:00:08. > :00:12.As Britain prepares to leave the European Union,
:00:13. > :00:15.the First Minister of Scotland calls for a new referendum
:00:16. > :00:21.So could Brexit lead to the break-up of the United Kingdom?
:00:22. > :00:23.Nicola Sturgeon says a second referendum should be held
:00:24. > :00:27.between autumn 2018 and spring 2019 once the terms of the UK's exit
:00:28. > :00:35.I believe that it would be wrong for Scotland to be taken down a path
:00:36. > :00:38.that it has no control over, regardless of the consequences
:00:39. > :00:41.for our economy, for our society, for our place in the world,
:00:42. > :00:44.for our very sense of who we are as a country.
:00:45. > :00:47.But it's up to the British Government and the Parliament
:00:48. > :00:52.in Westminster to decide if and when that vote takes place.
:00:53. > :00:57.Instead of playing politics with the future of our country,
:00:58. > :00:59.the Scottish Government should focus on delivering good government
:01:00. > :01:01.and public services for the people of Scotland.
:01:02. > :01:07.Meanwhile, the British Parliament will vote this evening
:01:08. > :01:09.whether to give the Prime Minister the power to start
:01:10. > :01:16.Congress's House Intelligence Committee demands from the President
:01:17. > :01:19.that his phones were wiretapped just before the election.
:01:20. > :01:21.After Turkey's ministers are blocked from attending
:01:22. > :01:24.some European rallies, President Erdogan threatens
:01:25. > :01:27.to take the Netherlands to the European Court and accuses
:01:28. > :01:35.Blizzards in America's North East forces German Chancellor Merkel
:01:36. > :01:51.to reschedule her trip to the White House.
:01:52. > :01:54.I'm Katty Kay in Washington, Christian Fraser is in London.
:01:55. > :01:57.It is 53 days since Donald Trump took office, it's 233 days
:01:58. > :02:02.since Britain voted to leave the European Union.
:02:03. > :02:04.So much has happened since then and yet nothing
:02:05. > :02:07.at all has happened - at least in terms of the formal
:02:08. > :02:12.Tonight, the UK Parliament takes its final vote
:02:13. > :02:14.on the Brexit legislation, which should clear the way
:02:15. > :02:21.for the Prime Minister to begin the process.
:02:22. > :02:25.It has just rejected both of the amendments.
:02:26. > :02:28.And on the eve of that historic vote, word from the First Minister
:02:29. > :02:30.of Scotland today that she wants another independence referendum.
:02:31. > :02:33.I can confirm today that, next week, I will seek the authority
:02:34. > :02:36.of the Scottish Parliament to agree with the UK Government the details
:02:37. > :02:38.of a section 30 order, the procedure that will enable
:02:39. > :02:42.the Scottish Parliament to legislate for an independence referendum.
:02:43. > :02:45.The UK Government was clear, in 2014, that an independence
:02:46. > :02:47.referendum should, in their words, be made in Scotland
:02:48. > :02:56.That is a principle that should be respected today.
:02:57. > :02:57.The detailed arrangements for a referendum,
:02:58. > :02:59.including its timing, must be for the Scottish
:03:00. > :03:07.However, in my view, it is important that Scotland
:03:08. > :03:09.is able to exercise the right to choose our own future
:03:10. > :03:12.at a time when the options are clearer than they are now,
:03:13. > :03:21.but before it is too late to decide our own path.
:03:22. > :03:23.Well, the British Prime Minister has delivered a forthright response,
:03:24. > :03:25.accusing Nicola Sturgeon of tunnel vision.
:03:26. > :03:28.As we negotiate to leave the European Union,
:03:29. > :03:32.I want to negotiate an agreement that is going to work for the whole
:03:33. > :03:35.of the United Kingdom that includes the Scottish people.
:03:36. > :03:37.That's why we've been working closely with the devolved
:03:38. > :03:41.administrations, we've been listening to their proposals
:03:42. > :03:44.and recognising the many areas of common ground that we have,
:03:45. > :03:46.such as protecting workers' rights and our security
:03:47. > :03:53.The tunnel vision that the SNP has shown today is deeply regrettable.
:03:54. > :03:57.It sets Scotland on a course for more uncertainty and division,
:03:58. > :04:00.creating huge uncertainty, and this at a time when the evidence
:04:01. > :04:08.is that the Scottish people, the majority of the Scottish people,
:04:09. > :04:10.do not want a second independence referendum.
:04:11. > :04:13.So, instead of playing politics with the future of our country,
:04:14. > :04:18.the Scottish Government should focus on delivering good government
:04:19. > :04:20.and public services for the people of Scotland.
:04:21. > :04:32.Our Scotland editor, Sarah Smith, is in Edinburgh for us now.
