21/02/2017 100 Days

More illegal immigrants in the US face the threat of deportation,

The White House says it is empowering anyone so that they can

remove anybody convicted of even minor offences.

There have been raids across US cities in recent days. The number

facing deportation is much greater. Attacks on Jewish centers

are "horrible" - Mr Trump speaks out against a series of anti-semitic

threats across America. A very sad reminder of the work that

must be done to root out hate, prejudice and evil.

Meet the New National Security Adviser to the President.

We'll speak to a close friend and former Commander

of Coalition Forces about Lieutenant General McMaster.

We will take you to the coal fields of West Virginia,

where many are confident that President Trump can turn

Can Kevin O'Leary move from reality TV to power?

In 2019 in Canada, we will have an election. -- we won't have an

election, we will have an exorcism. A sweeping rewrite of America's

immigration laws means many more illegal immigrants could be deported

from the country. Memos drawn up by the Department

of Homeland Security suggest that people arrested for minor crimes,

like traffic offences, But - in a reversal

of a key campaign pledge - Mr Trump will protect Dreamers -

children who were brought to America President Obama signed an executive

order in 2012 giving almost one million Dreamers in the US

certain rights - President Trump The White House press secretary,

Sean Spicer, has been talking on the issue. The memo regarding the

executive order outlines the steps that the homeland security will take

to secure the southern border, prevent further illegal immigration

and repatriate immigrants swiftly and humanely. This includes

immediately identifying and allocating all sorts of funding for

the planning, design, construction and funding of a wall along our

southern border and additional personnel including new border

agents. The White House has been

working on this policy At the press conference

last Thursday he spoke - in surprisingly candid language -

about his own struggles with the law We're gonna show great

heart, DACA is a very, very difficult subject for me,

I will tell you. To me, it's one of the most

difficult subjects I have because And some of the cases,

having DACA and they're gang members and they're

drug dealers, too. But you have some absolutely,

incredible kids, I would say mostly. They were brought

here in such a way... We're going to deal

with DACA, with heart. Donald Trump speaking about the law

that affects Dreamers,. I'm joined by Ron Christie.

How different is this change for US law? You are talking about the most

sweeping rewrite of the American immigration law since 1886. Were

looking for a new proposal from the Trump administration saying that

even if you are convicted of a minor offence you can be sent back to your

country of origin and if you are under suspicion of having committed

something. That something our Congress will have a look at to see

whether you can affect thousands -- millions of people. Presumably,

anybody who is here illegally is already committing an offence. Could

not anybody who is here illegally, the sent home? Technicolor. We have

a misdemeanour. -- technically, we have a misdemeanour here. But

President Trump says that we can not merely deported for you being here,

but if we suspect that you have committed another crime, you can be

sent home. Ron, when this comes to Dreamers, this is about the American

dream. You don't have much and you make good. A lot of people will be

happy that they have been protected, but how will this play with his

base? With his base, this will play very well. He said we are going to

be a nation of being rules, law and order. The Trump Bay supporters will

love this. But what will more moral moderate American thinking? What

Democrats thinking? -- what will more moderate Americans think

there's Mac is the president going to swiftly to say that just by you

being here illegally, we will support you. If you get tough with

these people, you will need more resources? That is exactly right.

What you have heard from Sean Spicer and from the president himself is an

indication that they want to beef up by thousands, border patrol agents

in order not only to carry out this law, but it makes you wonder what

else they have in mind that might go beyond this. Just to clarify what

Christian was asking on the Dreamers, you were saying that

people who supported Donald Trump in the election campaign and like the

fact that he was going to throw at the children, will they be OK with

that? I think they will give him a little slack. The children were

brought here through no fault of their own, they have their school

and their friend, are you going to supplant 100 --1 million children?

It has been a bad few weeks for Jews in America.

Since the beginning of the year some 50 bomb threats have been called

in to Jewish community centres across the country.

And yesterday over 100 Jewish graves were vandalised in this

The headstones were in the cemetery's oldest section,

some of these plots date back to the late 1800's.

The attacks have been widely condemned.

