:00:09. > :00:13.President Donald Trump's second travel ban goes the way
:00:14. > :00:18.The order stopping arrivals from six mainly Muslim
:00:19. > :00:21.countries has been halted by federal judges on the grounds
:00:22. > :00:27.The President attacks judicial overreach and promises that
:00:28. > :00:39.We're going to fight this terrible ruling.
:00:40. > :00:42.We're going to take our case as far as it needs to go -
:00:43. > :00:44.including all the way up to the Supreme Court.
:00:45. > :00:47.The White House puts forward what it's calling a "hard power
:00:48. > :00:49.budget" with more money for the military and big cuts
:00:50. > :00:51.for diplomacy, the environment, housing and the arts.
:00:52. > :00:54.The UK Government says there will be no Scottish independence
:00:55. > :00:57.Theresa May says now is not the time for the vote,
:00:58. > :00:59.but the First Minister of Scotland calls it "undemocratic"
:01:00. > :01:11.History may see it as the day that the fate of the union was sealed.
:01:12. > :01:14.In the Netherlands the Prime Minister Mark Rutte loses seats,
:01:15. > :01:16.but will likely return to power - after seeing off the challenge
:01:17. > :01:21.And the terrifying moment a BBC camera crew escapes a volcanic
:01:22. > :01:38.Hello, I'm Katty Kay in Washington, Christian Fraser is in London.
:01:39. > :01:42.For the second time in two months, federal judges have blocked
:01:43. > :01:45.President Trump's attempt to impose a travel ban on six mainly
:01:46. > :01:49.Earlier this month, the White House issued a new travel order
:01:50. > :01:51.which removed some of the more contentious elements
:01:52. > :01:55.But two judges, one from Hawaii another from Maryland,
:01:56. > :01:58.took the unusual step of referring back to the President's comments
:01:59. > :02:01.during the election campaign - evidence they said that his order
:02:02. > :02:06.was still designed to discriminate against Muslims.
:02:07. > :02:11.Donald J Trump is calling for a total and complete shut down on
:02:12. > :02:14.Muslims entering the United States, until our country's representatives
:02:15. > :02:21.can figure out what the hell is going on!
:02:22. > :02:25.Trump backed away from his call for a total Muslim ban.
:02:26. > :02:28.But the judge in Hawaii appears to conclude that Mr.
:02:29. > :02:30.Trump's true motivations lie in those earlier remarks.
:02:31. > :02:32.At a rally in Nashville the President said
:02:33. > :02:41.This ruling makes us look weak - which by the way we no longer are,
:02:42. > :02:55.We are going to fight this terrible ruling, we are going
:02:56. > :02:57.to take our case as far as it needs to go,
:02:58. > :02:59.including all the way up to
:03:00. > :03:07.We are going to win, we're going to keep our
:03:08. > :03:10.citizens safe and regardless, we're going to keep our citizens safe,
:03:11. > :03:20.The Presidents critics have wasted no time in drawing
:03:21. > :03:32.Senator Elizabethe Warren tweeted this:
:03:33. > :03:36.Well in the last hour the White House communications
:03:37. > :03:38.With us to discuss is legal professor Jonathan Turley,
:03:39. > :03:43.from the George Washington University.
:03:44. > :03:49.Is this religious discrimination, the travel ban? Frankly, I don't
:03:50. > :03:55.think the case law supports the opinion. The ninth circuit made the
:03:56. > :03:59.ruling on due process. This is based on different courts. So in some ways
:04:00. > :04:03.this is opening up a new legal front. But the case law doesn't
:04:04. > :04:10.really favour the court that much on something like this. And the court
:04:11. > :04:14.was light on case analysis. It was long on the rhetoric and discussion
:04:15. > :04:19.of the president's campaign statements and statements made by
:04:20. > :04:23.his aides. That is usually not something that courts place so much
:04:24. > :04:30.emphasis on. You have said in the past that you don't agree with the
:04:31. > :04:34.travel ban, now stick your legal hat back on, is there a legal case to be
:04:35. > :04:38.made do you think, they have used the campaign rhetoric of the
:04:39. > :04:42.president to back up their case, is there do you think another legal
:04:43. > :04:49.case to be made or not? Well, I tell you, I would have to bet on the
:04:50. > :04:53.president on both due process and on the religious clauses and
:04:54. > :04:58.establishment. The case law is strong here, it is interesting that
:04:59. > :05:04.each of the decisions basically ignores the other counts, focuses on
:05:05. > :05:08.one and different aspects. I didn't find the opinion that convincing.
