28/02/2017 100 Days

Hello and welcome to One Hundred Days.

President Trump prepares for a primetime address

After his images of carnage, "An optimistic vision"

Scrapping Obamacare, building up the military

and a new tax system are priorities for a President who gives himself

an A for achievement, but only a C for communication.

Donald Trump accuses his predecessor of being behind national

security leaks and some of the protests against Republicans.

I think President Obama is behind it, because his people

are cerainly behind it, and some of the leaks, possibly,

At the inquests into the murder of 30 British holiday-makers

in Tunisia, the coroner says local police were "at best shambolic...

A pension deal for former British Home Stores workers.

The billionaire businessman Sir Philip Green will contribute

?363 million to help meet the shortfall.

And sofa psychology - what do these pictures

of Presidential adviser KellyAnne Conway show us

Hello and welcome to One Hundred Days, I'm Katty Kay in Washington,

A primetime speech to a joint session of Congress

is a perfect opportunity - 40 days into this Presidency -

for Donald Trump to explain what he wants to do with the office.

His speech in a few hours' time will focus on three

initiatives: the rebuilding of the US military,

the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act

or Obamacare, as it's known, and reform of the tax code.

Ahead of his speech the President gave

to pay for a $58 billion increase in the defence Budget.

Where is the money coming from? If you put all the money, that's about

50 billion. The money will come from a revved up economy. If you look at

the numbers we are doing, we will probably have a GDP of little more

than 1% and if I can get that up to three, or maybe even more, we have a

whole different ball game. The financial markets certainly

like the things they are hearing On Monday, the Dow Jones industrial

average hit a record high If only the White House

was not being undermined The leaks have been a serious

problem for this President. And in this Fox interview

he names the whistle-blower I think President Obama is behind

it, because his people certainly are. And some of the leaks possibly,

from that group, some of them, which are really very serious leaks,

because they are bad in terms of national security. But I also

understand that his politics and in terms of him being behind things,

that is politics. It will probably continue.

Tonight's presidential address isn't a full-blown State of the Union,

but it WILL give us a good idea of what President Trump wants to do

What can the White House and Congress work together

on and which issues will divide them?

I've been taking a look back at past speeches

It is the centrepiece of America's political calendar, enshrined in the

Constitution. Since George Washington delivered the first

annual message to Congress in 1790, what has come to be known as the

state of the union has evolved from a simple statement on the health of

the nation, into a political call to arms, a presidential rallying cry.

From 1801 for a century after, the political they will simply delivered

in brightening from the White House to the capital. It was Woodrow

Wilson who in 1930 unit took to the fore, transforming it into a

blueprint for the President's legislative agenda. His successors

have used the opportunity to showcase leadership, frame a new

direction or just lift the spirit of the nation during difficult times.

May I assert my firm belief the only thing we have to fear is fear

itself. That the watershed moments. In 1823, president James Monro used

the address to articulate a new foreign policy doctrine, war and

European powers not to meddle in the Western Hemisphere. During his State

of the union in 1964, Lyndon Johnson first proposed legislation that

would come to be known as the war on poverty, paving the way for a range

of welfare programmes. This administration today, here and now

declares unconditional war on poverty in America. Mr Speaker, the

president of the United States. One of the most memorable phrases ever

uttered in the state of the union came in President George W Bush's

2002 address, which warned Iran, Iraq and North Korea threatened the

peace of the world. It marks the birth of the controversial war on

terror. States such as these and their terrorist allies, they

constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world.

Tonight's speech, a statement of purpose is likely to echo Mr Trump's

defiant and uncompromising inaugural address, a promise to put America

first and to transfer power back to the people watching.

With me now is Matt Schlapp, who was George W Bush's political

director, he is now chairman of the American Conservative Union,

the oldest conservative lobbying organization in the country.

Matt, you are just saying you were there in that first term when

President Bush gave that speech to Congress. What are you expecting

from President Trump tonight? I would hope to hear a little more

detail about what he wants to do in these key areas of tax reform,

getting the economy growing and repealing and replacing Obamacare.

But I also think it is a moment when the first address to Congress is

often just called an address to Congress, not the state of the unit,

because he hasn't even had a full year to be able to say how his

policies are working. But this is a moment where he remind everybody

that he is the entire nation's president and at the most important

thing when you offer this tough job is that you be commander in chief.

