:00:08. > :00:16.Scotland's Parliament backs a second independence referendum,
:00:17. > :00:19.a decision that puts it on a collision course
:00:20. > :00:31.the beginning of the end of the United Kingdom?
:00:32. > :00:34.I hope the United Kingdom Government will respect the view of Parliament.
:00:35. > :00:38.This is simply about giving people in Scotland a choice.
:00:39. > :00:40.But the British Government refuses to negotiate
:00:41. > :00:42.with Edinburgh until the "Brexit process" is complete.
:00:43. > :00:44.We'll speak to Alex Salmond, Scotland's former First Minister,
:00:45. > :00:56.President Trump plans to sweep away Obama's climate change policies.
:00:57. > :00:59.Any moment now, the President is due to sign an executive order
:01:00. > :01:01.to overturn environmental laws and regulations which he says
:01:02. > :01:09.Ford announces over a billion dollar investment in car
:01:10. > :01:12.We'll ask the company whether this has anything to do
:01:13. > :01:14.with President Trump's America First approach.
:01:15. > :01:17.The girl's not for turning - why this statue of defiance
:01:18. > :01:34.The Scottish and UK governments look to be on a collision course tonight.
:01:35. > :01:37.Within the last couple of hours, the Scottish parliament has backed
:01:38. > :01:39.the Scottish First Minister's demands for a second
:01:40. > :01:47.The final decision to grant that vote still rests with the UK
:01:48. > :01:49.Government in Westminster, and tonight they have refused
:01:50. > :01:51.to even enter into negotiations with the Scottish Government
:01:52. > :01:55.until the Brexit process is complete.
:01:56. > :01:58.That could be years away, and well outside the timetable
:01:59. > :02:04.Our Scotland Editor Sarah Smith reports on a looming confrontation
:02:05. > :02:13.Jubilant excitement as supporters heard the Scottish Parliament had
:02:14. > :02:18.Tears of joy today, but disappointment will follow.
:02:19. > :02:23.They are shouting yes, the Prime Minister will soon tell
:02:24. > :02:30.Earlier, the debate suspended after last week's terror attack
:02:31. > :02:33.Scotland's future should be in Scotland's hands.
:02:34. > :02:39.That is what this debate is about, the future of our country,
:02:40. > :02:41.how we best harness our potential as a country and overcome
:02:42. > :02:48.Is she going to spend the next two years and 100% of her time
:02:49. > :02:51.campaigning for Scotland to leave the UK, at the expense of governing,
:02:52. > :02:55.or will she roll up her sleeves from today and seek to secure more
:02:56. > :02:56.powers for this parliament when they return from
:02:57. > :03:02.Independence debates always excite passion and confrontation.
:03:03. > :03:05.We are sick of it, and most people in Scotland have had enough too.
:03:06. > :03:09.This Parliament needs to and must focus on the priorities
:03:10. > :03:13.It is not the time to be sidetracked by yet more unnecessary division.
:03:14. > :03:18.So I will not take any lessons from the First Minister.
:03:19. > :03:25.I think I've answered the First Minister's question.
:03:26. > :03:28.The result was never really in doubt, as the Greens
:03:29. > :03:33.The motion, as amended, is therefore agreed.
:03:34. > :03:39.The First Minister can now formally ask Theresa May
:03:40. > :03:43.I hope the United Kingdom Government will respect the view of Parliament.
:03:44. > :03:50.This is simply about giving people in Scotland a choice.
:03:51. > :03:53.We agree that now is not the right time for that choice,
:03:54. > :03:55.but that choice should be available to people in Scotland,
:03:56. > :04:01.I look forward to discussions in the weeks ahead.
:04:02. > :04:03.Nicola Sturgeon knows that Theresa May is going
:04:04. > :04:04.to refuse to allow another Scottish referendum.
:04:05. > :04:11.So, why bother asking for one at all?
:04:12. > :04:14.The Tories say it is all part of a well rehearsed game
:04:15. > :04:16.from the SNP, where they put forward proposals to Westminster
:04:17. > :04:19.they know will be rejected, and then react with righteous
:04:20. > :04:22.Rejecting Holyrood's request for a referendum is a risk,
:04:23. > :04:29.but that's exactly what the UK Government will do.
:04:30. > :04:31.The Prime Minister has made her position very clear.
:04:32. > :04:41.Now is not the time for another referendum.
:04:42. > :04:42.Nothing has been said in the Scottish Parliament
:04:43. > :04:44.process would be unfair on the people of Scotland.
:04:45. > :04:47.The danger for the UK Government is that saying no
:04:48. > :04:49.could backfire and stir up support for independence.
:04:50. > :04:52.But they firmly believe most Scottish voters don't want another
:04:53. > :04:55.referendum and will accept that now is not the time.
:04:56. > :05:06.Let's speak to our Scotland Editor, Sarah Smith, in Edinburgh.