:05:09. > :05:12.What I felt was convincing was the administration needs discipline and
:05:13. > :05:16.people are saying things public they are undermining their case. But a
:05:17. > :05:21.lot of courts would be uneasy in having a case of this importance
:05:22. > :05:24.turn on campaign statements. Particularly campaign statements
:05:25. > :05:31.that you noted went back and forth and were fluid. This ban was
:05:32. > :05:36.supposed to come into play today and now it won't. Talk us through a bit
:05:37. > :05:41.of the, what goes on from here, the time table of how long will the ban
:05:42. > :05:44.be frozen and how long will people who want to get into the United
:05:45. > :05:51.States, how long will they have to get in? Well the fist step would be
:05:52. > :05:56.for the administration to move to the ninth circuit, Hawaii is in the
:05:57. > :06:01.circuit. There is a standing case that was never overturned that
:06:02. > :06:05.favours the challengers. They may have favoured the decision that came
:06:06. > :06:08.down. They can say this is a different order and written
:06:09. > :06:12.differently and dropped some of the issues and we want you to look on
:06:13. > :06:16.this on an emergency basis. They would do that. Whether they would
:06:17. > :06:20.win is a good question. But this is a case clearly being groomed for the
:06:21. > :06:27.Supreme Court. They're going to take it all the way. Is that weeks or
:06:28. > :06:35.month? It could be weeks for the ninth circuit, but months for the
:06:36. > :06:41.Supreme Court. They may not want to move and wait until there is a ninth
:06:42. > :06:50.justice who is a strong Executive power record. Thank you very much.
:06:51. > :06:56.Reinforce that the president needs a win somewhere and he has a problem
:06:57. > :07:01.with his travel ban and with the Obama care replacement and wire
:07:02. > :07:11.tapping and there are problems every where? What the processor said --
:07:12. > :07:14.professor said is interesting, the majority of legal opinions believe
:07:15. > :07:19.the president has the law on his side. The executive powers in
:07:20. > :07:25.protecting the borders seem to be at their zenith. That may not matter
:07:26. > :07:29.politically for this president, if this plays out over months that is
:07:30. > :07:32.months of distraction from the kinds of things that the president needs
:07:33. > :07:35.to get done. There are no legislative achievements so far for
:07:36. > :07:40.this White House. We are talking about travel bans and that kind of
:07:41. > :07:45.thing, they and he is losing on that fronts, he needs to have a win and
:07:46. > :07:48.he needs to have some concrete actions that he can say, listen, I
:07:49. > :07:52.have passed laws and made differences. The other thing is that
:07:53. > :07:56.words have consequences. Sometimes you think the president doesn't seem
:07:57. > :08:02.to understand that or doesn't care, but the implications of his words
:08:03. > :08:10.when he is in the Oval Office are greater and that is what the judges
:08:11. > :08:15.have ruled. What the judge in Hawaii said is statements on the campaign
:08:16. > :08:21.trail have an impact and it is interesting the psychology of
:08:22. > :08:27.president Trump is fascinating, he could say what he wanted when he was
:08:28. > :08:32.CE of his company. Now he is president of the United States. And
:08:33. > :08:37.people need to trust these words. In the last hour, the Republican
:08:38. > :08:39.and Democratic leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee
:08:40. > :08:41.announced they have found no evidence to support
:08:42. > :08:44.President Trump's claim the Obama administration tapped his
:08:45. > :08:45.phones during the 2016 Devin Nunes, the Republican chair of
:08:46. > :09:12.the the House Intelligece Committee, So two seperate inquiries
:09:13. > :09:19.and nothing to suggest there was any So, is the President
:09:20. > :09:23.going to let it drop? Take a look at some
:09:24. > :09:35.of the things written about about wiretapping
:09:36. > :09:37.eavesdropping and don't forget when I say
:09:38. > :09:38.wiretap, those words were in
:09:39. > :09:40.quotes, because wiretapping is pretty old fashioned stuff,
:09:41. > :09:41.but it covers surveillance
:09:42. > :09:45.And nobody ever talks about the fact that it was in quotes, but
:09:46. > :09:48.wiretap covers a lot of things, I think you're going to find some
:09:49. > :09:50.interesting items coming to the forefront over
:09:51. > :10:02.I'm at a loss now, he can pick up the phone, he can end this now and
:10:03. > :10:07.ring up and declassify the documents, there have been two
:10:08. > :10:10.inquiries and we get this sort of refrain, in two weeks, something
:10:11. > :10:17.else will happen, so he kicks it down the line and it muckies the
:10:18. > :10:23.waters and the congress on both sides are getting tired of it. It is
:10:24. > :10:28.a distraction, all this in quotation stuff and whether it was
:10:29. > :10:35.surveillance or wire tapping muddies the waters, but what the president
:10:36. > :10:40.said in his tweet four times in four separate tweets is indisputable. If
:10:41. > :10:46.you look at that, it doesn't say wire tapping. Inverted commas. It
:10:47. > :10:49.doesn't matter whether it is in inverted commas, it is what the
:10:50. > :10:56.president wrote. You said words matter and we have had the president
:10:57. > :11:00.op the size of his inauguration crowd, the millions who he said
:11:01. > :11:06.voted illegally for which there is no evidence, on this wire tap, for
:11:07. > :11:10.which there is no evidence, a by partisan pairing in the Senate said
:11:11. > :11:16.there is no evidence. The more he does this and say things for which
:11:17. > :11:20.there is no evidence that can be proven to be false, that has
:11:21. > :11:24.consequences for him in his legislation, because Republicans are
:11:25. > :11:29.losing patience with it. That is where he has his problems. And
:11:30. > :11:36.remember the timing, this was just the day after Jeff Sessions recused
:11:37. > :11:53.himself from the Russian affair. Now Sean Spicer has been speaking.