Would you expect the tone to be more consulates, perhaps, than the

president has been up until now, reaching out to those who did not

vote for him or may not agree with him? Yes, this will be smart and

appropriate. One question on Conservatives on what they are

feeling. How do you feel -- makes sense as a Conservative of the extra

spending the president is proposing on defence, on infrastructure, on

the wall with Mexico, but not cutting entitlements and welfare

programmes? As a conservative, does that add up? I would like to see him

focus on entitlements. These are big programmes that are on autopilot and

they are set to go bankrupt anchored upset our financial house if they

are not taking care. He will have to look at that at some point in his

presidency. As far as military spending is concerned, we are

spending the lowest percentage of our GDP than we ever have in modern

times. That needs to turn around. This is a dangerous world. The state

of the union addresses have become quite... I remember a Republican

sitting there with President Obama when he was articulating his Budget

and was no clapping or a bipartisan camaraderie. What do you expect from

the tonight? -- the Democrats tonight. They are focused on the

liberal base of their party. They just elected a new chair, so I

expect some to be quite negative with what they hear from President

Trump no matter what he says. I would urge them, I'm a Republican

and they probably won't listen to me, but I would urge them to be

respectful, because you can overplay your hand in politics, both

Republicans and Democrats, and some would say Republicans overplayed

their partisan and with President Obama at times and Democrat should

be careful not to do the same. The last time we saw you, you were on

the stage at the event last week in Washington, this becoming together

of the Conservative grassroots. On the stage, you had the White House

strategist Steve Bannon and his chief of staff. Letters quickly have

a look at you on stage with them. We have a team and grinding it through

and when Donald Trump promised the American people, you'd better

understand those promises are going to be implemented. That is awesome.

Steve, you are a really likeable guy, you should do this more often!

What are 30 days of action? He's not so nice to us, you know. Those two

characters, they are not two people you would automatically puts

together, because Steve Bannon is the destructor, he is from the grass

roots and the other is more establishment. Going forward, passed

this speech tonight, the success of the Trump presidency depends on

those two branches of the Republican movement working together. That is

one of the reasons why we decided to have them on stage together, because

when you are putting together a coalition, politically, you've got

to get to 50% of democracy and one of the ways to do that is to bring

in all types of new voters which Donald Trump appears to, he

working-class voters that the Republican party has a fitful

relationship with. They must be on board, but also, you've got your

main light, mainstream Republicans who sometimes get a little worried

about what they see from the Trump White House. It's important they

stay on the team as well. If we can't meet this coalition together,

it won't be successful. Can I ask about health care, because your body

got Conservatives saying we are not going to agree to any form of

replacement of Obamacare that does not include repealing those tax

hikes. How eager to keep Conservatives on board with the

Republican plans and the White House's plans to replace it? The

real thing is there's a movement to say why didn't we just fix Obamacare

and I think that's where Conservatives get particularly

feisty. They want to see it thrown away, be repealed, but they do wants

to replace it with a more free market of health care. Here is the

big difference. Obama's measuring stick was how many people are

covered with health insurance, the Conservative measuring stick is

those prices affordable and is it a high quality of health care? We

don't want to sacrifice that just to make sure people are covered by

health insurance. OK, thank you very much.