:05:07. > :05:13.Quite a robust response from the Scottish secretary David Mandel, and
:05:14. > :05:16.he's talking about not granting a referendum until the end of the
:05:17. > :05:23.Brexit process, which might include the transition as well. Yes, the UK
:05:24. > :05:28.Government's position as they don't want to even talk about another
:05:29. > :05:31.referendum or the possible timing of an independence vote until after the
:05:32. > :05:35.Brexit negotiations have been completed in two years' time.
:05:36. > :05:39.They've made clear they're not saying they think there could be a
:05:40. > :05:42.vote in two years' time, but to give Scotland a reasonable choice of what
:05:43. > :05:46.they're choosing between an independent Scotland and the new UK,
:05:47. > :05:49.as it will be processed Brexit, they need to wait until it's bedded down
:05:50. > :05:54.a bit and see what the consequences of leaving the EU are going to be.
:05:55. > :05:57.So this sets up quite a constitutional struggle. The First
:05:58. > :06:01.Minister is going to go ahead and send a formal request to Theresa
:06:02. > :06:04.May, to the British Prime Minister later this week, even though she
:06:05. > :06:06.knows the answer is going to be known. The Prime Minister is not
:06:07. > :06:26.saying never but is saying now is not the
:06:27. > :06:28.time to be talking about it, not when we should be concentrating on
:06:29. > :06:31.Brexit. The Scottish Government are pretty determined not to take no for
:06:32. > :06:33.an answer but what they can do to force the UK Government to at least
:06:34. > :06:35.enter discussions about an independence referendum, that
:06:36. > :06:36.remains unclear at the moment. That is a very good explanation of where
:06:37. > :06:38.we stand. Thank you. Let's speak to Alex Salmond -
:06:39. > :06:41.the former First Minister of Scotland and leader of the Yes
:06:42. > :06:47.campaign during the We know Theresa May will not engage
:06:48. > :06:51.on this. The question is, what next for you? Let's just concern what
:06:52. > :06:55.happened today. A proportion of Parliament, unlike this one down
:06:56. > :06:58.here, as by a substantial and clear majority voted for the people of
:06:59. > :07:04.Scotland have the right to exercise their self-determination.
:07:05. > :07:07.Now, Theresa May may think she can stand against that but she won't be
:07:08. > :07:12.able to, her position will crumble. Not today, not tomorrow, but over
:07:13. > :07:15.the coming weeks and months, because no British Prime Minister for the
:07:16. > :07:19.last generation has attempted to deny the Scottish people the right
:07:20. > :07:22.to self-determination. In my lifetime is the biggest opponent of
:07:23. > :07:27.Scottish independence was Margaret Thatcher but even she said in her
:07:28. > :07:29.autobiography that Scotland had an undoubted right of
:07:30. > :07:34.self-determination and the people if they were determined on it, no
:07:35. > :07:40.politician, certainly not her, would stand in their way. Theresa May,
:07:41. > :07:45.taking the stance she is doing, is attempting to deny the Scottish
:07:46. > :07:48.people the right to decide. Self-determination delayed is
:07:49. > :07:52.self-determination denied. Will she really crumble? She will say the
:07:53. > :07:55.view of the Scottish people is on her side. She's going into a very
:07:56. > :07:58.complex negotiation on Brexit. She's made it very clear the Scottish
:07:59. > :08:02.people can't take the view one independence until they know how
:08:03. > :08:06.that process has bedded down. I put to you again, what can you possibly
:08:07. > :08:09.do to change the position we are in tonight?
:08:10. > :08:15.She's wrong about the view of the Scottish people. There is only one
:08:16. > :08:20.poll that as our straight should the UK concede a referendum if it's
:08:21. > :08:24.requested? It showed a clear majority... 60%, which you said
:08:25. > :08:29.would be a prerequisite for another referendum. I never said anything of
:08:30. > :08:33.the sort. Nicola Sturgeon and her manifesto last year, which is what
:08:34. > :08:36.counts, said if Scotland were dragged out of the European Union
:08:37. > :08:40.against the will of the Scottish people, which has happened, on page
:08:41. > :08:45.23 incidentally, the Scottish Government should have the right
:08:46. > :08:49.call for another referendum. It was in her manifesto, Nicola Sturgeon
:08:50. > :08:57.resoundingly elected on that manifesto and the Scottish
:08:58. > :09:00.Parliament has voted clearly for it today. To deny that is to deny the
:09:01. > :09:02.right of the Scottish people. In fact, denying self-determination and
:09:03. > :09:06.no politician down here, the days of that happening... Down here this
:09:07. > :09:11.spring, Brexit, Empire 2.0. Let me tell you, the days of the British
:09:12. > :09:13.Empire are over and the days of British Prime Minister is denying
:09:14. > :09:18.self-determination to the Scottish people are over as well. You have
:09:19. > :09:21.been very critical of the Brexit campaign, Boris Johnson and Nigel
:09:22. > :09:25.Farage for not coming up with a clear plan. Let's focus on your
:09:26. > :09:30.plan. What is the destination for Scotland if it was independent?