:11:54. > :11:56.The president's Executive order false within his lawful authority in
:11:57. > :12:01.seeking to protect our nation's security. And the department will
:12:02. > :12:07.continue to defend his executive order in the courts. The department
:12:08. > :12:13.is exploring all options to defend this order, we intend to appeal the
:12:14. > :12:19.flawed rulings. The department of justice is determining the strategy
:12:20. > :12:23.and timing and we expect action to be taken soon and seek clarification
:12:24. > :12:28.of the order prior to appeal. The danger is real and the law is clear.
:12:29. > :12:32.The president was elected to change our broken immigration system and
:12:33. > :12:34.will continue to exercise his authority and presidential
:12:35. > :12:42.responsibility to protect our nation. And just before I get to
:12:43. > :12:48.your questions and then before introduce director mull vainy, I was
:12:49. > :12:55.asked on the enforcement of the president's order to restrict
:12:56. > :13:00.lobbying activities of Executive branch members and I said I would
:13:01. > :13:09.get back to John. The Executive order itself has a section, 5, which
:13:10. > :13:13.focuses on enforcement and each agency works with government ethics
:13:14. > :13:19.to establish procedures for determining violations of the the
:13:20. > :13:23.pledge. Sean Spicer speaking about the travel ban and showing they are
:13:24. > :13:28.going to fight this all the way. Yes, saying what we were saying and
:13:29. > :13:31.what professor Turley was saying that they believe the law is on
:13:32. > :13:34.their side on this one. Now to Scotland.
:13:35. > :13:36.There's an escalating dispute today between the British Prime Minister
:13:37. > :13:39.and Scotland's First Minister on the question of a second
:13:40. > :13:45.Theresa May said earlier today that now was "not the time" to be
:13:46. > :13:48.Instead she wants to focus on the complicated
:13:49. > :13:53.When the SNP, the Scottish Government, say it is time to start
:13:54. > :13:56.talking about a second Scottish independence referendum,
:13:57. > :13:59.I say that, just at this point, all of our energies should be
:14:00. > :14:01.focused on our negotiations with the European Union
:14:02. > :14:03.about our future relationship, and to be talking about
:14:04. > :14:06.an independence referendum would, I think, make it more difficult
:14:07. > :14:15.for us to be able to get the right deal for Scotland and for the UK.
:14:16. > :14:19.It's not up to Westminster to disregard the democratic
:14:20. > :14:26.We have a Conservative Government with one MP in Scotland saying they
:14:27. > :14:29.will stand in the way of the choice of the Scottish people.
:14:30. > :14:32.I mean, this is like winding the clock back to
:14:33. > :14:34.the bad old days of Margaret Thatcher.
:14:35. > :14:41.It is an argument for independence really in a nutshell
:14:42. > :14:45.that Westminster thinks it's got the right to block the
:14:46. > :14:47.democratically elected mandate of Scottish Government and the majority
:14:48. > :14:51.History may look back on today and see it as
:14:52. > :14:54.the day that the fate of the union was sealed.
:14:55. > :14:56.Let's go now to Westminster and speak to Alex Forsyth,
:14:57. > :15:06.The language is the most interesting thing in that statement from Nicola
:15:07. > :15:11.Sturgeon, invoking the memory of Margaret Thatcher from 30 years ago
:15:12. > :15:17.and talking of the fate of the union and the Tories who of course are not
:15:18. > :15:21.particularly liked in Scotland among a particular sex of society. It
:15:22. > :15:27.makes you think it is going to be difficult for these two women to get
:15:28. > :15:32.together and get the best out of the Brexit negotiation. They're in a
:15:33. > :15:37.high stakes game and almost a stand off, because Theresa May said what
:15:38. > :15:40.she did unexpectedly and didn't warn Nicola Sturgeon, the First Minister
:15:41. > :15:45.of Scotland, what she was going to say and what she said was Nicola
:15:46. > :15:51.Sturgeon, you want a second independence referendum, by the
:15:52. > :15:54.spring of 2019, that is before the UK leaves the EU and Theresa May
:15:55. > :16:00.said that is not the right time for it. She was careful not to reject
:16:01. > :16:03.the possibility outright, because the argument of Nicola Sturgeon that
:16:04. > :16:06.is could fuel the case for independence if Westminster was seen
:16:07. > :16:13.as blocking something which the Scottish Parliament wanted. Theresa
:16:14. > :16:17.May picked her words carefully, but both are in a real political gamble,
:16:18. > :16:23.Theresa May thinking she can play to the will of the Scottish people and
:16:24. > :16:28.say we don't want more division. Nicola Sturgeon thinking she can do
:16:29. > :16:32.the same, but persuade them that their rights are being eroded by
:16:33. > :16:36.Westminster. It is going to be a case of one having to back down and
:16:37. > :16:44.we don't know who. Thank you very much.