One of the things Trump campaigned Donna was repealing and replacing

Obamacare. He said he was going to do it on day one, because it was

such a mess. But now come you have a situation where Democrats, having

run away from the Affordable Care Act for so long are now embracing it

and opinion polls suggesting that perhaps in its dying days, it is

more popular than ever. So Republicans will have to tread

carefully and that is what the White House is hearing from amongst others

who are saying, hold on the second, we don't want to go back to our

people and say sorry guys, you're going to lose coverage. Some say the

president is a little to the left on this, because he wants as many

people cover by whatever replaces the fans are this, because he wants

as many people cover by whatever replaces another, by Obamacare. He

is a question for you, back in 2030, the Republican-controlled house of

Representatives blocked a Budget, and Obama Budget and it caused a

federal Government shutdown. What power did the Democrats have? They

are now the minority in both houses. Do they have any power at all to

stop some of these spending commitments? It may be tempting for

people watching American politics at the moment to write the Democrats

off. They have not got the contrasts, or the Supreme Court or

the White House. But when it comes particularly to Budget issues, they

still have power. The president needs 60 votes to get any form of

the drug -- federal Budget spending through. He only has 52 Republicans

in the Senate. He must then find another eight people, eight

Democrats potentially, in order to pass military spending hikes, in

order to pass any type of tax issues. The wall, whatever he wants

to spend money on. He must get the Democrats. They will go along with

him. This Budget proposal is just the opening salvo. They will go on

for months I will probably end up with numbers quite a lot smaller

than the ones we are looking at. The damage that clear? Yes, you did.

Your prime on American budgets for free!

Five executives from the South Korean manufacturing

giant Samsung have been charged with corruption.

Among them is Lee Jae-Yong, the man who effectively

The indictments follow an investigation into payments made

She is facing impeachment, which would strip her

Singapore's Prime Minister has told the BBC he wouldn't rule

out signing a version of the Trans Pacific Partnership

which DIDN'T involve the United States.

One of President Trump's first acts in office was to pull America

But now, some of the signatories have indicated they might press

Speaking on the BBC's Hardtalk programme, Singapore's Prime

Minister Lee Hsien Loong gave the suggestion his

If there work on the senses and 11 countries say go ahead and sign the

thing, just minus the US, Singapore would sign. Weather that happens, I

am not sure because the Japanese in particular made very painful

concessions in exchange for an American concessions. So, I would

not rule it out. But I think it is not so easy.

Meanwhile, the trade deal which Britain has to negotiate

during Brexit could become the biggest single act

of protectionism in UK History according to the former

Mr Osborne, who supported the Remain campaign,

and was sacked after the referendum, has warned that future trade deals

will not adequately replace the single European market.

Failure to reach an agreement with the EU he said will prove

The billionaire businessman Sir Philip Green has paid

fund of British Home Stores, the UK retail chain.

BHS went in to administration after Sir Philip sold

He's been criticised for having made profits and dividends of more

than half a billion pounds while leaving the pension fund

Our Business Editor Simon Jack is here with me.

Recap if you would for all international viewers why this went

so badly wrong and why Sir Philip Green has been shamed? I'm using

that word, shamed into paying up. This excited imagination for many

reasons. Green is a buccaneering businessman, he is very rich and he

has a very bruising relationship with politicians. He does not like

to play the game. He sold this business for ?1 to a twice bankrupt

novice retailer. It went bust a year later which led to 12,000 job losses

and leaving 20,000 pensioners in the lurch one going to get their

entitlement. He said he was going to soar this pension out and everyone

was very sceptical and today, you delivered. ?363 million, five of his

own money into fixing this as though he deserves a little bit of credit

for that. He became a mascot, if you like, for corporate greed in the UK.

Yes because he was sitting offshore on his lot -- yacht... Yes, and

meanwhile, people were saying they were going to get their paltry

pension reduced because he was putting money in. This is a

voluntary contribution, in a way. He was being pursued by regulators, but

he put his hand in his own pocket, so deserves some credit for that.

Some will be better off, but some of his senior old staff will be a lot

better off, because the rescue fund that failed pension funds going to

cap any pay-out at around 30 2000. That won't apply, so some of his

senior lieutenants will do better out of this deal. Many said he

should lose his knighthood because it gave despicably, and he made a

promise, and those closed to him said he does something when he says

he will. So he has sorted it, in his own words, but there's many

questions about the light it sheds on corporate Britain. There were

accountants and lawyers and advisers, some of the bluest of blue

chip firms who signed off on something that everyone apart from

those involved seemed to realise what a terrible deal at the time.

One headline said this is precisely the problem of our time, the

unacceptable face of capitalism. That is what motivated so many

people in America to vote for Bernie Sanders. He took hundreds of

millions of pounds of dividends out of his company. But this retailer

had not kept up with the times and bad companies that are not well

looked after fail all the time. Pension funds do as well. This was a

real test case to see if they could pursue a rich, former owner for some

money to basically make the pensioners hole.