This morning Hillary Clinton tweeted urging everyone to speak out

against anti-semitism, including the President.

And a few hours ago, while touring the National Museum

of African American History and Culture he did just that.

This is a meaningful reminder of why we have to fight bigotry,

intolerance and hatred in all of its very ugly forums.

The anti-Semitic threats targeting our Jewish community

and community centres are horrible and are painful and a very sad

reminder of the work that still must be done to root out yet

There has been a lot in the press about this rise in anti-Semitism?

There are not any reliable statistics showing that there have

been more and is a mystic threats since President Trump was

inaugurated. It has been a bad few weeks but 2016 and 2015 were not

good either. There's been a lot of attention paid to Alt right, but

does that mean it is growing? We need to dig back into this and wait

for the law authorities and the reset agencies to come up with real

figures for this. And yet some people would say that

the up aggressive policy on immigration has created an

atmosphere which made it feel less safe? That could be but catty --

your analysis is spot-on. Some people will say bad things, the

Greystones in Missouri was a terrible act but I don't want to

rush to judgment. -- gravestones. There are too many people who want

to jump in and form conclusions before having the facts. The

authorities will get to the bottom of this. A research group, a

bipartisan group in the country, nonpartisan, had a poll out

suggesting that in America, Jewish people are among the most admired

and warmly felt towards of any of the religious groups. Do you think

there is also a sense in which we have attacks like this in Europe as

well, that there is some level of indifference and when we have them

here, a lot of people talk about them? I think that is right. We

normally find people in America go about their daily lives and Jewish

people are treated well and with great respect. When you have a spate

of attacks that you have seen like this, it dominates the headlines. We

must not rush to judgment. Of course those who commit those crimes must

be prosecuted. There has been other news going on in this city. Let's

get some of that, too. The United States ambassador

to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, has told the Security Council that

Nato is the "strongest alliance in history" and says

America is committed Speaking as countries met to discuss

conflicts in Europe, Haley vowed to make Nato more

effective and said policy differences should not be seen

as anything less than 'total China says it opposes action

in the South China Sea The statement was issued after a US

aircraft carrier and its support group began patrols in the contested

South China Sea. A foreign ministry spokesman said

China "respects the freedom of navigation and overflight

all countries enjoy under international law" but opposed

countries "threatening and damaging" A British man who died carrying

out a suicide bombing for the Islamic State group in Iraq

was formerly held in Guantanamo Bay. IS released this photograph

of Abu-Zakariya al Britani smiling He set off a car bomb at an army

base near Mosul on Sunday. The BBC understands his original

name was Ronald Fiddler, a 50-year old who was held

in Guantanamo for two years. Donald Trump is preparing

an executive order to lift a ban It's one issue the President has

been clear and consistent on - he wants to cut regulations

and bring back coal jobs. In fact, one of the first pieces

of legislation he signed was to reverse a rule preventing

coal waste from being But can he actually fulfil

his campaign pledge - to revive the coal

industry's fortunes? The BBC's Michelle Fleury

has been finding out. This corner of West Virginia is coal

country. After years of hardship, the people here are breathing a sigh

of relief. At this mining repair company, Donald Trump's win has

always hope of a call revival. With regard to the election, it was like

we had won the Super Bowl. The confidence that we had in the future

was just elevated. We had not seen that for quite a while. When Obama

came into office, he said there was a war on coal. And she is not alone.

I met a coal miner over coffee and cake. West Virginia has an

opportunity now to stabilise and hopefully re-establish the coal

industry. That optimism is tempered by realism when it comes to Trump's

pledged to bring back old jobs. He can't do everything, and it is a

promise. But I think Trump can cut back on regulation and I think he

can get industry going again. The sense of optimism here is palpable

and I have also noticed an increase in activity since the last time I

visited the region. But while there is a new man in the White House, the

economic realities facing the industry have not changed. This

graph helps explain the whole -- cold's decline. It has suffered

because of an explosion in natural gas production and growing, Tish and

from renewables such as wind and solar energy. Scaling back

environmental rules on the industry will not change this map. Not

everyone is waiting for coal to come back. Jamie Adams is a former miner

turned computer code. Would you go back to the coal industry? I

probably wouldn't. The uncertainty, I mean having a job and worrying

about whether you will have on the next day. I couldn't do that again.