:16:45. > :16:47.Here in the United States it is Congress that controls the money.
:16:48. > :16:50.But the budget proposal written by the White House is a marker
:16:51. > :16:52.of how the President intends to rule.
:16:53. > :16:55.And you will see from this first budget proposal there is a sharp
:16:56. > :16:57.increase in military spending and stark cuts across much
:16:58. > :17:01.So let's take a look at the winners and losers.
:17:02. > :17:05.The biggest loser of all is the Environmental Protection Agency.
:17:06. > :17:08.They will see a 31% cut in funding - that wipes out over 50
:17:09. > :17:14.The State Department will see a cut of 29%.
:17:15. > :17:16.And both the agriculture and labour departments
:17:17. > :17:22.In all, there are cuts to 15 departments -
:17:23. > :17:26.the savings will raise 4.3 billion dollars of new funding over the next
:17:27. > :17:29.two years for the wall on the Mexican border.
:17:30. > :17:32.Just a fraction of what will be needed to complete it.
:17:33. > :17:35.There will also be a 6% increase in funds for Veterans,
:17:36. > :17:44.and a $54 billion increase in defence spending -
:17:45. > :17:51.So Katty big numbers, put that increase in defence
:17:52. > :17:59.As Christian mentioned that nine per cent equates to a rise
:18:00. > :18:03.Compare that with the total State Department budget -
:18:04. > :18:16.To the defence increase is more than the state department. The director
:18:17. > :18:20.of the White House budget office made it clear today this is exactly
:18:21. > :18:23.what president Trump wants. Make no mistake about it,
:18:24. > :18:26.this is a hard-power budget, That is what the president wanted
:18:27. > :18:34.and that is what we gave him. Today's planned budget cuts for
:18:35. > :18:36.the Environmental Protection Agency puts into focus once again the Trump
:18:37. > :18:52.administration's controversial What he wants to do is red meat
:18:53. > :18:59.stuff - anything like veterans, the war, military, I'm running through
:19:00. > :19:02.them, homeland security. This what is conservative base wants the
:19:03. > :19:07.president to spend on and are not interesting in diplomacy. But you
:19:08. > :19:11.withdraw diplomacy and you end up with problems around the world which
:19:12. > :19:16.means you have to spend more on your military. I have had a tweet, Dave
:19:17. > :19:22.saying, why are you always knocking Trump, he is doing what he said he
:19:23. > :19:26.would do. Name me a president that has done that. People say it is not
:19:27. > :19:32.a surprise, this what is he campaigned on. When we say doing
:19:33. > :19:37.this, the budget has to go through congress and a lot may not happen,
:19:38. > :19:43.as an indication of his priorities and what his voters' priorities are
:19:44. > :19:46.it is clear - more military, less diplomacy and less money for the
:19:47. > :19:51.environment and that is one of the biggest losers.
:19:52. > :20:01.The southern coast of Florida has long been America's playground.
:20:02. > :20:06.The destination for millions of tourists each year.
:20:07. > :20:09.The waterfront home of some of the most prized real
:20:10. > :20:14.But the Sunshine State has become a gorgeous front line in the fight
:20:15. > :20:21.Rising sea waters and recurring flooding risks turning Miami Beach
:20:22. > :20:26.into a modern-day Atlantis, a city submerged by water.
:20:27. > :20:30.Even on sunny days it can get inundated because seasonal
:20:31. > :20:35.tides bring the ocean to people's doorsteps.
:20:36. > :20:38.So much of it now is a construction site, as the city builds pumping
:20:39. > :20:48.Miami Beach is going to disappear, but don't tell that to all these
:20:49. > :20:50.people building all these new houses and apartments, they
:20:51. > :20:55.Local resident, Dan Kipness, gave us a tour of the newly built
:20:56. > :20:58.flood defenses which scientists fear will be obsolete in just
:20:59. > :21:06.The US Army projects that water levels could rise five feet
:21:07. > :21:09.by the end of this century, but America's new commander-in-chief
:21:10. > :21:12.Our so-called President thinks it is a hoax,
:21:13. > :21:17.I mean, I can't believe it, I live right in the middle
:21:18. > :21:24.We are so affected here, how dare the leader of this great
:21:25. > :21:33.And the people around him cannot be thinking this way.
:21:34. > :21:37.Just up the coast is the President's luxury Florida mansion.