:09:31. > :09:33.Nicola Sturgeon wants a referendum in 18 months to two years. Every
:09:34. > :09:37.parliament around Europe, as well as this one, will get a chance to
:09:38. > :09:43.accept or reject a Brexit deal. She will bring forward a in that time
:09:44. > :09:46.scale to care compare against the Brexit deal. That is the right and
:09:47. > :09:49.proper way to do things. I understand that but what is the
:09:50. > :09:55.destination, will you be a member of the European Union? I am certain
:09:56. > :09:57.Nicola Sturgeon will bring forward a prospectus which allows for
:09:58. > :10:02.continuity within the single market place. And nobody in this place is
:10:03. > :10:05.at all confident the British government will be able to do that
:10:06. > :10:08.as a result of the Brexit negotiations. That's why the right
:10:09. > :10:13.time, the proper time, the only feasible time to decide this issue
:10:14. > :10:15.is in 18 months to two years, when this parliament and every other
:10:16. > :10:17.Parliament around Europe gets the chance to vote on it. Why shouldn't
:10:18. > :10:38.the Scottish people have the right to vote and exercise
:10:39. > :10:40.self-determination on that timescale?
:10:41. > :10:42.Let's remind what's going on here. This is not just about Scotland.
:10:43. > :10:44.Northern Ireland is in deadlock. The Welsh arts alienate it. Scotland is
:10:45. > :10:47.moving for an independence referendum and the English are split
:10:48. > :10:49.50-50. This is not a Prime Minister in Westminster in command of the
:10:50. > :10:51.political environment. On that disunited basis, which she has
:10:52. > :10:53.created, she is moving into the most difficult European negotiations to
:10:54. > :10:57.stop for more than a generation. The Prime Minister... It will be evident
:10:58. > :11:01.for all to see. Michelle here in Washington. Just pick up on this
:11:02. > :11:05.idea, if you go back to the first referendum, one of the key questions
:11:06. > :11:08.many Scots had was what with the economy look like, what with the
:11:09. > :11:11.currency but like? Here we are talking about a second referendum,
:11:12. > :11:16.talking about the timetable for that to take place. Will people, when
:11:17. > :11:21.they vote on this, have any idea of what the economic landscape might
:11:22. > :11:25.look like? Of course they shall. As you will remember, in the first
:11:26. > :11:33.referendum campaign, December 2013, there was presented in a prospectus
:11:34. > :11:36.White Paper of 670 pages. Many, many people in the Brexit referendum last
:11:37. > :11:39.year would have loved that sort of prospectus in order to judge how to
:11:40. > :11:43.vote. I'm quite certain Nicola Sturgeon will outline the same kind
:11:44. > :11:50.of White Paper with the same kind of guidance for people as is right and
:11:51. > :11:51.proper in a referendum campaign. Alex Salmond, thank you very much
:11:52. > :11:58.indeed. A great pleasure. These are certainly momentous days
:11:59. > :12:04.for the UK. They are. Tomorrow Theresa May
:12:05. > :12:09.serves official notice on Brussels that Brexit will be underway. The
:12:10. > :12:13.two dear negotiation will start tomorrow. And today I think is a
:12:14. > :12:17.very good illustration of the challenge that she's going to face,
:12:18. > :12:20.not only negotiating with the European Union, which will be
:12:21. > :12:25.complex in itself, but also keeping her own party onside this. The
:12:26. > :12:30.staunch Brexiteers within her party who want their cake and eat it, but
:12:31. > :12:34.also those constituent parts of the United Kingdom. Remember, it's the
:12:35. > :12:37.conservative and Unionist party, she is a Unionist, she wants to keep all
:12:38. > :12:43.the countries together as part of the United Kingdom going forward and
:12:44. > :12:49.that will be a very difficult task. And we haven't even touched on what
:12:50. > :12:53.the other EU members think. Like Spain, or Belgium, who would
:12:54. > :12:55.possibly be opposed to an independent Scotland joining the
:12:56. > :12:59.European Union because it might giving courage and there succession
:13:00. > :13:02.as part of their country as well. Not an easy challenge for the
:13:03. > :13:08.Scottish Government, if it was to get that referendum.
:13:09. > :13:11.Meanwhile, President Trump has just signed an executive order rolling
:13:12. > :13:13.back many of President Obama's climate change policies.
:13:14. > :13:14.The energy independence order begins the process
:13:15. > :13:17.of withdrawing and re-writing President Obama's Clean Power Plan.