:04:33. > :04:40.The First Minister is a very smart politician. I am sure in private she
:04:41. > :04:45.has guessed that the Prime Minister will not give an independence
:04:46. > :04:49.referendum in the midst of these complex Brexit negotiations so if
:04:50. > :04:55.she has worked that out what is her political calculation here? She is
:04:56. > :05:01.asking for that referendum to be before the UK leads the EU. She says
:05:02. > :05:05.there is a window when Scotland should be allowed another vote on
:05:06. > :05:10.whether or not it should become an independent country. The UK
:05:11. > :05:15.Government seems unlikely to allow that, they do not want to fight a
:05:16. > :05:19.referendum campaign at the same time as negotiating Brexit, so they will
:05:20. > :05:26.try to insist this be held after March 20 19. There is bound to be a
:05:27. > :05:30.tussle over the next few weeks and months that might suit Nicola
:05:31. > :05:34.Sturgeon well because a lot of her argument is she has been forced into
:05:35. > :05:37.the position of holding this referendum because the UK Government
:05:38. > :05:42.are not listening to Scotland and the wishes and she could use it to
:05:43. > :05:51.strengthen the argument, if she changes the date. Could she force
:05:52. > :05:59.Theresa May to delay her timetable in triggering Article 50? There are
:06:00. > :06:03.reports that that might happen. We were never absolutely sure when
:06:04. > :06:06.Theresa May was due to trigger Article 50. There was speculation
:06:07. > :06:11.that might happen tomorrow and that is why Nicola Sturgeon made that
:06:12. > :06:15.announcement today. Of course, Theresa May now has to die just this
:06:16. > :06:24.fairly momentous news from Edinburgh which would have taken this by her
:06:25. > :06:30.surprise. -- has the digest. She will not want to look as though her
:06:31. > :06:36.timetable has been knocked off course because she says her full
:06:37. > :06:37.focus is on making Brexit work and she does not want to look like she
:06:38. > :06:39.has been derailed. Stephen Gethins is the Europe
:06:40. > :06:51.spokesperson for the If you really want the big UK to get
:06:52. > :06:56.the best possible Brexit deal, and let us remember that this is your
:06:57. > :06:59.biggest single market, surely you would hold off until this very
:07:00. > :07:06.complex negotiation has been completed? The Scottish Government
:07:07. > :07:12.has already proposed the best deal, to remain part of the European
:07:13. > :07:18.Union, that is the best deal we have got. But the next best deal would
:07:19. > :07:22.have been to obtain membership of the single market and that is why
:07:23. > :07:27.the Scottish Government proposed a compromise before Christmas time to
:07:28. > :07:31.the UK Government. We said, we will put to one side membership of the
:07:32. > :07:35.European Union, even though we voted in favour of remaining, and we'd
:07:36. > :07:40.retain membership of the single market. That is the least worst
:07:41. > :07:44.option for jobs in the economy. And the least worst option for the UK as
:07:45. > :07:51.a whole. We try to help out the UK Government compromise but they do
:07:52. > :07:53.not appear willing to take a compromise. The European Union has
:07:54. > :07:57.signalled he would have to begin the process as a new accession country,
:07:58. > :08:02.meaning he would have to come in line with the new economic terms,
:08:03. > :08:08.meaning a deficit of 3%. At the moment, your deficit is 8-10% and
:08:09. > :08:14.the economic facts have not changed since 2014 so how will you sell that
:08:15. > :08:19.to the Scottish public? The UK is heavily in debt and it is due to get
:08:20. > :08:25.worse, given the disastrous economic decision to take us out of the
:08:26. > :08:31.European Union. What is more, Scotland as a country has met the
:08:32. > :08:35.rules for being a member of the European Union, it would be a net
:08:36. > :08:43.contributor because we are one of the richer members, and is already a
:08:44. > :08:50.member of the European Union. If you saw the European Parliament's chief
:08:51. > :08:58.negotiator, there is an openness and willingness for Scotland to continue
:08:59. > :09:02.its membership of the EU. Just to be absolutely clear, do you have
:09:03. > :09:07.private assurances from the European Union that they would accept
:09:08. > :09:11.Scotland as a new country? This is still an internal member state issue
:09:12. > :09:19.for the United Kingdom but what has been interesting is not so much the
:09:20. > :09:23.private reassurances but the public reassurances. Jean-Claude Juncker
:09:24. > :09:30.said Scotland needs to be listened to. We have heard the same words
:09:31. > :09:35.coming out of Burling, Dublin and elsewhere. That has been a shift
:09:36. > :09:39.since the last independence referendum. We would have this
:09:40. > :09:51.referendum in totally different circumstances than the previous one.