:21:38. > :21:41.He calls it the Winter White House but it is also a climate
:21:42. > :21:48.Donald Trump has repeatedly rejected the science of climate change.
:21:49. > :21:51.Even though it is estimated that over the coming decades rising sea
:21:52. > :21:58.waters could inundate a quarter of his very own luxury estate.
:21:59. > :22:04.But Florida went for Donald Trump at the election and just 25%
:22:05. > :22:07.of those who voted for him nationwide believe that climate
:22:08. > :22:11.Donald Trump, are you happy with the way things
:22:12. > :22:18.Supporters like Barbara Grossman agree, 100% with the President.
:22:19. > :22:22.The sea rise level is so minute, it can't even be counted.
:22:23. > :22:25.But you go to Miami Beach and other communities and they are
:22:26. > :22:31.Maybe the sand is all on landfill, it is sinking
:22:32. > :22:34.That is just my guess, but what do I know?
:22:35. > :22:36.You do not think it is climate change?
:22:37. > :22:40.No, I don't think it has anything to do with it.
:22:41. > :22:42.Of all the world cities, Miami ranks second in terms
:22:43. > :22:45.of properties and assets at risk from global warming and water levels
:22:46. > :22:52.here are rising at nearly ten times the average worldwide rates.
:22:53. > :22:55.But the politics of climate change in America is by no means
:22:56. > :22:59.And Florida demonstrated, you can deny its very existence
:23:00. > :23:21.I think we should do the show from there one day. From Florida. While
:23:22. > :23:22.it is still there. 31% proposed cut to the environmental protection
:23:23. > :23:27.agency. That is a hefty cut. An incredible escape
:23:28. > :23:29.to share with you now - 10 people, including
:23:30. > :23:31.members of a BBC News crew, have been injured after a massive
:23:32. > :23:34.explosion on Italy's Mount Etna. Europe's biggest volcano spewed
:23:35. > :23:36.lava and burning rocks into the sky, forcing people
:23:37. > :23:38.to run for cover. Our Science Reporter,
:23:39. > :23:40.Becky Morelle was among them, I was with a BBC crew filming a lava
:23:41. > :23:51.flow from a recent spate But the lava mixed with some snow
:23:52. > :24:05.causing first, a small explosion. They pelted us with rocks
:24:06. > :24:24.and boulders and steam. Everyone ran trying
:24:25. > :24:27.to reach the snowmobile. But some were left with cuts
:24:28. > :24:43.and burns and bruises. And a guide suffered
:24:44. > :24:49.a dislocated shoulder. A volcanologist who was with us said
:24:50. > :24:53.it was the worst incident he had experienced in his 30 year career
:24:54. > :25:07.and that we were lucky no one Extraordinary escape. I was hearing
:25:08. > :25:12.from the news room that the produce hear the was with Rebecca, the lava
:25:13. > :25:16.hit her back and burnt through her coat. They have all gone to
:25:17. > :25:26.hospital. I think they're all only lightly injured. But a lucky escape.
:25:27. > :25:31.Beautiful to watch from afar. Why didn't they have warning. Apparently
:25:32. > :25:34.the lava reacted with the snow. You're watching One Hundred
:25:35. > :25:38.Days from BBC News. Still to come for viewers on the BBC
:25:39. > :25:42.News Channel and BBC World News - US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson
:25:43. > :25:45.has met the Japanese Prime Minister, but will he have a tougher time
:25:46. > :25:47.when he heads to And when these US congressmen
:25:48. > :25:53.couldn't fly because of snow, they drove to Washington
:25:54. > :25:55.all the way from Texas. And of course,
:25:56. > :25:57.they streamed it live. That's still to come on 100
:25:58. > :26:14.Days, from BBC News. A day of contrasts in the UK today,
:26:15. > :26:18.the best of the sunshine in the south-east. This was taken by a
:26:19. > :26:24.weather watcher in Kent, looking across a field of daffodils. Cloud
:26:25. > :26:28.and showers in the north-west Highlands. You can see in between
:26:29. > :26:33.the two there was a fair bit of cloud. A big temperature difference
:26:34. > :26:38.either side of this front. That fresher air in the north-west will
:26:39. > :26:43.win out. It is coming behind a weak front that will drift south bringing
:26:44. > :26:47.some rain. Behind it, the cold air follows as do a good few showers
:26:48. > :26:53.into mired and Scotland -- Northern Ireland and Scotland. Some will fall
:26:54. > :27:00.as snow over higher ground. Some frost in sheltered places. In the
:27:01. > :27:03.morning, still some wintry showers over higher ground, but the
:27:04. > :27:09.north-east of Scotland starts on a decent north. But wet for most of
:27:10. > :27:15.Scotland and Northern Ireland. Down to Wales and the south-west of
:27:16. > :27:18.England, a bright start. Many southern counties getting a decent
:27:19. > :27:23.start with sunshine. Bright and breezy. And colder than it has been