:13:18. > :13:20.The White House says it will restore thousands of lost jobs
:13:21. > :13:25.Begins the process of withdrawing and re-writing
:13:26. > :13:30.The White House says it will restore thousands of lost jobs to coal
:13:31. > :13:41.This is Wayne spoke in Pennsylvania. You come to a place like this, the
:13:42. > :13:44.coal mine, as hopefully you can see through the drizzle behind me, is
:13:45. > :13:48.literally physically part of the time. It is the reason this area
:13:49. > :13:54.prospered, but that has all been taken away in recent years. Not just
:13:55. > :13:58.this mine but several mines in this region have shut down in recent
:13:59. > :14:01.years. People have really struggled, have really struggled, but they have
:14:02. > :14:05.got used to the idea that if they want to move forward and have a
:14:06. > :14:08.future here they have to diversify in terms of industry, and along
:14:09. > :14:12.comes Donald Trump and says in effect that he can turn back the
:14:13. > :14:14.clock, can make coal king again and that is a message people here wanted
:14:15. > :14:15.to hear. The coal mine here closed
:14:16. > :14:17.more than a year ago. Hundreds of well-paid
:14:18. > :14:19.miners were laid off. Rightly or wrongly, many blame
:14:20. > :14:26.the policies of the last policy. Either losing their houses,
:14:27. > :14:28.trucks, their cars. If it was up to make,
:14:29. > :14:41.every coalminer in this country would be working,
:14:42. > :14:43.because the fact is, we've been mining coal in this
:14:44. > :14:46.country for 200 years. Open it back up, get
:14:47. > :14:48.the guys back to work. Nearly 70% of people
:14:49. > :14:54.here in a traditionally Democratic The fact he said he would reverse
:14:55. > :15:01.Obama policies on carbon emissions President Obama said
:15:02. > :15:05.he was introducing these regulations to curb America's reliance on coal
:15:06. > :15:10.cuts because of concerns over climate change,
:15:11. > :15:12.but this government's more dismissive attitude towards global
:15:13. > :15:15.warming is something that's alarming environmentalists,
:15:16. > :15:17.and its promise to reopen coal mines As well as overturning rules to stop
:15:18. > :15:28.offering new government leases for coal mines,
:15:29. > :15:31.Donald Trump plans to cut funding for America's environmental
:15:32. > :15:36.protection agency by around a third. The man he appointed to head
:15:37. > :15:39.the organisation says he's not even sure human activity
:15:40. > :15:47.affects climate change. But is all of this even
:15:48. > :15:49.going to bring back jobs? Trump said many times,
:15:50. > :15:55.I love coal miners, I love We're going to bring back coal,
:15:56. > :15:59.we going to bring back coal. And so this is the livelihood
:16:00. > :16:02.of this county. A lot of people, a lot of my
:16:03. > :16:05.friends, and so they believed it. I don't know how
:16:06. > :16:10.you bring back coal. Many mines shut down simply
:16:11. > :16:12.because of economics, there were cheaper ways
:16:13. > :16:22.of producing energy. If the jobs don't return,
:16:23. > :16:25.after hopes have been raised, people here might one day feel
:16:26. > :16:27.all that's really happened is a distraction from truly
:16:28. > :16:32.modernising American industry and a devastating setback
:16:33. > :16:47.in the fight against climate change. That report, we can listen to the
:16:48. > :16:50.president. We have an impressive group here to
:16:51. > :16:57.celebrate the start of a new era in American energy and production and
:16:58. > :17:03.job creation. The action I'm taking today will eliminate federal
:17:04. > :17:07.overreach, restore economic freedom and allow our companies and our
:17:08. > :17:13.workers to thrive, compete and succeed on a level playing field for
:17:14. > :17:17.the first time in a long time. It's been a long time, fellas. I'm not
:17:18. > :17:21.just talking about eight years, a lot longer than eight years, you
:17:22. > :17:24.people know it may be better than anybody.
:17:25. > :17:29.Thanks as well to the many distinguished members of Congress
:17:30. > :17:35.who have taken the time to be here. I want to thank all of our industry
:17:36. > :17:45.leaders who are with us, and to share our determination to create
:17:46. > :17:48.jobs in America for Americans. And thank you all so, I spotted you in
:17:49. > :17:52.the audience, thank you. That is what this is all about, bringing
:17:53. > :17:58.back our jobs, bringing back our dreams and making America wealthy
:17:59. > :18:04.again. I also want to thank the dedicated public servants who are
:18:05. > :18:09.with us this afternoon. You're doing important work to protect our health
:18:10. > :18:13.and public resources. So important. Finally I want to
:18:14. > :18:25.acknowledge the truly amazing people behind me on the stage, our
:18:26. > :18:34.incredible coalminers. APPLAUSE We love our coalminers.
:18:35. > :18:38.Great people. Over the past two years I've spent time with the
:18:39. > :18:44.miners all over America. They told me about the struggles they've
:18:45. > :18:50.endured. Actually, in one case, I went to a group of miners in West
:18:51. > :18:56.Virginia. You remember, Shelley. I said, how about this... Why don't we
:18:57. > :19:02.get together, we'll go to another place and you'll get another job?
:19:03. > :19:07.You won't mind any more do you like that idea? They said no, we don't
:19:08. > :19:10.like that idea we love to mine, that's what we want to do. I said if
:19:11. > :19:14.that's what you love to do, that's what you're going to do. I was very
:19:15. > :19:18.impressed. They loved the job, that's what their job is, I fully
:19:19. > :19:22.understand that. I grew up in a real estate family and until this recent
:19:23. > :19:26.little excursion into the world of politics I could never understand
:19:27. > :19:30.why anybody would not want to be in the world of real estate. Believe
:19:31. > :19:33.me. So I understand it, and we're with you 100% and that's what you're
:19:34. > :19:44.going to do, OK? APPLAUSE
:19:45. > :19:49.The miners told me about the attacks on their jobs and their livelihoods.