:09:52. > :09:57.It seems like you're just playing with a very weak hand. Since 2014,
:09:58. > :10:04.when you did not manage to get the referendum you wanted, the price of
:10:05. > :10:10.oil has collapsed, and the still is not total unanimity amongst EU
:10:11. > :10:14.members. There are an fact fairly big objections from other members as
:10:15. > :10:21.having Scotland as an independent country. Most recently, we have had
:10:22. > :10:26.the Spanish and the People's party in Spain saying you cannot compare
:10:27. > :10:31.Scotland with Catalonia, of course Scotland is a totally different
:10:32. > :10:34.case. I am not sure that argument stacks up any more. Also, from an
:10:35. > :10:40.economic point of view, the most damaging thing that can happen the
:10:41. > :10:46.Scottish economy is leaving the European Union and the single
:10:47. > :10:49.market. The Institute of the University of Strathclyde have
:10:50. > :10:53.estimated this could cost Scotland 80,000 jobs in Scotland alone. This
:10:54. > :11:00.is a shock to our economy and devastation to jobs and the economy
:11:01. > :11:04.that we can ill afford. So the First Minister's plea today is to save
:11:05. > :11:08.jobs and the economy and retain our membership of the European Union and
:11:09. > :11:20.retain a secure a relationship with the rest of Europe. Did you hear
:11:21. > :11:26.firm cast-iron guarantees and reassurances the, because I did not?
:11:27. > :11:30.Know, but they did make the point that they would not just be able to
:11:31. > :11:34.go into the European Union as an existing member, they would have to
:11:35. > :11:39.go through the full process, and the economic facts are still as they
:11:40. > :11:43.were in 2014, particularly regarding the currency and deficit.
:11:44. > :11:48.Potentially even worse for the price of oil. Let's look at what has
:11:49. > :11:52.changed and what has not changed. What has changed is the argument
:11:53. > :11:57.because the SNP have always embraced this idea that Scots will only vote
:11:58. > :12:03.for independence in Scotland is thriving. They are saying now is
:12:04. > :12:07.not, can Scotland afford to be independent but can Scotland afford
:12:08. > :12:11.not to be independent? Mr Gethin is said we need to be in the single
:12:12. > :12:14.market which is a strange argument when you consider that the UK
:12:15. > :12:18.market, the biggest market they have this four times the size of the
:12:19. > :12:22.European market. Would it mean the people in Scotland would vote for
:12:23. > :12:28.independence? That is not the case either because we know that trump
:12:29. > :12:34.nationalistic and Sturgeon nationalistic economics are potent.
:12:35. > :12:39.I dare the other plenty of affluent middle-class people in Scotland who
:12:40. > :12:43.voted Remain in the EU referendum and are probably thinking, this
:12:44. > :12:48.time, I will not put the same store in projects via as it did last time.
:12:49. > :12:51.Which is why these conversations they are having with European
:12:52. > :12:56.leaders are so critical and why we need to get to the bottom of why
:12:57. > :13:02.they have been given guarantees. That would presumably influenced the
:13:03. > :13:06.way Scots might vote. You are right. One thing we learnt in 2016 is
:13:07. > :13:12.people vote with their hearts as much as their heads. Absolutely, and
:13:13. > :13:14.timing is crucial here. It is crucial for the Prime Minister
:13:15. > :13:22.because she said today she does not want to fight on two France. We will
:13:23. > :13:26.probably not see a referendum until after 2019. She will be hoping the
:13:27. > :13:30.UK economy is sufficiently strong that it would put people off in
:13:31. > :13:34.Scotland from going down this route. But the timing is also crucial for
:13:35. > :13:40.Nicola Sturgeon as well. She wants to take advantage of an economic
:13:41. > :13:44.downturn in the UK, that is probably her best hope, so the timing for
:13:45. > :13:51.both leaders critical at this moment. I think what will be so
:13:52. > :13:57.fascinating, over the next two years, not just the deal that the UK
:13:58. > :14:01.gets and that Theresa May manages to negotiate with Brussels, but also
:14:02. > :14:06.the impact that it has on the United Kingdom. What is surprising is the
:14:07. > :14:14.amount people are watching from the side of the Atlantic. There are a
:14:15. > :14:20.lot of supporters for Brexit from the trump campaign. But I wonder
:14:21. > :14:25.whether the White House would think of Scottish independence as a result
:14:26. > :14:32.of Brexit. Just finished on that point, today, you got the Sinn Fein
:14:33. > :14:36.party in Northern saying they need a vote a united Ireland, Plaid Cymru
:14:37. > :14:44.talked about a similar discussion in Wales, and the SNP, the union
:14:45. > :14:52.certainly looks fairly fragile. We will put that argument to the one of
:14:53. > :15:01.the cheap Brexit architects later. We have had two votes on the
:15:02. > :15:05.amendments. There has been little sign of the Conservative rebellion
:15:06. > :15:08.in all of this. These were the changes at the House of Lords,
:15:09. > :15:13.wanting to guarantee the rights of EU citizens living in the United
:15:14. > :15:18.Kingdom, the second one was about securing a final vote, a vote on the
:15:19. > :15:23.deal that Theresa May gets at the end of the process of negotiation,
:15:24. > :15:28.but both of those changes have been overturned by the House of Commons.