:27:24. > :27:26.on recent mornings. Make the most of the sunshine, because it will cloud
:27:27. > :27:32.over from the north-west as rain continues to pile in, still further
:27:33. > :27:37.snow over higher ground in Scotland. Come the afternoon, many southern
:27:38. > :27:44.counties staying dry and mild at 10 to 13 degrees. But colder in the
:27:45. > :27:47.north at 7 to 9 in Scotland. But we have the Cheltenham gold cup on
:27:48. > :27:54.Friday and it will be cloudy in the afternoon, but it should stay dry,
:27:55. > :27:58.pleasy. Through the evening some rain spreading towards the
:27:59. > :28:02.south-east and you can see it is breezy and mild and a grey start to
:28:03. > :28:06.the day on Saturday. With some rain. Continuing across the north and west
:28:07. > :28:12.of the UK. The further east you are, it is drier. But some rain in the
:28:13. > :28:16.higher ground at times. As you go through Saturday into Sunday, many
:28:17. > :28:22.of us will see this warm sector, but it will be windy. But mild to start
:28:23. > :28:26.the day on Sunday with some cloud and rain in the west. And the
:28:27. > :28:27.further east you are the better chance of staying dry for much of
:28:28. > :30:10.the day. It story. -- a reminder of our main
:30:11. > :30:25.story. President Trump's second travel ban
:30:26. > :30:27.is blocked by the US courts, but he vows that he will
:30:28. > :30:29.make it happen. The two US congressmen who forged
:30:30. > :30:32.an unlikely partnership as they drove across the states
:30:33. > :30:41.to get to Washington for a vote. Centre ground European leaders
:30:42. > :30:43.are celebrating Mark Rutte's victory German Chancellor Angela Merkel
:30:44. > :30:54.called it a good day for democracy, while Spain's Prime Minister Mariano
:30:55. > :30:56.Rajoy praised Dutch voters for their show
:30:57. > :30:58.of responsibility and maturity. Despite his party losing
:30:59. > :31:00.almost 20% of their seats, Mark Rutte held off the challenge
:31:01. > :31:03.from Geert Wilders' Freedom Party. The far right Freedom Party did make
:31:04. > :31:06.gains in the election, however, and their leader Geert Wilders
:31:07. > :31:14.insisted he is here to stay. Our message to the people of the
:31:15. > :31:18.Netherlands is to stay on the course that we have plotted for this
:31:19. > :31:21.country, did take -- keep this country safe and stable and
:31:22. > :31:24.prosperous. That message has been a difficult one but the people of
:31:25. > :31:26.rewarded us forward. The Netherlands has said no to the wrong kind of
:31:27. > :31:29.populism. The far right Freedom Party did make
:31:30. > :31:32.gains in the election, however, and their leader Geert Wilders
:31:33. > :31:43.insisted he is here to stay. Mark Rutte hasn't got rid of me, the
:31:44. > :31:46.patriotically bring continues and I will be here if they need me for the
:31:47. > :31:47.negotiations and if that is not the case that he won't get rid of me
:31:48. > :31:47.just yet. Just before we came on air I spoke
:31:48. > :31:59.to our correspondent Ros Atkins, We were talking about a big success
:32:00. > :32:02.for Mark Rutte, but when you look at the final result, he lost eight
:32:03. > :32:08.seats under Labour Party slumped from 38 to nine and Geert Wilders
:32:09. > :32:12.still came in in a pretty strong second position, so what should we
:32:13. > :32:15.read into this election? I think the thing is that everything
:32:16. > :32:19.in politics is relative and if you in politics is relative and if you
:32:20. > :32:24.go back a few weeks Geert Wilders had a clear lead in the polls, and
:32:25. > :32:28.I'm talking about are several point lead and there was an expectation
:32:29. > :32:31.that he could perhaps get more votes for his party than any of the others
:32:32. > :32:38.in this election and the fact that this has not happened, not even
:32:39. > :32:41.close, with Mark Rutte on 33 and Geert Wilders on 20 is quite a
:32:42. > :32:43.turnaround from where we were recently and that is the reason that
:32:44. > :32:57.even though Mark Rutte has lost seats and Geert
:32:58. > :33:00.Wilders has gained seats, the narrative that is being told the
:33:01. > :33:02.Dutch press, and I think it is the correct one, is that this is a good
:33:03. > :33:05.night for Mark Rutte, not a disastrous one for Geert Wilders,
:33:06. > :33:06.but not the breakthrough he was looking for.
:33:07. > :33:08.It sounds a bit like the financial markets, you need to be the
:33:09. > :33:11.expectations of your shareholders! The other thing that has come out to
:33:12. > :33:16.me is that populism, as Mark Rutte said, can be defeated, but only when
:33:17. > :33:22.there is a plausible and acceptable alternative. Hillary Clinton was not
:33:23. > :33:27.that alternative, Mark Rutte was. I wonder if people in the Netherlands
:33:28. > :33:30.are asking if France have unacceptable alternative?