Back at the company, staff numbers are back to pre-crisis levels. We

want to work. We don't want hand-outs. People here do not

necessarily believe Donald Trump can save US coal. For them, it's about

having somebody in the White House who will give the industry and the

region a chance. So the coal miners of

West Virginia are more upbeat. Mohamed El Erian is chief

Economic Adviser with financial services company Allianz,

also author of several best selling Thanks for joining us. Can Donald

Trump bring back economic prosperity to coal mining areas? He can make a

difference at the margin, but at the margin. There's nothing much you can

do about the decline by 10% to 12% in the demand for coal or about the

competition that the coal sector is getting from natural gas and

renewables. The difference will not be transformational. Do you think

that it is only at the marginals that he will make a difference and

other manufacturing industries as well? If you look at the numbers,

look at the whole coal industry in the user as a. At Trump -- in the

US, add transportation, maybe get to 160,000. Every day, this economy

created and destroyed in the $5 million range. It is marginal, but

it is not level. It gives a signal, which is what is looking for. He has

made a lot of promises about jobs, in heavy industries. Is it easy to

do that when the dollar is so strong? No, he's going to have to

deal with the enabling environment. He can't go industry by industry. It

doesn't move the industry enough. Important things he talks about like

infrastructure, tax reform, deregulation and avoiding things

that will destroy jobs and protectionism is something that

could destroy jobs. But markets move on hope and fear and right now the

US stock market is soaring. It is over the 20,700 mark and it keeps

rising. So there is a lot of optimism about. There is and that

optimism comes from three distinct factors. One is the hope that the

programme policy announcements of President Trump will translate into

design and implementation, especially now that the Republicans

have majorities in both houses of Congress. And the economic data is

getting better around the world, Europe has better-than-expected

data. Growth is picking up around the world and that helps markets.

And finally, companies are putting cash back into the market. They are

merging, they are acquiring. All these things together have been

pushing stocks from record to record. So here is my question for

you, all the economic side looking good and the financial markets are

very happy, they love his promise of deregulation and tax cuts. At some

point the president will have to deliver. But within get concerned --

but do they not get concerned with stories about chaos in the

administration, the White House and being able to run itself, does not

matter? So far, it doesn't matter. The concept of political risk

extends well beyond what happens in the US. It extends the Brexit, the

French elections, the Dutch elections. But there is a simple

reason why they are discounting it because that has worked in the past.

Markets believe that the trend is your friend. And they see high

economic growth, central banks still

supporting markets. So far, the politics are being messy, but

contains. I would price in a higher political risk, I would caution

people to take more seriously what we are seeing, but markets by now

are not. If Christian and I had money at our disposal, would you

advise us at the moment to put it in the markets? No, I would tell you

hold onto it, the markets have come very, very far very quickly. We have

yet to see policy announcements translate into design and

implementation. This is complicated and there are two major headwinds.

One we have already talked about, politics, and the other was

mentioned at the beginning, the dollar. As the dollar outperforms,

and interest rates hikes, the dollar will strengthen and that will

interact with the politics. I would not commit lots of money at this

stage. It is interesting... Sago, Christian, free advice for you! Yes,

I should bank. Breaking news, there has been a frank and candid

conversation between the Treasury chief and Christine Lagarde. The

tumblers racing clearly activated about what is going on in China. We

are seeing two major departures. Firstly, who talks about the dollar

and what they say. In the past, only the Treasury Secretary would comment

on the dollar. In this immigration, the president, his advisers, they

have been commenting. That is where different. Secondly, the only thing

said in the past was that a strong dollar was injurious to the US. Now,

we are getting different narratives coming out. This is a different

approach towards the dollar. It is an attempt to talk the dollar weaker

but that may work for a week or ten days, but it cannot overcome these

stronger economic forces. Thank you very much. You can take a pot of

gold and keep it under your mattress and not invested in markets. Because

although the Dell has been euphoric, we could be in for a period of

uncertainty. My pot of gold! My wife might be watching, she might say,

where is it? Surely such aid lovely pink tie has a spot -- pot of gold

underneath it. One of the reasons for doing this

programme is to monitor the rise From Brexit, to Donald Trump

and the French election - But we suspect you wouldn't put

Canada in that basket. They have welcomed

40,000 Syrian refugees - you'll remember the pictures of some

of those families being welcomed at the airport

by the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau - but somewhat surprisingly, Canada