:15:29. > :15:31.It will now go back to the upper chamber again, to the House of
:15:32. > :15:38.Lords, where they will consider it one more time. Indications there art
:15:39. > :15:40.that Labour opposition peers have not seen any sign that the
:15:41. > :15:45.government will give way on this. They do not see any point in
:15:46. > :15:49.pursuing this any further. It seems that this Brexit bill will pass its
:15:50. > :15:54.final Parliamentary hurdle tonight and that leaves Theresa May very
:15:55. > :15:59.much able to trigger Article 50 when she chooses to. I am told that it
:16:00. > :16:08.will not be this week, it will happen towards the end of March.
:16:09. > :16:10.The House Intelligence Committee has given the Trump administration
:16:11. > :16:13.until the end of today to provide evidence that phones at Trump Tower
:16:14. > :16:16.in New York were wiretapped just before the election.
:16:17. > :16:19.White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer was asked a question
:16:20. > :16:21.about this at a briefing a short time ago.
:16:22. > :16:25.Here's a little of what he had to say.
:16:26. > :16:27.He doesn't really think that President Obama went up
:16:28. > :16:32.I think there's no question that the Obama administration,
:16:33. > :16:34.that there were actions about surveillance and other
:16:35. > :16:36.activities that occurred in the 2016 election.
:16:37. > :16:41.That is a widely reported activity that occurred back then.
:16:42. > :16:45.The president used the word "wiretap" the mean broadly
:16:46. > :16:50.surveillance and other activities during that.
:16:51. > :16:53.It is interesting how many news outlets reported that this activity
:16:54. > :16:55.was taking place during the 2016 election cycle, and now
:16:56. > :17:00.It is many of the same outlets in this room that talked
:17:01. > :17:04.about the activities that were going on back then.
:17:05. > :17:06.Well, President Obama's Director of National Intelligence,
:17:07. > :17:11.James Clapper, says Trump's Twitter claims are entirely baseless.
:17:12. > :17:13.But that didn't stop Senior White House advisor
:17:14. > :17:15.Kellyanne Conway suggesting on Sunday that the alleged
:17:16. > :17:16.surveillance may have gone beyond listening
:17:17. > :17:26.What I can say is there are many ways to surveil each
:17:27. > :17:32.There was an article this week that talked about how you can surveil
:17:33. > :17:36.someone through their phones, through their television sets,
:17:37. > :17:40.any number of different ways, and microwaves that turn
:17:41. > :17:44.So we know that that is just a fact of modern life.
:17:45. > :17:46.Well, Kellyanne was referring there to last week's WikiLeaks
:17:47. > :17:49.revelations that the CIA has hacking tools for breaking into computers,
:17:50. > :18:05.cell phones even smart TVs but, this morning, she backtracked.
:18:06. > :18:07.They weren't making a suggestion about Trump Tower, those
:18:08. > :18:11.And I answered him about surveillance generally.
:18:12. > :18:13.But you have no evidence that that kind of surveillance
:18:14. > :18:16.I have no evidence but that's why there's
:18:17. > :18:20.Well, there was this reaction from the President Trump, who took
:18:21. > :18:25.He wrote, "It is amazing how rude much of the media is to my very
:18:26. > :18:30.Well, to get more on these allegations, we're joined
:18:31. > :18:33.in the studio by William Cohen, former Defence Secretary and former
:18:34. > :18:42.He also served on the Intelligence Committee for over a decade.
:18:43. > :18:51.Is the onus here on the White House to prove that what President trump
:18:52. > :18:58.accused President Obama of doing, a crime, he has evidence on that? We
:18:59. > :19:04.are seeing an example of fake news coming directly out of the White
:19:05. > :19:07.House. Just last week, the president was getting compliments for being
:19:08. > :19:14.presidential because he wrote a speech. This is not presidential
:19:15. > :19:17.conduct. The issue a tweet accusing a former president of committing a
:19:18. > :19:23.felony without any evidence whatsoever. It is not saying,
:19:24. > :19:28.Congress, please help me find out what is on my own department. All he
:19:29. > :19:35.has to do is pick up the phone and say, tell me what happened. But the
:19:36. > :19:42.ship that the Congress to conduct an investigation is sending Congress
:19:43. > :19:45.down a rabbit hole. I think this is nonsense. So you do not think the
:19:46. > :19:52.media is wrong to be asking questions about this? Until you have
:19:53. > :19:57.proof of something as outrageous as this, we will cover something else,
:19:58. > :20:01.we will not be diverted and covering all of this while other things going
:20:02. > :20:06.on, people are being arrested and moved out of the United States,
:20:07. > :20:10.actions are being taken, attorneys are being fired, rights are being
:20:11. > :20:15.rolled back. We are now trying to find out what he meant, was it
:20:16. > :20:22.surveillance, wiretapping, your phone? This is nonsense. This is
:20:23. > :20:28.1984! The media has an obligation to tell the president he has facts and
:20:29. > :20:31.to bring them forward. Not tomorrow, next week, next month, do it on your
:20:32. > :20:40.own and do not make comments like this without facts. Essentially what
:20:41. > :20:44.we are saying is we cannot trust what the president of the United
:20:45. > :20:46.States is saying that has big implications not only the
:20:47. > :20:53.relationships internally but externally, his credibility
:20:54. > :20:58.worldwide? Credibility suffers. Not only does his credibility suffered
:20:59. > :21:02.but that of the United States. We are seeing the US is portrayed as a
:21:03. > :21:06.circus in which people are running around with bells and whistles,
:21:07. > :21:15.trying to find out what the facts are. It is fake news in any event.