:33:31. > :33:34.This is a really key point. I have just been speaking to a man who has
:33:35. > :33:39.just retired from parliament but he was a MP for the Mark Rutte party
:33:40. > :33:44.and he has just be there was a gap a couple of months ago between what
:33:45. > :33:47.Mark Rutte was saying and what Geert Wilders was saying about immigration
:33:48. > :33:51.and Mark Rutte set into that gap and he acknowledged that the Liberal
:33:52. > :33:54.party moved towards the populist message, partly because it is
:33:55. > :34:07.arguing that it is correct to say so but also because it made electoral
:34:08. > :34:11.sense, and that seems to have made a big impression on Dutch voters. I am
:34:12. > :34:13.absolutely certain that the politicians in France would have
:34:14. > :34:16.been looking at that and thinking about how they take on Marine Le Pen
:34:17. > :34:18.and her message from Ben front National and seeing that that
:34:19. > :34:19.message worked for Mark Rutte and maybe they need to consider it.
:34:20. > :34:22.As the US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, prepares to arrive
:34:23. > :34:24.in Beijing this weekend for the first high level visit
:34:25. > :34:27.since President Trump took office the prospect of a trade war
:34:28. > :34:29.between the worlds two biggest economies is lingering.
:34:30. > :34:31.But any move by Washington to increase the tax on some
:34:32. > :34:34.imports into America, to try to protect US jobs,
:34:35. > :34:36.would almost certainly mean retaliation from Beijing,
:34:37. > :34:39.and the threat of harm to plenty of US firms exporting everything
:34:40. > :34:42.from cars to fruit to the world's biggest market place.
:34:43. > :34:52.From Shanghai, our correspondent Robin Brant reports.
:34:53. > :35:00.The strawberry, fresh and sweet and maybe the next weapon in a
:35:01. > :35:05.transposition -- transpacific trade war. China's expanding middle-class
:35:06. > :35:11.love fresh fruit and US firms have set up here to grow and sell in
:35:12. > :35:14.China. It reckons there is also a place for its California
:35:15. > :35:19.strawberries, so next month they will be flown in and they will be
:35:20. > :35:24.pricey. Part of the reason for that is the import duty. China adds 14%
:35:25. > :35:30.on fresh strawberries from the US. The prospect of a hike any time soon
:35:31. > :35:34.could squash sales. We would be concerned, from the standpoint of
:35:35. > :35:41.our our product could be affected by any type of trade. Issues between
:35:42. > :35:45.our two countries. But certainly for us what we can do is continue to
:35:46. > :35:50.focus on premium, that is the best thing that we can do to ensure that
:35:51. > :35:54.the consumers are going to pay. It is not just the China ambitions of
:35:55. > :35:58.fresh fruit that could be at stake. Ford could face a bump in the road
:35:59. > :36:03.for one of its iconic brands. Made in America but on sale for a few
:36:04. > :36:08.years now in China, this is make or break for Lincoln. It has been a bit
:36:09. > :36:15.of a fading brand in the Ford portfolio but recently sales have
:36:16. > :36:18.ticked up in the States. If these drivers here in China don't embrace
:36:19. > :36:20.Lincoln that it could be the end of the road for the car that has
:36:21. > :36:24.carried presidents. This giant is made in Kentucky and shipped to
:36:25. > :36:29.China. It costs twice as much here. Part of the reason for that is the
:36:30. > :36:33.import tax, 25%. On the prospect of an increase the parent company,
:36:34. > :36:37.Ford, told the BBC it would evaluate the situation should the need arise,
:36:38. > :36:42.but it would not comment on speculation. Most American companies
:36:43. > :36:45.feel that both in Beijing and Washington the two leaders of the
:36:46. > :36:50.two governments appreciate that the stakes are too high and this would
:36:51. > :36:57.be harmful and unproductive for either country, so the expectation
:36:58. > :37:00.of a trade war is quite low, if not nonexistence. What about Chinese
:37:01. > :37:13.consumers? Are they swayed by price, provenance, politics? American.
:37:14. > :37:19.American, why? The taste is delicious. You think American ones
:37:20. > :37:23.are better? I don't think so. I don't think so. What if your leaders
:37:24. > :37:32.told you not to buy American fruit? Does that matter? No. No, we can
:37:33. > :37:38.choose for ourselves. Trade war or trade war, China often plays by its
:37:39. > :37:43.own rules. Hershey's, the chocolate maker, had a factory here over a
:37:44. > :37:47.complex row over missiles with South Korea. It is a reminder that China
:37:48. > :37:59.doesn't have to take a chunk in tax to make its point.