:19:50. > :19:52.They tell me about the efforts to shut down their minds, their
:19:53. > :19:59.communities and their very way of life. I made them this promise... We
:20:00. > :20:04.will put our miners back to work. APPLAUSE
:20:05. > :20:16.We've always do -- we've today on taking bold action to
:20:17. > :20:22.follow through on that promise. My administration is putting an end to
:20:23. > :20:27.the war on coal. We're going to have clean coal, really clean coal. With
:20:28. > :20:31.today's executive action I am taking historic steps to lift the
:20:32. > :20:36.restrictions on the American energy. To reverse government intrusion and
:20:37. > :20:46.to cancel job killing regulations. APPLAUSE
:20:47. > :20:53.And by the way, regulation is not just in this industry but every
:20:54. > :20:58.industry. We're doing them by the thousands,
:20:59. > :21:05.every industry. We going to have safety come water, clean air but so
:21:06. > :21:12.many are unnecessary and so many are job killing. We're getting rid of
:21:13. > :21:17.the bad ones. One by one we are keeping promises and putting power
:21:18. > :21:22.back into the hands of the people. First today's energy ended the
:21:23. > :21:27.patented his action for an immediate re-evaluation of the so-called clean
:21:28. > :21:39.Power plan. APPLAUSE Perhaps... Perhaps no single
:21:40. > :21:45.regulation threatens our miners, and companies more than this crushing
:21:46. > :21:50.attack on American industry. Second, we're lifting the ban on federal
:21:51. > :21:55.leasing for coal production. Third, we're lifting job killing
:21:56. > :22:00.restrictions on the production of oil, natural gas, clean coal and
:22:01. > :22:06.shale energy. And finally we are returning power to the states where
:22:07. > :22:09.that power belongs. States and local communities know what is best for
:22:10. > :22:14.them. They understand it, they get it, they have been doing it for a
:22:15. > :22:21.long time. It was taken away from them and not handled well. They are
:22:22. > :22:25.the ones that we should now and will now empower to decide. My action
:22:26. > :22:31.today is the latest in a series of steps to create American jobs and to
:22:32. > :22:39.grow American wealth. We're ending for theft of American prosperity and
:22:40. > :22:43.rebuilding our beloved country. We approved the permit to finally build
:22:44. > :22:49.the keystone XL pipeline and cleared the way to completion of the Dakota
:22:50. > :23:02.accessed pipeline. Thousands and thousands of jobs. APPLAUSE
:23:03. > :23:11.There is President Trump, rolling back Obama's clean power plan.
:23:12. > :23:17.And fulfilling, as he does that a campaign promise. A fairly bruising
:23:18. > :23:21.few days, the White House, so this puts them back on the front foot. It
:23:22. > :23:27.will feel a bit like a win for the White House staff behind. And that's
:23:28. > :23:30.important, isn't it, Michelle? Yes,. What's interesting is Donald Trump
:23:31. > :23:33.won and came to power on the grounds of being a businessman, on the
:23:34. > :23:37.grounds of his experience. What you are seeing here is essentially he is
:23:38. > :23:43.saying he is putting economic policy, in his view, ahead of
:23:44. > :23:47.environmental policies. A shift from the Obama administration, which
:23:48. > :23:50.Republicans felt had overstepped the mark and gone too far. There would
:23:51. > :23:53.be many Republicans who would probably back him on that. They are
:23:54. > :24:00.not as in tune with President Obama's climate plans as perhaps...
:24:01. > :24:06.The Democrats were and obviously this is part of that. They've never
:24:07. > :24:09.really embrace climate change, so I'm sure there are plenty of people
:24:10. > :24:15.in his own party who are applauding today. Let's just move on. The wife
:24:16. > :24:21.of the Westminster attacker Khalid Masood says she is shocked by the
:24:22. > :24:28.killings here in London last week. In a week she said she totally
:24:29. > :24:31.condemned her husband's actions. He ran down and killed three
:24:32. > :24:37.pedestrians Westminster bridge and stabbed a police officer to death
:24:38. > :24:40.Parliament last Wednesday. People in the Australian state of Queensland
:24:41. > :24:46.are assessing the damage after Cyclone deadbeat brought torrential
:24:47. > :24:49.waning gusts of wind up to 260 kilometres an hour. The Prime
:24:50. > :24:53.Minister said military helicopters and ships are being sent to deliver
:24:54. > :24:58.aid to the states north, where tens of thousands of homes are without
:24:59. > :25:02.power. A convicted criminal known as Carlos the jackal has been convicted
:25:03. > :25:11.for life of the 1974 grenade attack on a Paris store that killed two
:25:12. > :25:16.people. Judges found Carles Gil to throw the explosive. The 67-year-old
:25:17. > :25:17.is already serving two life sentences in France for other
:25:18. > :25:23.murders and attacks. You're watching One Hundred
:25:24. > :25:27.Days from BBC News. Still to come for viewers on the BBC
:25:28. > :25:31.News Channel and BBC World News - from Mexico to Michigan -
:25:32. > :25:35.why Ford is investing Did Donald Trump have anything to do
:25:36. > :25:39.with it? And eye-balling Wall Street's bull -
:25:40. > :25:42.the steely girl staring down big business and why New York City wants
:25:43. > :25:45.to keep her for the moment at least. That's still to come on 100
:25:46. > :26:11.Days, from BBC News. Today some of us enjoyed them really
:26:12. > :26:14.warm sunshine. For others very wet with some very heavy thunderstorms.
