the top of the polls
:31:28. > :31:32.fighting some allegation. Marine Le Pen facing allegation she paid her
:31:33. > :31:36.bodyguard from European Parliamentary funds. Now this
:31:37. > :31:40.mysterious story following Emmanuel Macron that he has been leading a
:31:41. > :31:45.double life of some kind, and allegation that he is married to his
:31:46. > :31:51.former teacher but has a gay lover. He has joked that off and said last
:31:52. > :31:56.night physically I'm so busy I'm not up to that. But the real problem is
:31:57. > :32:01.for the right wing party, now called the Republicans. And of course
:32:02. > :32:05.Nicolas Sarkozy also obtained the party because they're looking into
:32:06. > :32:13.his campaign financing. I followed him into thousand 12 and these were
:32:14. > :32:17.really high pitch events, champagne and people with flags and this is
:32:18. > :32:21.one here in front of the Eiffel Tower. People saying this is great
:32:22. > :32:26.but how is he paying for this. Because there is a 22 million euros
:32:27. > :32:30.cap on presidential campaign funding. It turns out this event
:32:31. > :32:36.company where writing outfalls in voice is which they passed onto
:32:37. > :32:40.Nicolas Sarkozy does not party to the tune of 18 million euros. The
:32:41. > :32:46.big question for the magistrates and this is where Sarkozy comes in, did
:32:47. > :32:48.he know about it and did he ordered his office to follow those built in
:32:49. > :33:01.a different direction. So lets talk about those
:33:02. > :33:13.polls with Bruno Jeambart It is clear it is bad news for
:33:14. > :33:16.Francois Fillon who was the favourite for the French
:33:17. > :33:21.presidential election because after five years of false or her longed
:33:22. > :33:28.people are dissatisfied with the way things are going on in the country.
:33:29. > :33:32.-- Francois Hollande. So they wanted a right-wing candidate is the best
:33:33. > :33:36.way for them to change. But now it seems it is going to be a very
:33:37. > :33:39.difficult campaign for him. The problem is he cannot talk about
:33:40. > :33:52.anything except this affair. Of course the man profiting from
:33:53. > :33:56.this is Emmanuel Macron and yet he has not yet put out a manifesto and
:33:57. > :34:02.of course he was a former minister in the Socialist government that was
:34:03. > :34:07.so unpopular. That is one of the mysteries of this election, the fact
:34:08. > :34:11.that people are really dissatisfied with the last government but for the
:34:12. > :34:22.moment the new favourite is someone who was a minister for two years,
:34:23. > :34:26.Minister of the economy and also before the campaign he wrote the
:34:27. > :34:30.President's economic programme and was his economic counsellor for two
:34:31. > :34:34.years. That is the strange situation and the strangest thing is that he
:34:35. > :34:41.is gathering people from the left and the bright and it is difficult
:34:42. > :34:45.to know how it can last the course obviously when he has to explain
:34:46. > :34:49.what is going to do if elected, it is possible but some people both
:34:50. > :34:56.from the left and from the right are going to be disappointed by what he
:34:57. > :35:02.is proposing. I was wondering whether you have noticed in Europe
:35:03. > :35:07.polling as you dig into it whether you can see anything of what might
:35:08. > :35:13.be called the Trump effect on the French candidates, either that helps
:35:14. > :35:17.or does not help Marine Le Pen? It is difficult to say because we know
:35:18. > :35:25.for a long time it is always difficult to measure the level of
:35:26. > :35:28.support for the National front, the far right has always been
:35:29. > :35:34.underestimated in the polls and we know for a long time, in 2002 when
:35:35. > :35:38.her father went on the run we did not see it in the polls. So were
:35:39. > :35:42.used to that and in the last election we did not have this
:35:43. > :35:46.problem with her but obviously with what has happened with Trump in the
:35:47. > :35:50.US we are pretty worried about that and pretty worried also about what
:35:51. > :35:57.is going on with Francois Fillon. This clear that now the media are
:35:58. > :36:02.very strong and strong against him. And we really think that maybe we
:36:03. > :36:07.also could have this kind of effect on him because it seems to be in the
:36:08. > :36:13.new difficulties but perhaps some right voters do not want to admit
:36:14. > :36:21.that they will vote for him in three months. This is interesting because
:36:22. > :36:24.this is what happened in Cullingworth Donald Trump, he does
:36:25. > :36:26.better in online and telephone poles because people do not necessarily
:36:27. > :36:33.want to tell pollsters that they him. There is a similarity because
:36:34. > :36:36.Marine Le Pen is the disruptor and does not have a party system behind
:36:37. > :36:41.a bit like Donald Trump when he arrived at the White House. So she
:36:42. > :36:44.probably would not win in the second round anyway because she will boost
:36:45. > :36:47.to the other candidates but dodgy anyway have the infrastructure to
:36:48. > :36:52.run a government? Well Christian we've talked a lot
:36:53. > :36:55.about the immigration ban ordered by President Trump and one of those
:36:56. > :36:59.caught up in it was an Iraqi translator who worked extensively
:37:00. > :37:00.with the US government. Yes, he spent six years getting
:37:01. > :37:04.a visa to come to America only to be pulled off a plane in Turkey
:37:05. > :37:07.when the ban went into effect. The BBC has followed his
:37:08. > :37:28.family's journey to start I was scheduled to depart on the
:37:29. > :37:29.31st of January. We heard there would be a new executive order that
:37:30. > :37:55.could affect us. When they took us off the plane I
:37:56. > :38:12.was shaking, my world had ended. It was a devastating moment.