does have its own populist movement. Kevin O'Leary is a shrewd venture

capitalist... Kevin O'Leary is best known for his appearance on the

reality show, shark tank. This excess for Canadian businessman is

now trying his hand at something different, politics. Running for the

leadership of Canada's Conservative Party. A businessman turned reality

star but becoming a politician. Sound familiar? Kevin O'Leary is

even being called Canada's Donald Trump. There is a similarity. But it

is only one. We engaged in reality television for the same producer.

That is where it ends. I'm half Lebanese, half Irish. If there was a

wall around Canada, I wouldn't exist. His policies are not mine.

Your former competitor on the reality show says you are just

seeking fame and attention from this beard. How do you respond to that?

People are tired of politicians spinning BS. They would like to hire

an operator, somebody with execution of excellence, who puts -- with

execution or excellence. Somebody with results. Use it to be aware of

the populist wave moving through countries. Is that the wave carrying

you through as well? I don't think this is a short-term phenomenon. I

think the fact that we are saying think the fact that we are saying

this happening around the world, for different reasons, but basically the

Canadians have a choice now. Do you want another politician or would you

prefer Kevin O'Leary? They are going to decide. I am not going to run

business as usual. I was optimistic about Justin Trudeau, but he doesn't

know what he's doing. The chance that I'm going to let him plunge my

country into 1.5 trillion of debt, not a chance. I'm going to win the

leadership on May 27, I will shine the light of transparency on him for

the next two years. Then in 29 time, in Canada, we will not having an

election, we will have an exorcist. He is a disaster.

He is different to Donald Trump, but you sense you might get on better

with him than with Justin Trudeau. Yes, mild-mannered Trump? Half of

all Canadians are children of movements or immigrants, and we have

been speaking about the famous Canadian openness, about Justin

Trudeau going to the airport to meet the refugees. But there has been a

mild uptick in anti-immigrant feeling in Canada as well. Even in

Canada, I should say. There are something like 100 Alt right groups,

or right-wing groups, double the number in 2012. So countries

everywhere having to deal with immigration, it is a difficult

subject and it doesn't seem that even Canada has got it totally

right. And when we talk about the rise in populism, underpinning that

in all the countries in the Europe is this groundswell of opinion about

immigration and where borders should be. We have been focusing on the

French election, with Marine Le Pen up there. We have girt welders in

Holland, and the German man doing well. Immigration underpins all of

these mini and -- opinion polls. You're watching 100

Days from BBC News. Still to come for viewers

on the BBC News Channel and BBC World News -

who is HR McMaster? We'll be speaking to a close friend

of the Lieutenant General and Donald Trump's new National

Security Adviser - That's still to come on 100

Days, from BBC News. Good evening. It is turning out to

be a week of two seasons. We started the week in spring in the south-east

of the country. We finished the week in winter. There will be some snow

and temperatures will struggle to get up above 5 degrees. In between,

a spell of stormy weather. Tonight, a windy night in store. The weather

is clear of our shores, between us and Iceland. It will be whipping on

winds, sending a weather front southwards towards the central

swathe of the UK. To the north of it, we concede gale force winds and

they will strengthen overnight to the north-east of Scotland. The wind

coming in from the south-west keeping temperatures up. Damp and

drizzly here with the colder further north, some clearer skies. Sunshine

in the morning. But around the Orkneys and the north-east of

Scotland, the wins will be ring in showers. They will bring in

showers... Wales and the Midlands and southern England, cloudy

throughout. Really misty towards the West. Rain most persistent in Wales.