:26:15. > :26:19.That gives you a flavour of what's to come through the rest of this
:26:20. > :26:22.week. Some spots will be nudging 20 degrees but for others quite a lot
:26:23. > :26:25.of heavy rain and temperatures as a consequence will be rather
:26:26. > :26:29.disappointing. Thing is turning more unsettled from the West. We have
:26:30. > :26:33.already had some thunderstorms this afternoon in parts of the Midlands.
:26:34. > :26:37.This damp weather will spread to other areas. A dreary end of the
:26:38. > :26:41.night and lots of cloud cover but that will help prevent temperatures
:26:42. > :26:46.dropping to low. No. Anything but a rather murky start to your Wednesday
:26:47. > :26:50.morning. Some mist around as well. This slow improvement, some sunshine
:26:51. > :26:54.for Scotland for a time at least, although it won't last forever
:26:55. > :26:58.because the rain will be piling up the Irish Sea and eventually engulf
:26:59. > :27:01.much of Scotland. A disappointing end to the day here with some heavy
:27:02. > :27:05.rain, particularly out west. Dry weather holding on in the far north.
:27:06. > :27:08.Northern Ireland, hopefully some dry spells developing through the
:27:09. > :27:13.afternoon but not to be relied upon. A lot of rain in the north-west.
:27:14. > :27:19.Rain in the west of Wales. Just nudging into far south-west of
:27:20. > :27:26.England. Further east, a lot of dry weather. Dry but quite cloudy, quite
:27:27. > :27:29.a humid feel, 15-16. That is nothing compared with the temperatures we
:27:30. > :27:33.could potentially see on Thursday. Warm air wafting up from the near
:27:34. > :27:38.confident and could send the mercury soaring as high as 20 or 21 in parts
:27:39. > :27:42.of East Anglia, the south-east. The north and west, markedly cooler and
:27:43. > :27:47.that's because a lot of cloud. Further rain, particularly up
:27:48. > :27:51.through the Irish Sea, Chris Daniels getting quite a lot of rain. Dry
:27:52. > :27:55.across parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland, best of the
:27:56. > :27:59.temperatures Southeast. By Friday further wet weather piling in from
:28:00. > :28:05.the West. That was slowly move eastwards. This is a cold front.
:28:06. > :28:09.That cold front will push the warm air away. A fresher feel to things
:28:10. > :28:13.as we start the weekend. Going to see a fair few showers around on
:28:14. > :28:17.Saturday. This little ridge of high pressure will settle things down
:28:18. > :28:22.come Sunday. To sum up this weekend, April showers on the menu for the
:28:23. > :28:23.1st of April on Saturday. Drying up on Sunday but some chilly nights to
:28:24. > :30:04.come as well. Enjoy your evening. Welcome back to 100 Days with me
:30:05. > :30:07.Michelle Fleury in Washington Our headlines: Scotland's
:30:08. > :30:12.parliament backs a second independence referendum,
:30:13. > :30:14.putting it on a collision course Yes 69, no 59, there
:30:15. > :30:21.were no abstentions. The motion as amended
:30:22. > :30:24.is therefore agreed. Is this the beginning of the end
:30:25. > :30:29.of the United Kingdom? And the girl's not for turning -
:30:30. > :30:32.why this statue of defiance Donald Trump had some good news
:30:33. > :30:59.to tweet about this morning - Major investment to be made
:31:00. > :31:03.in three Michigan plants. Ford has said it will spend
:31:04. > :31:10.1.2 billion dollars Before we came on air
:31:11. > :31:13.I spoke to Joe Hinrichs, How much of the announcement
:31:14. > :31:17.today is new investment The investment in the Romeo
:31:18. > :31:27.plant is new, we have not The 200 million investment in the
:31:28. > :31:39.data centre is as well. The incremental investment
:31:40. > :31:40.going from 700 million So a number of these
:31:41. > :31:44.are new and exciting developments. What prompted you to make this
:31:45. > :31:49.further investment in the US at this These investments have been
:31:50. > :31:52.in the works for a while. A number of them were committed
:31:53. > :31:55.in 2015 as part of the UAW Why we are announcing today
:31:56. > :32:05.is the Michigan economic development corporation met today to give
:32:06. > :32:07.support for incentives So they were going to take
:32:08. > :32:15.the package as part of the consideration,
:32:16. > :32:17.we wanted to talk about it publicly It wasn't long ago that he pulled
:32:18. > :32:22.a planned investment in Mexico now you're going ahead with this one
:32:23. > :32:29.of the US. Can you explain the business