:38:13. > :38:26.Hopefully this time everything will be OK, hopefully. Fingers crossed.
:38:27. > :38:35.I do not know how to describe how I'm feeling right now. Finally, it
:38:36. > :38:53.was a struggle. How do you feel now? I super, so much excited and happy.
:38:54. > :39:01.A week ago I felt like everything had just fallen apart. Now I'm
:39:02. > :39:07.feeling very blessed and privilege to be here. I want to go to the
:39:08. > :39:13.Statue of Liberty and see Ellis Island. We always see it on movies
:39:14. > :39:24.and stuff but I cannot believe I'm going to see it for real.
:39:25. > :39:28.The Homeland Security Secretary said today that he expects a wall
:39:29. > :39:31.on the US-Mexico border to be "well under way" within
:39:32. > :39:34.Secretary John Kelly said the wall would be some kind of "physical
:39:35. > :39:37.barrier," perhaps including a fence in some places.
:39:38. > :39:39.So how are people on both sides of the border
:39:40. > :39:43.In the next few weeks, our colleagues from the BBC's Mundo
:39:44. > :39:51.Here's a taste of what Juan Paullier discovered in El Paso in Texas.
:39:52. > :39:54.From almost anywhere here in El Paso in southern
:39:55. > :39:59.Mexican city just on the other side of the border.
:40:00. > :40:02.But despite being divided by the fence for almost a
:40:03. > :40:09.decade, there is a tight bond between both communities.
:40:10. > :40:10.Many people here cross the border every
:40:11. > :40:14.day to go to work, to go to school, or to do some shopping.
:40:15. > :40:16.I have been talking to people here about their
:40:17. > :40:19.worries about what President Trump's policies will mean for the area and
:40:20. > :40:21.there is uncertainty about what impact it
:40:22. > :41:04.will have for these two deeply connected cities.
:41:05. > :41:13.Juan Paullier reporting from El-Paso in Texas.
:41:14. > :41:21.I want to talk about the Democratic minority leader in the Senate, he's
:41:22. > :41:26.been meeting supreme court nominee Neal course such and said he felt
:41:27. > :41:32.asked the questions he wanted especially when it comes to his
:41:33. > :41:37.independence. He said he asked questions about things like the
:41:38. > :41:42.Muslim ban and conflict-of-interest issues with President Trump and did
:41:43. > :41:46.not get a satisfactory answer. Right at the start of the programme with
:41:47. > :41:51.spoke about the Democrats gearing up for another big confirmation fight
:41:52. > :41:54.over the Supreme Court judge. And trying really to sort out what their
:41:55. > :41:58.opposition strategy is going to be. It sounds from the most senior
:41:59. > :42:10.Democrat in the Senate that going to fight that hard. And it is about the
:42:11. > :42:15.worst cabinet I've seen, another line flashing up. And that is why it
:42:16. > :42:22.has been the slowest confirmation process in history of the United
:42:23. > :42:23.States. But it looks as if if he gets Betsy DeVos he will get the
:42:24. > :42:24.rest as well. That's it for today's programme -
:42:25. > :42:27.you can follow us on social media And I'll be on Facebook live
:42:28. > :42:31.straight after the programme talking And we'll be back at
:42:32. > :42:37.the same time tomorrow.