This establishes an interesting precedent for the pensions

regulator, they have their manner. They will see that as an important

precedent. They managed to establish almost a moral obligation on a

previous owner to be money in. I speak the same quite regularly, and

there's no public speech from him today. Privately, you says he wants

to return to being a private businessman. In reality, you never

was that. Lots of money, like to show it off, friends with heads of

state and movie stars. If he kept a low profile in those years, he

probably would not have the front and centre over the past few years.

He's hoping that will now go away. Thank you. What is interesting there

is exactly what you have been talking about. Ever since the 2008

crash, there does seem to be a sense of impunity for some of the top

businessmen and bankers in the world and you wonder if Mr Green is a

symbol that things are changing. He still has his knighthood. With this

settlement, I think he will keep it. And we will call him Sir Philip for

some time to come. Had eaten enough to pay out? Know, the short-changed

ones will do slightly better, though not the original amount they were

promised by Glenn. They've done better than the rescue fund are not

the full lot they were promised. There's a photo that's

been doing the rounds It shows one of Donald Trump's key

advisers, Kellyanne Conway, The suggestion has been that what is

somebody doing in such a casual position. This looks slightly more

club lounge than the oval Office respectability, particularly as she

is surrounded by dignitaries from the African-American Education

community. The beforehand, she was taking a photo of them all, so she

is engaged. It is just an unfortunate snapshot. Maybe I've

been here too long, but it looks a little too casual for the Oval

Office. I'm less interested to the damage to the upholstery in the Oval

Office than I am about what it says about her position in the Oval

Office, because she looks very at ease there. She is very comfortable,

isn't she? A lot of people have made this point on Twitter, and I will

show some voters, plenty of people but their feet on furniture in the

Oval Office. Here is one. Look at that! This is the resolute desk he

had his feet on. It is an antique! He was given to them by Queen

Victoria back in the 1880s. I got the second! This caused a lot of

fuss and it got a lot of objections from conservatives. But it is a

bipartisan position. There are photos Presidents Carter, Ford and

Bush doing exactly the same. I'm sure you would do it too. Let us

take a look at the state of the union address. It is usual for the

opposition to give a response and tonight, the Democrats are putting

forward the former Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear. Is never easy to

respond, because you do know what will be in it. Steve Beshear and

Kentucky have a good story to tell when it comes to Obamacare. Under

the affordable care right between 2013 and 2015, the number of

uninsured people fell from 20% to 6%. That adds up to a total of

420,000 more people insured through the scheme, roughly half of whom

were in work. During that time frame, the number of uninsured

people working in restaurants fell from 58% to 23%. What the Democrats

plan to do to counter Mr Trump as he spells out his agenda including on

health care? Joining us now from Capitol Hill

is Congresswoman Karen For years, Democrats run away from

the affordable care racks. Now it seems that they are all rushing to

embrace it just as it seems to be under threat. Actually, I do not

recall that. You may be referring to many years ago, but I certainly know

that in my state, California, we have been leading the way around the

Affordable Care Act. Any time you pass a masterpiece of legislation

like that, it takes years to work out all the kinks. And

unfortunately, because by Republican colleagues had a policy of repeal,

they never want to fix the normal things that you would do after

passing a piece of legislation like that. They will be interesting now

Trump as realised health care is a very complicated issue. Yesterday,

he said it as if he discovered it was difficult. I think everybody had

been trying to explain that before. Is there a curious sense in which

Democrats are relishing their position in the opposition?

Obviously, you would love to have the White House and Congress, but

all you enjoyed the process of being able to oppose things that Mr Trump

is putting forward? No, I don't think anybody is relishing this. My

constituents, and I had 1300 people attend town halls when I was back,

and people are fearful around the country. There is nothing to relish.

Having said that, what I am excited about is the tremendous response,

the protest, the level of involvement. Any time you have

engagement, that certainly spells good news for the future. Thank you.

You're watching One Hundred Days from BBC News.

Still to come for viewers on the BBC News Channel and BBC World News:

The Tunisian police come in for criticism from a British

official over their response to the deadly attack by armed

militants on a beach hotel at Sousse.

And how will President's Trump state-of-the-nation speech go down

We'll be live in Pennsylvania. That's still to come

It does not take much to turn the rain to snow in the last few days. A

little bit of snow mixed in with the rain as it clears from the far

south-east and wintry showers across the north of Scotland overnight.