:32:30. > :32:31.thinking behind it? We originally announced
:32:32. > :32:34.we would building a new plant As we have seen over
:32:35. > :32:39.the last couple of years, We alternated that plan to bail
:32:40. > :32:44.to produce the in another Mexican That frees up money to make
:32:45. > :32:59.incremental investment in the US. Trump has talked about car industry
:33:00. > :33:01.about how it produces cars, where they are produced,
:33:02. > :33:03.did you talk to the We shared the good news
:33:04. > :33:12.about the investment today with the White House
:33:13. > :33:13.administration before 8am. We always give courtesy
:33:14. > :33:15.for our stakeholders including From the different jurisdictions
:33:16. > :33:24.where we make announcement. We said that information
:33:25. > :33:27.because we wanted to know the knees were making,
:33:28. > :33:29.it's a big investment and exciting news for Michigan and the US
:33:30. > :33:34.and the auto industry. You mention the tax breaks for part
:33:35. > :33:37.of a decision at the local level? You've got the administration
:33:38. > :33:39.talking about border tax reform. We are supportive of the initiatives
:33:40. > :33:52.of the administration We think that is very much
:33:53. > :33:56.a necessary for the US economy. The future infrastructure
:33:57. > :34:03.investment as well. There is definitely a need
:34:04. > :34:10.for that in the US. The tax support we are getting
:34:11. > :34:13.the state of Michigan is about a little less
:34:14. > :34:15.than $30 million over 15 years. So not the bulk of the why
:34:16. > :34:18.we made the decision, but we appreciate the state's
:34:19. > :34:21.support, and so with a number What has been the reaction
:34:22. > :34:26.from the workers? Our workforce is extremely excited
:34:27. > :34:32.about being up to make the next The cascading effects
:34:33. > :34:45.of investment dollars in the auto It creates nine other jobs fair
:34:46. > :34:52.every job we create. The state of Michigan
:34:53. > :34:55.where supportive and excited. All of our employees are excited
:34:56. > :34:57.about the investment. 80% of our sales are produced here,
:34:58. > :35:00.with the largest reducer of vehicles in the US,
:35:01. > :35:02.we are enforcing the manufacturing and automotive story
:35:03. > :35:04.of the United States, it makes us feel good,
:35:05. > :35:06.it's our home country And a friendly business
:35:07. > :35:18.environment helps. So big investment in these Michigan
:35:19. > :35:21.plants and president Trump is claiming this is one of his. Did you
:35:22. > :35:24.get a feeling from that interviews were the they made the decision
:35:25. > :35:31.because of Trump or what is already in the pipeline? Some of that money
:35:32. > :35:35.as he said, was in the pipeline for a long time. Some was more recent.
:35:36. > :35:41.Perhaps it was influenced by the fact we keep hearing them
:35:42. > :35:44.businessmen, CEO after see that business has improved or Word or
:35:45. > :35:52.improve the Tramp. I think the question though -- improved under
:35:53. > :35:56.Tramp. The question is what is hat thing is that on car production.
:35:57. > :36:01.We're starting to see Americans buying fewer cars, and perhaps there
:36:02. > :36:06.was a sense the market has reached a peak. So it will see how this
:36:07. > :36:15.marries the idea of selling cars when customers do not want as much.
:36:16. > :36:18.Leading Democrats say the Republican chair of the House intelligence
:36:19. > :36:20.committee must recuse himself from the investigation into Russian
:36:21. > :36:23.Last week Mr Nunes by-passed his committee
:36:24. > :36:25.going directly to the President with new intelligence
:36:26. > :36:34.It suggested Mr. Trump and his associates
:36:35. > :36:37.in the surveillance of foreign targets, by the American
:36:38. > :36:39.Where did that intelligence come from?
:36:40. > :36:42.Well, it now emerges he had met his 'source' on White House
:36:43. > :36:47.grounds the very day before he shared it with the President.
:36:48. > :36:50.Someone had invited him into the White House, and logged him
:36:51. > :36:54.All of which begs serious questions of the chair's independence.
:36:55. > :37:02.Speaking to reporters earlier today he denied any wrongdoing
:37:03. > :37:08.You guys get so many opportunities to interview when you have something
:37:09. > :37:15.to report global talk about it. We're not ruling out accusing. A
:37:16. > :37:21.Russian investigation will continue. Are you considering stepping down?