:21:16. > :21:19.Facts really do count. The world is turning faster and faster and is
:21:20. > :21:26.becoming more dangerous and the last thing we need is to be having fake
:21:27. > :21:50.news put out. We are being seen as a circus. Thank you for joining us.
:21:51. > :21:57.It is quite extraordinary the rhetoric and how it has escalated.
:21:58. > :22:04.In one respect, neither side can back down. In the Netherlands, she
:22:05. > :22:09.is facing up with the Nationalists and the far right politician in the
:22:10. > :22:13.Netherlands, then you have got Mr Erdogan in Turkey who needs the
:22:14. > :22:20.support of the nationalist -based. Definitely. It is a critical time
:22:21. > :22:28.for both countries. Both will have elections in two days' time and in
:22:29. > :22:32.Turkey, there is this referendum. And President Erdogan desperately
:22:33. > :22:36.needs the Nationalists in Turkey because even though he has got the
:22:37. > :22:41.support of the nationalist party, there is a crack in the base, so not
:22:42. > :22:47.all of them are supporting him because these amendments will
:22:48. > :22:55.increase his powers massively. He could not get the full support of
:22:56. > :23:00.Nationalists in Turkey. It is like his last attempt to approach them
:23:01. > :23:07.and filled the nationalist values. Reading some of the comments here.
:23:08. > :23:11.Ankara should re-evaluate part of the deal they signed last year to
:23:12. > :23:15.restrict the flow of migrants into Europe. This is a stick that they
:23:16. > :23:19.can beat the Europeans with and they have used it before, and it would be
:23:20. > :23:24.particularly potent when the French and Germans are going to the polls.
:23:25. > :23:29.Turkey has been playing this card since last year. The agreement came
:23:30. > :23:34.into effect last March and since then, the number of migrants who are
:23:35. > :23:41.trying to cross into Europe or Turkey, the number of them has
:23:42. > :23:47.declined dramatically, and Turkish citizens have been given these are
:23:48. > :23:52.free travel promise, but it has not been fulfilled. So Turkey or the
:23:53. > :23:58.time, after this agreement came into effect, using this card against
:23:59. > :24:02.Europe, saying, we will open our borders and you will deal with that
:24:03. > :24:10.problem. Interesting, we will watch that closely. This is exactly what
:24:11. > :24:15.Bill Cowan was talking about, that there are moments in the world, that
:24:16. > :24:27.the world is moving fast, where they get the crisis points. How are other
:24:28. > :24:30.powers going to deal with that deterioration of relations where we
:24:31. > :24:35.have had a president where people say not ready? I wonder what they
:24:36. > :24:40.are thinking of what is happening in Turkey and what President Erdogan is
:24:41. > :24:47.doing in a White House that frankly is not even staffed. That is exactly
:24:48. > :24:51.edge. Four months ago, the Secretary of State would be wading in and
:24:52. > :24:55.tried to cool heads and bang heads together. That is not happening.
:24:56. > :25:00.Europe is very much on its own at the moment. Some of the comments
:25:01. > :25:06.that are coming from Mr Erdogan really do rankle with particularly
:25:07. > :25:11.the Dutch, the core of the Dutch Nazis after the history they have,
:25:12. > :25:16.the occupation, and the number of people that died in the Netherlands,
:25:17. > :25:20.it is really too much. You have seen some of the reaction we have had
:25:21. > :25:24.today from the Netherlands. It would be interesting to know, even amongst
:25:25. > :25:30.Mr Erdogan's supporters, who are thinking you has gone too far this
:25:31. > :25:33.time. You wonder who will step in before that referendum because he is
:25:34. > :25:38.now saying he will travel to Europe and get involved himself.
:25:39. > :25:40.You're watching 100 Days from BBC News.
:25:41. > :25:44.Still to come for viewers on the BBC News Channel and BBC World News?
:25:45. > :25:50.We will be live in Westminster where MPs have voted in favour of
:25:51. > :25:52.legislation, clearing the way for Britain to lead the way for
:25:53. > :26:13.withdrawing from the European Union. It has been a mild start of the week
:26:14. > :26:18.and a really pleasant one. The best of the sunshine has been in East
:26:19. > :26:22.Anglia, south-east England. But also, in Northern Ireland, where the
:26:23. > :26:29.temperatures reached 16.6 Celsius, the warmest day of the year so far
:26:30. > :26:34.in Northern Ireland. Some areas of cloud have drifted south-eastwards.