Slippery surfaces and there are warnings in force. Some showers,

particularly towards the coast. Watch out for the ice and

temperatures are quite widely close to freezing. A crisp start and some

welcome sunshine across the South. Showers continuing to feeding of the

Irish seem to parts of northern England and the north of Scotland

continues with wintry showers. This is mid-afternoon. Away from the far

north, much of Scotland having a fine afternoon and it will feel

quite pleasant. Similarly for Northern Ireland. Showers in

northern England. The Midlands and East Anglia holding onto brightness,

but through the south, not that nice. Damp and dry and chilly. The

rain is persistent. As we head into the night, things get lively. Gales

may develop around southern and western coasts. Bits of heavy rain

will turn to snow across central areas up into North Wales and maybe

the North of England and Ireland as well. It will not be easy at this

range, but through tomorrow night, strong winds, rain, and the

possibility of hill snow and the possibility of disruption. Things

quieten down during Thursday. Still blustery. Brightness in the south

and brightness in the north. Centrally, more cloud. The threat of

rain out west. Wintry showers across the far north-west Scotland.

Temperatures on the low side. Milder in southern areas up into double

figures. The sunshine should feel quite nice. But it will last. The

next area of low pressure comes in from the South West and that means

another spot of wet weather, initially across southern areas. The

much of Northern Ireland and Scotland should have the better day

with some sunshine. Chilly here, milder briefly for the South.

Welcome back to 100 Days - I'm Katty Kay in Washington,

President Trump prepares to address Congress

"An optimistic vision" for America has been promised

And we'll reveal just why this speech by France's President

Tunisia's response to a terror attack that left 38 people dead two

years ago was "at best shambolic and at worst cowardly".

That's the finding of the British coroner at the inquests into the 30

Britons who among those shot dead on a beach.