Temperatures to the north of that. The rain will edge out in Wednesday

evening then this deepening error of low pressure is stormed Doris. The

latest name to storm from the Met Office. It will bring disruption to

some of you as we go into Thursday. First of all, a Met Office warning

about wind. The aware of the potential for disruption across

northern England, North Wales. We could see gusts of up to 80 miles an

hour. Those details could fluctuate. As good snow amounts, the potential

disruptive feature across northern England and eastern Scotland. We

will not rule out the chance of seeing snow at lower levels in the

morning. On Thursday, all of us will see a spell of rain briefly during

the morning. Lasting longer across the north-east of the UK. Elsewhere,

after a wild start, the winds remain strong but the sunshine should come

out physically Acosta southern and western areas. -- to come out,

particularly across southern and western areas.

More illegal immigrants are facing deportation from the US -

the White House says it's empowering agents so they can remove anyone

And coming up, it's not Lille, nor the Loire Valley - but London.

Why would a French presidential candidate campaign in the UK?

Emanuel Micron is addressing supporters right now at Westminster.

The President has a new National Security Advisor -

he is General HR McMaster, a man who

He is a highly decorated soldier - awarded the silver star

in the first Gulf war, he has a PHD - he is

And perhaps it is because he speaks his mind -

that it has taken him so long to rise to the top.

Senator John McCain, chair of the Senate armed service

committee -often a critic of the President -

A man he said of genuine intellect, character and ability.

He is a man of tremendous talent and experience.

A precondition for progress along any line in any area was the removal

of this terrorist organisation within the city.

He is really smart and very candid. You're never in doubt as to what he

thinks about a subject. He is highly respected by everybody

in the military. I would like to say what a privilege

it is to be able to continue serving our nation, I'm grateful to you for

the opportunity and look forward to doing everything I can to advance

and protect the interests of the American people.

Let's get more on the man with one of his friends,

Lt Gen David Barno, who was Commander of Coalition

Peace breaking out in Washington, you rarely see so much consensus

that this is a good pick. Well it could change when he gets into the

job but I also think it is a terrific choice. And I joined a host

of others who think that he is just the right move. You know him well,

this is not an easy job to go into. Clearly the experiences of Mike

Flynn suggest that as well. But he has got to deal with many competing

egos. He will have to make sure that his views are heard by the

president. Can he do that? He knows what he's getting into, he is going

in with his eyes wide open. There has been a lot of reporting on

challenges inside the White House right now. Do you think that is

accurate? I think a fair bit of it is, perhaps overblown in some

respects. And losing the National security officer after 24 days,

there will need to be a lot of team-building to get it back on

track. The dynamics of the relationship going to be ingesting,

Lou Senator dealing with the 4-star general in James Matias and also

some big characters in the administration like Stephen Bannon.

I think he knows the candidates and characters in the White House, he

will have to establish a personal relationship with Donald Trump.

Something he does not bring with him to this job. He will have to have a

big place at the table but a number of other speakers have pointed out

that he is forceful and no shrinking violet. He will do just fine making

his voice heard. In an administration that really does not

have too much experience in the conflict world. And he is empowered

now by this appointment because Donald Trump has got to make this

work. It is clear after losing his first adviser in the record three

and half weeks, he needs to keep this one in place and get the team

going. Get him good staff and support that he needs to get out

good decisions. That has not happened yet because in part of the

turmoil. So I think HR McMaster understand that. They will have to

make this work. It is a new environment. You have worked with

him on reviews for the US military, how would you characterise his

worldview, you could save Mike Flynn had a certain position he came from

and it was clear what his views on some big issues where for example

Islamic extremism. Do you think HR McMaster has a world vision that

will shape the White House and shape American policy because this is an

appointment that really affects people around the world. He will

have the ear of the president every single day and I think his world

view is different to Mike Flynn. He believes that the US needs to be an

international power, to be connected with its allies and friends around

the world. That is the world that he grew up in in the military. He is

sceptical about Russia, he views it as a significant threat to US

interests. How will he managed that with the president to seems to have

a certain affinity with Russia? It will be interesting to see it. I

think also James matters share that view. We will see how that evolves.