:26:35. > :26:39.It could well be that cloud has increased overnight. A mild Emerson
:26:40. > :26:44.control, meaning temperatures will not go down too far. Outbreaks of
:26:45. > :26:48.rain running in the north-west Scotland, becoming increasingly
:26:49. > :26:54.lighter and patchy. By the end of the night, look at how this
:26:55. > :27:01.temperatures stay up. Let's take a look at things at 8am. Mr nil for
:27:02. > :27:07.ground. Could well be a bit damp and drizzly. Some brighter breaks across
:27:08. > :27:11.central and eastern parts of England by a similarly misty, murky picture
:27:12. > :27:15.into the high ground of north-west England. Could well brighten up a
:27:16. > :27:18.time in Northern Ireland in the morning. Sunny spells in Scotland by
:27:19. > :27:27.a strong wind across the North and severe gales here. The Northern and
:27:28. > :27:32.western isles, just sent excess of 70 mph, particularly around some of
:27:33. > :27:37.the showers. Elsewhere, variable cloud, some bright sunny spells, the
:27:38. > :27:43.risk of patchy rain coming back from Northern Ireland, anywhere towards
:27:44. > :27:49.the western hills could be dampened drizzly. In any sunshine, we could
:27:50. > :27:53.see 18 Celsius. When the sun comes out, it feels very mild once again.
:27:54. > :27:58.Some of that patchy rain further south as we go through Tuesday
:27:59. > :28:01.evening and overnight. On Wednesday, an area of cloud. Still some showers
:28:02. > :28:12.of rain in the northern Scotland, not as windy. The rain front we as
:28:13. > :28:15.it pushes south on Wednesday but more weather fronts are coming our
:28:16. > :28:19.way at the end of the week, ganging up on the Atlantic with stronger
:28:20. > :28:23.winds as well. We will see a transition by the end of this week
:28:24. > :28:25.lasting into the weekend to cooler weather, windy weather, and for many
:28:26. > :30:21.of us, wetter weather. Welcome back to 100 days. I'm
:30:22. > :30:24.Christian Fraser in London. Catty case in Westminster.
:30:25. > :30:26.MPs at Westminster have overwhelmingly voted to overturn
:30:27. > :30:28.Prime Minister Theresa May could theoretically start
:30:29. > :30:31.the formal process of leaving the European Union,
:30:32. > :30:41.And coming up we will be at the Mexico City that receives more
:30:42. > :30:53.deportees than any other place on the southern border.
:30:54. > :31:02.The now to a turbulent day in which is politics, Nicola Sturgeon will
:31:03. > :31:06.try to hold a second referendum. And there is the policy of Brexit, they
:31:07. > :31:10.are trying to start the Brexit process, they have rejected two
:31:11. > :31:15.amendments from the House of Lords, earlier we heard from the Scottish
:31:16. > :31:20.Nationalists and soda is here from the Brexit side, Dominic Robb was
:31:21. > :31:24.one of the more vocal guys on the Brexit side. The Prime Minister said
:31:25. > :31:27."I will never allow a divisive Nationalists to undermine the union
:31:28. > :31:34.between the nations of our United Kingdom. " Isn't that what Brexit
:31:35. > :31:39.has done? I don't think so, we can't stop the SNP because sturgeon
:31:40. > :31:42.continuing with this pretty obsessive tunnel vision towards
:31:43. > :31:47.another referendum if that is really what they want but I'm not sure it
:31:48. > :31:53.is what the Scottish people want. It is to the least to have this pledge
:31:54. > :31:56.made now before we had even started a letter knowing where we know where
:31:57. > :32:01.we will end up with the outcome of the Brexit negotiations. I think the
:32:02. > :32:05.best thing that we can do is going to these negotiations with a very
:32:06. > :32:09.clear mandate from Parliament, the economy is strong, going and looking
:32:10. > :32:13.for the best deal we can get for every part and nation of the United
:32:14. > :32:16.Kingdom. While we are at it, the generosity of spirit for the
:32:17. > :32:21.European friends and look for the win- win deals. Of course the SNP
:32:22. > :32:27.would say that people on the Brexit side have tunnel vision, let me ask
:32:28. > :32:33.you, does the Scottish announcement today weakened the bargaining
:32:34. > :32:39.position? First of all when the Prime Minister gave her Lancaster
:32:40. > :32:43.house speech, in the polling that followed, there was huge public
:32:44. > :32:46.support for the vision of post-Brexit Britain with a
:32:47. > :32:51.self-governing democracy and strong European trading ally and friend but
:32:52. > :32:54.also broadening our horizons to be a global leader and it was very
:32:55. > :32:58.interesting, if you look at some of that evidence, there was clear
:32:59. > :33:04.support in Scotland for that vision and I think we should get on. We
:33:05. > :33:08.can't control what the SNP does, with democracy and a devolved
:33:09. > :33:13.settlement. We are absolutely going to respect it, she is at liberty to