The Judge ruled they were unlawfully killed as some of those who survived

We were trying to seek refuge and did not know where to go. No one was

directing us anywhere, it was a free for all, chaotic. Once we have found

somewhere to hide we thought we would be relatively safe until as

you say, people would come to help. People who had the responsibilities,

the National Guard, the police. But they did not come. And unfortunately

several minutes went by from the start of it to the point where John

was killed. Our correspondent Orla Guerin

has been to Sousse, where the attack happened,

to see how security's been improved. A new vigilance that was utterly

lacking on the day of the attack. Now, permanent checkpoints

and patrols by the police The message is clear,

you are safe, it's a new Tunisia. Ministers are looking to brighter

days, after tourism was gravely And we think that tourism

will be coming back We have good indications for summer

2017, and we'd be very happy to see again the British coming

back to Tunisia. Do you think it's 100%

safe, can you say that? Metal detectors are now standard

when you enter hotels, He co-owns the now-closed hotel

where the British holiday-makers He admits security in Tunisia should

have been tightened that March, after an attack on tourists

in the Bardo Museum. It should have been stricter

and stronger after the Bardo attack. To be honest with you,

it should have been. But there is a before 26th June

2015, and there is an after. This is not the same

country any more. This was the picture

when terror came to the beach. Locals say the lone gunman

was on the loose for 40 minutes. Today at the inquest in London,

condemnation of the glaring absence When tourists were being slaughtered

here on the sands, police could and should have made

an effective response He said police could have arrived

here in minutes with everything Instead, they deliberately

delayed their arrival. The first officer on the scene

stayed outside the main gate, This man knows only too

well that the police When the shooting started,

he was on the beach Here he is chasing the killer,

armed only with two ashtrays, TRANSLATION: No one came, apart

from the two guards who did nothing. Then, when we ran along

the beach over there, there were three National Guard

boats in the sea. They didn't come until afterwards,

when he was killed. At the Riu Imperial Hotel where

the gunman claimed so many lives, they are getting ready to reopen

in May, hoping tourists will return Sunbathers now have company

on the beach, protection that came too late for 30 Britons,

robbed of life on this shore. Let's speak to BBC

Arabic's Murad Shishani. It is difficult for Tunisia and they

had criticism today but they're wedged between Algeria and Libya and

many fighters will be coming back from Syria very soon. Do they have

the resources to cope? I think they need international support. I was

there in ten days ago and I have seen people in the South where these

resorts have been closed and are now shut people have lost their jobs. I

also went to the of Tunis where these areas have been turned into

poverty hotbeds and were half of the Tunisians who led -- or left to join

jihadist groups, they come from there. They talk about heroes of

Iraq and Syria and that needs to be addressed. This is also part of the

problem, the size of the problem is huge, the biggest number according

to some statistics, of Tunisians joining Islamic State. 500

kilometres of border with Libya that people rely on day-to-day, with

smuggled goods, smuggled oil. But also people coming and going and

coming back to Tunisia from Iraq or Syria. The Sousse attacker was one

who went to Libya and trained and came back. Of course the attack had

devastating impact on the tourism industry in Tunisia but that will

mean there are fewer people employed in that particular sector, higher

unemployment. Is that more Tunisians into the arms of extremists? I think

this is interesting but it is not that simple. They will be going this

way as a reaction. But let's say, walking down on a beach to the

south, a very beautiful scene, but unfortunately all business has been

lost and people, even taxis are just asking people. But poverty is one of

the main reasons driving people to such extreme ideologies in places

like North Africa. Because many people I have spoken to, in their

popular songs, I'm talking about poor areas and young people are

singing songs praising migration into Europe but these days praising

Islamic State ideology because an alternative has been presented to

them and this is where the danger is coming from. It is a major issue but

also we have strong propaganda ideology pouring into these

youngsters in Tunisia and other North African states. Thank you for

joining us. Donald Trump goes into tonight's

speech with a record low approval But one place he found surprising

support during the election was the county of Easton,

Pennsylvania. Yes, they all told us Pennsylvania

was a banker for Clinton. You have spoken to some of the

people there? Yes here in Northampton County this was a key

county that swung for President Trump and people here are still

standing by their candidate. The voted for him for a number of

reasons, economic issues, it was a democratic stronghold because of

support from the labour unions but the industry here has largely

disappeared and there has also been social conservative issues that had

people backing President Trump. Kathleen is one of the voters I

spoke to and she said despite the controversy for the last 40 days of

the presidency, you are still very much in support of President Trump.

Still very much in support and excited about what he can do for us.

Just because of all the promises he has made, they all make promises but

the things we really believe in, the things he will bring back,

manufacturing will support the military and armed forces. The way

he wants to renew the trade deals and get back the deficit. All the

things he has been talking about, I agree with. When he addresses the

joint session of Congress today, what you want to hear him address? I

just want to hear him encourage the people. Encouraged his supporters as

well as encourage the non-supporters, the people who

really do not know what they support, to give America the hope

that he cares about the families, about their children, about the

safety of their neighbourhoods and the economic growth. He cares about

all the things Americans care about and he is going to be positive and

we do not care what happened in the past. That is the past. I wanted to

talk about what he wants to do in the future. To be positive and

encourage people, even those who do not believe. You told me a lot of

people feel energised tear, that there has been a revolution. But

what he does not deliver on some key promises to bring back jobs? The

coal industry has largely been decimated in this area. I believe

some of them cannot be restored but I do believe that people still have

hope, that they want all that to be restored. You look around and it

might not be the coal industry but it could be something different.

They could start a whole new business that they could create and

make great. Well as you heard that people here are very much still in

support of President Trump and I have to say a lot of people have

said he should be given the chance to Bush 's agenda through and see

what comes of it. They have been critical of the negative attention

and protest that have broken up in other parts of the country. Just a

few hear from one county that voted for President Trump. And President

Trump has been signing more executive orders today, one about

the waters of the United States, finalised by the environmental

protection agency back in 2015. To clarify which bodies of water

covered by the clean water act. It is just rolling back more of those

projections for environmental spaces the United States. We have seen

several of those. More of that during the week.

And now - an example of extreme calm from France's President Hollande -

after a suprising interruption during a speech.

It came when a police marksman slipped and accidentally

The bullet went into a nearby marquee, giving two

President Hollande, as you can see, simply said that he hoped the bang

was nothing serious, and carried on.

He later went to visit the two injured men -

as you'd expect, an investigation is under way.

Katty will be on Facebook Live with Anthony Zurcher in a few minutes -

We'll be back at the same time tomorrow.