:37:22. > :37:22.Look guys, go ask... I don't know what you're talking about. Go ask
:37:23. > :37:28.the other side. Well among those calling
:37:29. > :37:31.for Chairman Nunes to recuse himself from this investigation
:37:32. > :37:32.is Democratic Congressman Jim Himes - who sits
:37:33. > :37:34.on the intelligence committee. A brief time ago I spoke
:37:35. > :37:41.to him from Capitol Hill. We've seen various meetings being
:37:42. > :37:45.cancelled this week by the house intelligence committee. I think some
:37:46. > :37:52.people are beginning to wonder, is the world poisoned. Can the
:37:53. > :37:57.committee do its job? The committee has been put into suspended
:37:58. > :38:01.animation. Yesterday's meeting is a consistent meeting every week, when
:38:02. > :38:06.we are first back in Washington, it was cancelled. It was rescheduled.
:38:07. > :38:12.Thursday was cancelled to. Today's open hearing is the subject of con
:38:13. > :38:19.cassation and it was also cancelled. I think the way for this
:38:20. > :38:22.investigation to move forward is for chairman To Share With Us, Democrats
:38:23. > :38:32.And Republicans Alike, The Material Here Received And The Reasons For
:38:33. > :38:36.His actions, not letting them know about it. That would be a start to
:38:37. > :38:44.get this investigation back on start. How common is it for people
:38:45. > :38:47.to go to the White House to a secure location to read sensitive
:38:48. > :38:53.documents? It's pretty uncommon. In the capital, we have our own offices
:38:54. > :38:56.with secure areas in which we review the most sensitive intelligence. The
:38:57. > :39:01.chairman said that for whatever reason he had to do it there. That
:39:02. > :39:06.is not what is so odd. What is odd is that if this was something that
:39:07. > :39:10.would be 100% innocent without any kind of political taint, let her out
:39:11. > :39:16.and as the jail and tier Teran alluded that it was a proper
:39:17. > :39:19.unmasking of US information or some mistake made by the intelligence
:39:20. > :39:23.community, that sort of thing is precisely the reason our community
:39:24. > :39:27.exists. To consider it and look at it and provide oversight of the
:39:28. > :39:30.intelligence community. But the fact is almost a week later, we are
:39:31. > :39:34.almost completely in the dark about this material suggests it is not
:39:35. > :39:40.anything that is in the ordinary course of business. It sounds like
:39:41. > :39:45.you think this is a distraction from the burger question, Russia's -- the
:39:46. > :39:51.bigger question, Russia's involvement in the US election. It's
:39:52. > :40:01.not a distraction. On lap to include it's a deliberate effort to change
:40:02. > :40:07.the topic, to prevent the open testimony. That is not happening.
:40:08. > :40:11.Don't think it's an accident is not happening. We also, I think, saw
:40:12. > :40:18.that the topic shifted from the very serious allegations to from last
:40:19. > :40:24.wakes hearing, the FBI investigation underway into Trump and Russia, all
:40:25. > :40:27.of a sudden we're not talking about that because of this bizarre episode
:40:28. > :40:31.of running to the White House, not sharing with committee, changing the
:40:32. > :40:37.topic, I have to believe that this is a deliberate political effort.
:40:38. > :40:42.The FYI director whispers to be meeting a panel private today, and
:40:43. > :40:46.all those meetings were cancelled in the furore. It seems all the
:40:47. > :40:48.meetings this week have been cancelled. There are big questions
:40:49. > :40:51.about the house intelligence committee and whether it can do its
:40:52. > :40:57.job. Out of the problem here is that the committee has still not seen to
:40:58. > :41:02.share the relevant information that Mr Nunes had seen. A week on,
:41:03. > :41:08.whether those documents that he had seen support the argument that means
:41:09. > :41:13.were properly unmasked. That Mr Trump and his associates were being
:41:14. > :41:18.watched. It's impossible to judge. There's a question of who were the
:41:19. > :41:23.Tramp Trump came numbers speaking to. We don't know that either. Were
:41:24. > :41:28.they, does this tie into the Russian investigation or not? Or is this a
:41:29. > :41:33.distraction? All of this remains unknown, hence you have reporters
:41:34. > :41:37.chasing Mr Nunes down the corridor trying to find out what they can.
:41:38. > :41:43.Completely distracting from the work of the committee. Christian, I don't
:41:44. > :41:48.know if he seen these pictures. Take a look at this. It's a statue that
:41:49. > :41:51.has appeared in downtown Manhattan not far from Wall Street. That's the
:41:52. > :41:57.charging bowl in the background. You're looking at the back of a
:41:58. > :42:02.statue which is called the Fearless Girl, which is supposed to be facing
:42:03. > :42:05.off against the charging bull. It was designed to celebrate
:42:06. > :42:13.International Women's Day. There are some feisty and fearless women in
:42:14. > :42:21.New York, and Michelle is one of them. Put your business hat on. It's
:42:22. > :42:25.not being bullish is it the market? Generally, since the repealing of
:42:26. > :42:30.Obama care collapse, the Dow has suffered a bit? I think we've seen
:42:31. > :42:37.confidence shaken on Wall Street and in Washington. Over health care
:42:38. > :42:41.debacle. But American consumers are still confident and it boosts the
:42:42. > :42:46.market. That's all we have timed for, that's 100 days from now. You
:42:47. > :43:18.can get in touch with us on twitter as well. See the next time tomorrow.
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