:33:14. > :33:18.decide, and say what she wants to do. I'm just not sure that is where
:33:19. > :33:21.the Scottish people are right now, that is for her to argue and she
:33:22. > :33:29.will want to get easily decisions arguing for the best deal, in every
:33:30. > :33:33.quarter of the United Kingdom. If we don't get an announcement that the
:33:34. > :33:38.Prime Minister is triggering Article 50 tomorrow, is it fair to assume
:33:39. > :33:44.that is a bit of a political victory for Nicola Sturgeon? I think it was
:33:45. > :33:49.becoming evident from earlier in the day that the precise time, day or
:33:50. > :33:54.week remains to be seen because what we are ready concerned about, is
:33:55. > :33:58.less the political priorities and more what is the landscape in the
:33:59. > :34:03.context of the EU and there is a huge amount going on but the truth
:34:04. > :34:08.is, what we know today, is that we have got this very strong, clear
:34:09. > :34:13.mandate from Parliament as well as directly for people through the
:34:14. > :34:18.referendum. The economy is strong, the post-Brexit vision, but into a
:34:19. > :34:22.white Paper, has attracted strong and overwhelming public support and
:34:23. > :34:26.indeed support across the United Kingdom and all nations of the
:34:27. > :34:31.United Kingdom. We need to crack on and focus on delivering it. And to
:34:32. > :34:35.go into it with a bit of ambition and self-confidence. We have
:34:36. > :34:40.debated, the bill on triggering Article 50, for six weeks. One
:34:41. > :34:44.clause debated for six weeks, we have had these arguments, what the
:34:45. > :34:47.public overwhelmingly wants is to get onto these negotiations and get
:34:48. > :34:52.the best deal for everyone, whether they voted to leave or Remainers.
:34:53. > :35:00.Thank you very much for joining the programme. Since Donald Trump, has
:35:01. > :35:04.become the president, any illegal alien who is suspected of a crime is
:35:05. > :35:12.not a priority for deportation. It means more fear of being deported.
:35:13. > :35:14.The BBC's Juan Paullier reports from Tijuana which receives
:35:15. > :35:17.more deportees than any other place along the US-Mexican border.
:35:18. > :35:36.I am an American. MUSIC no other city on the US- Mexico border has a
:35:37. > :35:41.more intimate relationship. For this hip hop artist who lives in the US
:35:42. > :35:46.but has family on both sides of the wall, it has to find his music.
:35:47. > :35:50.Because of my spirits is growing up, and knowing that my family members
:35:51. > :35:55.in order to be with me, they are going to have to cross a border and
:35:56. > :35:59.potentially get arrested. I made an effort not to put borders and
:36:00. > :36:04.restrictions on my music. He has relatives among the estimated 11
:36:05. > :36:08.million undocumented immigrants in the US. Trump's anti immigrant
:36:09. > :36:13.rhetoric has left him treading the prospect of his family breaking up.
:36:14. > :36:18.I had a family member who had to go into a government building and from
:36:19. > :36:22.the moment that we got the scheduled date, to the actual date, there is a
:36:23. > :36:30.lot of tension, there is a lot of arguments at home. Because of the
:36:31. > :36:35.fear. There is a very real fear that anything could happen to our
:36:36. > :36:40.families at any given moment. If deported, his relative may end up in
:36:41. > :36:45.Tijuana. The city receives more deportees than any other city. For
:36:46. > :36:53.those deported it is a painful paradox, they fill their foreigners
:36:54. > :37:00.in the place they were born in. 530 is the area code. Tag twos tell a
:37:01. > :37:04.story of a life involved in gangs, and drugs and guns. He spent his
:37:05. > :37:08.teenage years in jail but was deported to Mexico because he was
:37:09. > :37:12.born there. He was dropped into a place he barely knew, having to
:37:13. > :37:16.speak a language that he had already forgotten. I think what I want to
:37:17. > :37:20.say in image and I have to translate it in my mind to be able to say it,
:37:21. > :37:27.and somewhat I can't even pronounce in Spanish. Third Israeli the reason
:37:28. > :37:32.why, call centres have worked out for me. These are call centres and
:37:33. > :37:39.many of the people working here have been deported from the US. It might
:37:40. > :37:43.be surprising to people to know that they are talking to tattooed ex-gang
:37:44. > :37:48.members. Chris is a supervisor and doesn't even think of going back to
:37:49. > :37:53.his old life, but the new one hasn't been easy. Sometimes people don't
:37:54. > :37:58.even give you that opportunity, they say he doesn't know any better. Some
:37:59. > :38:06.all gangster or gangster wannabe, drug addict, deportee. But that is
:38:07. > :38:10.how they, they looked down on me. If the US president keeps his promises,