:38:00. > :38:04.So the other stories we are following today. Police in France
:38:05. > :38:10.have arrested a student suspected of a shooting. He shocked the head
:38:11. > :38:13.teacher. In Paris a letter bomb explodes at the headquarters of the
:38:14. > :38:20.International Monetary Fund, injuring one person. Royal assent
:38:21. > :38:23.has been given to the Black Sea legislation today, trading --
:38:24. > :38:28.leading the way for Britain to leave the European Union. The Prime
:38:29. > :38:32.Minister can now notify Rascal Flatts the UK is to leave the EU,
:38:33. > :38:36.starting a process of negotiations. It is unlikely to happen until next
:38:37. > :38:42.week to avoid a clash with an informal summit of EU countries.
:38:43. > :38:47.Mike Flynn, he used to be the national Security Advisor here, this
:38:48. > :38:51.is a warning for you to never take money from Moscow because I know you
:38:52. > :38:55.have secret political ambitions! He took something like $30,000 from
:38:56. > :38:59.Russian television, about $50,000 in total from the Russian, he had not
:39:00. > :39:05.disclosed it before and it is ripples here. Was that very good
:39:06. > :39:10.judgment on his part to be taking money from one of America's
:39:11. > :39:12.adversaries? Perhaps not so much. Another link with Russia. My rubles
:39:13. > :39:13.stay firmly under the bed! If you have been watching the last
:39:14. > :39:16.two days you'll have seen pictures of two Texas Congressmen -
:39:17. > :39:18.Beto O'Rourke, a Democrat, and Republican Will Hurd,
:39:19. > :39:22.whose flights to Washington were cancelled this week
:39:23. > :39:24.because of the snow. So in a last minute scramble
:39:25. > :39:28.to make a vote here in DC, the two of them hired a car and set
:39:29. > :39:31.off on a marathon journey from San Antonio, which they
:39:32. > :39:33.streamed live on Facebook. Last night we told you
:39:34. > :39:36.it was touch and go. They were due to arrive in DC just
:39:37. > :39:45.10 minutes before that vote. Just two days ago these men were
:39:46. > :39:56.mere acquaintances, political rivals. This road trip has resulted
:39:57. > :40:03.in a bipartisan romance. Part of the drama was this, are we going to get
:40:04. > :40:09.to the vote in time? We only have 36 hours. Are we going to be able to
:40:10. > :40:14.get along with each other? They drove through the night, catching
:40:15. > :40:22.the attention of a divided nation. I need to sleep. That is so funny.
:40:23. > :40:26.They live streamed a debate on health care, border control, the
:40:27. > :40:31.threat of terrorism, a town hall on wheels. Do we defund the Department
:40:32. > :40:47.for Education? No. That were singalongs. And doughnuts. A whole
:40:48. > :40:54.lot of doughnuts. Cheers, buddy. They took the detail, including to
:40:55. > :41:00.land. When you see that there is a cool chondrites -- Congressman like
:41:01. > :41:04.Beto O'Rourke, who knows a lot of interesting stuff about music, or a
:41:05. > :41:11.fit guy like Three, who likes to eat doughnuts... I'm not a big doughnut
:41:12. > :41:19.eater, I just like them. You No this is the high-tech map that I worked
:41:20. > :41:22.on last night. I am supposed to be the cyber security guy but we
:41:23. > :41:33.couldn't weather camera properly or the speaker and I think that kind of
:41:34. > :41:38.humanised the entire institution. As they raced to DC, thousands tuned
:41:39. > :41:42.ear phones in the travel advice to help them make it in time for the
:41:43. > :41:47.vote in Congress. You No I am still disappointed that he thought we
:41:48. > :41:53.would get there on time. We made it! We had plenty of time, obviously. 36
:41:54. > :41:59.hours and 30 minutes is not plenty of time, that is cutting it as close
:42:00. > :42:04.as you can. Can this burgeoning partnership work-out in Washington?
:42:05. > :42:07.Bipartisanship is not a dirty word so don't be afraid to reach and go
:42:08. > :42:12.beyond what you have always talked about and what we think about as a
:42:13. > :42:19.Democrat or a Republican and I think America will reward you for that.
:42:20. > :42:25.That is bipartisanship right there. God bless you, America. Andy. A lot
:42:26. > :42:30.of doughnuts were eaten. I love those guys!
:42:31. > :42:34.There was another mad scramble I should tell you about from New York
:42:35. > :42:39.to Washington, it involves Katty Kay who almost missed the train. I am
:42:40. > :42:43.not sure if this was the trailer. Look at this trade. I think Katty
:42:44. > :42:46.Kay was in the second carriage of that, sipping a skinny latte. Look
:42:47. > :42:56.at the poor passengers on the platform. Look at this!
:42:57. > :42:58.Imagine starting your commute like that! What a bad way to get to work!
:42:59. > :43:17.Join us again, at the same time on Monday.
:43:18. > :43:21.The headlines now: The UK government has rejected calls for a Scottish