-- James matters. He will not be the lone wolf out there talking to the

president about that. He has a Ph.D. In American history and I read an

article but he rode today and he said the record of learning from

previous experience in history is poor. I also understand he is

looking at what went on in Ukraine, he is concerned about the way the

Russians managed to infiltrate the eastern side of Ukraine and he was

leading a panel to look at that. So he is someone that looks back at the

failures of the American administrations and he will want to

change things when he is in the job. It is important to understand that

he is a military historian, that was his Ph.D., he studied warfare merely

his entire adult life and participated in the first Gulf War.

And he has led troops in counter insurgency campaigns in the most

recent Iraq conflict. He is no one else has certainly learned lessons

from that and I think he will bring them into those administration in a

way that almost no one else possibly could. Thank you very much.

The French Presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron

was on the campaign trail today - not in France, but in Britain.

He's in London to rally support among the 200,000 French

Mr Macron took time to visit Prime Minister Theresa May

at Downing Street - a meeting he requested.

And afterwards, he had this message for a post-Brexit Britain,

In my programme you will have a series of initiatives to get

talented people in research and many deals working here, coming to

France. I was very happy to see that some academics and researchers in

the UK because of Brexit considering coming to France to work. It will be

part of my programme to be attractive to these kind of people.

I want banks, researchers, academics and so on. I think France and the EU

are a very attractive proposition now. So in my programme I will do

everything I can to make it attractive and successful. Get

invited for tea and then threatens to take the jobs!

A lot to talk about, let's bring in the BBC's

It is what everyone is saying. Francois Hollande has said that as

well. Everyone wants to attract over all these people who are allegedly

poised to move across because of Brexit. And there have been some

successes, some announcements and no doubt it will work somewhat in

favour of France. We will just have to wait and see. The other thing to

mention about what we just heard, it was all in the future tense. In my

programme, we will do this. No one has yet seen this programme. And

there has been a lot of style from him, a lot of politics campaigning

but everyone saying please don't tell us what you're actually going

to do. And this is the problem he faces, he has got to come down one

way or the other to define his economic policies and so on. And

when he does he will be open to a lot more flak which she has not

really faced yet. It is a win-win because he comes here as an untested

leader, he has to show he can function on the world stage, and

then he is standing in front of a world-famous door. But also quite

good for Theresa May because presumably the British ambassador in

Paris has told her this could be the man so over a cup of tea she can

find out what he's thinking. Clearly that is what has happened. He was

not at all the front runner until fairly recently pulled up and the

full from grace of fossil fuel. That force while Phil on. Normally in

this pre-electoral period foreign leaders are careful not to take

sides. They will meet the person from their own camp, like the

Conservatives would meet the Conservatives and so on. In theory

anyway Emmanuel Macron is not from the Conservative camp but on the

face of it from the left wing camp. He comes from a left-wing

administration where he was minister of the economy. The advice will have

been things are changing here, it is a fluid situation now in France and

this man Emmanuel Macron for all his lack of experience could be the next

leader. So worth getting a word in now. Is there any risk, in a

head-to-head matchup with Marine Le Pen in the second round of voting,

it seems that he wins every time and quite substantially, is there any

risk that he peaking too early and the French might actually start to

poke holes in someone who has not made very many policies. That is a

good question and I think that is certainly his fear. I noticed today

that the polls for the first time in a weeks have put the centre-right

candidate edging back above him. It is far from being a dead cert that

Emmanuel Macron will go through to the second round. Things are fluid,

we have seen Fillon come to a sticky position already. There has not been

yet much scrutiny of the manual macro and when he starts to produce

the facts about what is planning to do we can imagine the spotlight of

criticism will be a lot more harsh than it has been up until now.

Plenty more to come on this story. Thank you for the moment.

Bao Bao the three-year-old giant panda has packed her bags,

she has been loaded into a crate - and is now on a one-way flight

from Washington Dulles Airport back to China.

Under the breeding agreement between the US and China all Panda

cubs must move back to China before they turn four.

Coming up shortly, my colleagues Laura Trevelyan and Anthony Zurcher

will be taking your questions LIVE on the BBC News Facebook page,

This is 100 Days - from Katty Kay in Washington and me