:38:11. > :38:15.the challenges here in Tijuana may not only be a bigger or high
:38:16. > :38:16.offence. A wall of prejudice is another obstacle that many could
:38:17. > :38:24.face. Difficult things to discuss on the
:38:25. > :38:28.border. If I asked you what music,
:38:29. > :38:30.tech, the Vatican and You might be hard pressed to come
:38:31. > :38:34.up with a response - the answer though is that they're
:38:35. > :38:37.all on the agenda at the South-by-Southwest festival
:38:38. > :38:40.in the Texan capital Austin. And given the nature of
:38:41. > :38:44.the new presidency here in the US - politics is most definitely under
:38:45. > :38:45.the spotlight. Our North America reporter
:38:46. > :38:55.Anthony Zurcher is there. Before we talk to you, I want to
:38:56. > :38:59.talk about a famous visitor you have had down there, Joe Biden. He's
:39:00. > :39:01.looking remarkably calm and relaxed but also taking a quick potshot at
:39:02. > :39:09.President Trump. Just take a listen. It is my hope that this new
:39:10. > :39:17.administration, once it gets organised and I'm not being
:39:18. > :39:24.facetious, will be able to focus on and be as committed and enthusiastic
:39:25. > :39:34.as we were in the goal of curing cancer as we know it. Is that Joe
:39:35. > :39:40.Biden? Knowing Joe Biden he is being facetious. Is that the mood down
:39:41. > :39:44.there? Well I think Joe Biden said that he didn't want to get into
:39:45. > :39:47.politics and keep Robbie shouldn't be criticising the Trump
:39:48. > :39:51.administration although he did take another swipe at them on climate
:39:52. > :39:55.change policy. I think what you are seeing time and time again are
:39:56. > :40:01.people trying to grapple with the changing politics here, in the US.
:40:02. > :40:04.Last year, Barack Obama came to this conference and talked about how
:40:05. > :40:10.government could be a force for good. That is a decidedly different
:40:11. > :40:13.type of line of conversation coming from Washington about how to pare
:40:14. > :40:18.back and dismantle the administrative state. If you look at
:40:19. > :40:23.some of the panel discussions, it is about how Democratic mayors can hold
:40:24. > :40:26.the line against the immigration policy and transgender policy. There
:40:27. > :40:33.is talk about how the media can deal with fake news and however one can
:40:34. > :40:36.pull together, and address the changing political environment.
:40:37. > :40:40.There is definitely a shadow cast on this conference by the new wind is
:40:41. > :40:45.blowing out of Washington. Are they also talking about some of the
:40:46. > :40:48.social policies of this government, the travel ban, a lot of people who
:40:49. > :40:54.travel to the United States and work in the tech industry have taken a
:40:55. > :40:59.stance against it? Yes they have, I was discussing this very topic, with
:41:00. > :41:03.a corporate CEO, and he said that the immigration issue was one of the
:41:04. > :41:07.biggest concerns for them because they rely on the international
:41:08. > :41:13.talent pool, the people that they can bring in, on the special visas
:41:14. > :41:18.who have specific expertise and is larger concern was there was a lot
:41:19. > :41:25.of uncertainty and businesses don't deal with uncertainty very well. In
:41:26. > :41:30.a very sunny Austin, Texas, we should be there and not here in
:41:31. > :41:34.Washington, because it is very chilly outside. So chilly in fact
:41:35. > :41:40.that one house in upstate New York, looks like this. It sits on the
:41:41. > :41:44.sure, of Lake Ontario, where they are bearing the brunt of the bitter
:41:45. > :41:50.cold right now. Hall's bricks and windows. All covered in ice. I am
:41:51. > :41:55.not sure if a front door is left, taken by a local photographer,
:41:56. > :42:01.saying that many people doubted the authenticity, it is the era of fake
:42:02. > :42:08.news. It is very cold, we are about to get slammed by a snowstorm. It is
:42:09. > :42:12.a Joe Biden free zone. You are getting ready, boots and coat at the
:42:13. > :42:16.ready. My kids of course of thinking, we are finally going to
:42:17. > :42:21.get a snow day, we have almost had no winter in Washington. Here we are
:42:22. > :42:28.in March, my son 's birthday and he is thinking he will get the day off
:42:29. > :42:36.school. I think it is a snow day. You are not allowed to be late, I
:42:37. > :42:41.need you. She was supposed to be coming to the White House, relations
:42:42. > :42:46.a bit frosty between President Trump and Angela Merkel, he has called her
:42:47. > :42:53.immigration policy is catastrophic. Maybe why this is why they
:42:54. > :42:57.orchestrated this snowstorm. That is all for 100 days today, we will be
:42:58. > :43:02.back at the same time tomorrow. And you can follow us on social media.
:43:03. > :43:13.We hope to see you again, save time tomorrow, goodbye.