03/04/2017 100 Days

Hello and welcome to One Hundred Days.

At least ten people have been killed and dozens injured by an explosion

on the metro system in St Petersburg.

Inside the metro, there were scenes confusion as smoke

The Russian president was visiting the city at the time

TRANSLATION: Law enforcement and special services are working and

will do all they can to try and find the cause of what has happened.

President Trump says the US will solve North Korea's

nuclear threat - whether China helps, or not.

More gentle diplomacy back in Washington -

President Trump welcomes Egypt's President al-Sisi -

his first official trip to the United States.

We are very much behind President Al Sisi, he has done a fantastic job

and a very difficult situation. Also today - there will be no Armada

heading to Gibraltar. The British Prime Minister restores

some calm, laughing off the diplomatic row over the Rock,

which would always be The President's envoy and son in law

is quickly becoming one of the President most trusted

lieutenants. I'm Katty Kay in Washington,

Christian Fraser is in London. Today we start in Russia,

ten people have been killed in an explosion between two

underground stations President Vladimir Putin said

all causes, especially terrorism, The head of Russia's National

Anti-Terrorist Committee says another explosive device

was later found and made safe St Petersburg metro system sees more

than two million passengers travel on the system each day -

this is the first time In the immediate aftermath,

passengers turned to the dead In the immediate aftermath,

passengers tend to the dead and injured who have been laid out

on the station platform, while others mill around the scene,

smoke from the blast It's reported the explosion happened

as the train was travelling And this is the damage it

caused at 2:40pm local time this afternoon,

once again, people trying to do This is the first incident

of its kind on the metro system of Russia's second

city, St Petersburg. And it happened as President

Vladimir Putin was in the city, holding a meeting with the leader of

Belarus. TRANSLATION: I want to express my

sincere condolences to those close The law enforcement agencies

and the special services are working and doing everything to find out

the causes of what has happened, and to completely evaluate

what happened, and the city authorities and the federal

ones, too, are taking to support the families

of our citizens who have The emergency services have

ferried dozens of injured people to local hospitals,

some in a serious condition. The entire metro system

has been closed down, with investigators finding

an explosive device What has happened in the city today

has in the last hour been described by a top government minister

as an act of terrorism. Let's go to St Petersburg, where

we can speak to Sarah Rainsford. -- let's go to Moscow. Tell us a

little bit about the Moscow system in St Petersburg, what sort of

system do they have? It is relatively secure, or as secure as

an underground target can be. It is a soft target, we always say that

whenever a underground transit system is hit by what looks like it

certainly was a terrorist attack. There are metal detectors, and

police, a fairly heavy police presence in the Metro, and that is

reinforced for big days. Of course, it is not possible to detect

everything and it looks like summary managed to get a couple of

home-made, as we're told, explosive devices through onto the Metro. One

was found on a station platform and the other one went off inside a

carriage, as it was between two stations, causing the devastation

you have just seen in that report by Richard. The Russian authorities say

they have opened a criminal investigation, they are looking at

all options, including and especially terrorism. What can you

tell us about the state of the investigation so far? The

investigators are obviously going through all the CCTV footage, they

will be looking for any suspects to see if anyone was behaving

suspiciously, or if anyone was seen planting any devices, particularly

you would assume that second one, which was discovered late in the day

and made safe at a second metro station. There were reports earlier

in the day that some suspect had been identified. Other reports

suggesting two arrest warrants had been issued but there has been no

further confirmation of that. At the moment very broad words, simply

saying a criminal case has been opened under the title of terrorism

but that other possibilities are still being investigated. But

certainly, as I say, two explosive devices and the suggestion from any

officials, including the Prime Minister, they are using the

language, talking about a terrorist attack. Sarah, for the moment, thank

very much. When President Trump meets

Xi Jinping in Florida later this week, North Korea will be high

on the agenda. In an interview with

the Financial Times published today, Mr Trump says "If China is not

going to solve North Korea, we will. But what are the options

open to the White House? William Cohen was Secretary

of Defence under President Bill Clinton, and is now a BBC

world affairs analyst. When the White House and President

Trump talk about all options available to North Korea, what are

the ones that have not been available so far? They could

certainly decide on shutting off the Korean banking system as such, and

try to wring about a collapse of the regime. That is one of the options,

saying that if the regime is not going to change its course, then we

intend to engage in regime change. They could try to bring that about

several ways, one would be to go at the heart of the financial heart,

what remains of it, in North Korea, to try to bring about a collapse.

Second, the ultimate thing would be using a military strike or a cyber

strike against North Korea. That entails a lot of risk. We have

800,000 North Koreans not very far from downtown Seoul. They have lots

of artillery pieces that could destroy Seoul, and the consequences

of a military strike could be quite severe, both China and for the South

Koreans. So it would be the last option one should look to. We have

seen a pick-up in the number of missile launchers and test from the

North Koreans. How much more serious is this thread becoming, and how

much more seriously are they taking it in China, where you have just

come back from? I think they are climbing up this ladder of

provocation to the point where they might not be offered to climb back

down again. That's a problem. That's the problem. One of the reasons I

think it is important for President Xi Jinping to meet with President

Trump, and when I was in China I thought that the United States

wasn't ready, I thought President Xi Jinping was ready but not the United

States because we don't have the team fully in place. But each day

that goes by is more danger, so I am happy they are meeting sooner rather

than later. Then President Trump can weigh upon the President of China,

saying please do more, because if you don't then we have few options

and they are not very good. The former secretary of defence said he

had to work up a plan for President Obama, and that plans daily --

clearly still exists. If there was a military implication --

intervention, what with the implications be in the region.

Questionable one, what would China be doing. Number two, how would you

be able to contain the escalation of the conflict as such will stop

number three, how many millions would be fleeing into China, how

many would-be fleeing into South Korea and what would be the of

engagement? Would this be South Koreans welcoming the influx of

several million people and the same for the Chinese? The consequences

there are quite good. They are convex and they are serious. The

President's interview with the Financial Times is fascinating, and

one of the things they seem to be suggesting in the White House is

that they see the prospect of a grand bargain in China, which would

include the issue of North Korea but also trade conflicts. Do you think

this White House has the capacity to reach some kind of bargain with

China that has not been reached before? I think it has the capacity

to do so. The question I have is is this premature? I think it is

important that they establish a relationship so they can talk to one

another, President Trump and President Xi Jinping, and the

similar is of their meeting and hopefully shaking hands would send a

very calming signal to the rest of the world, especially that part of

the world. The third thing would be can he strike a big bargain, yes.

This would be the prelude to that, and it would be an important one but

I don't think you can do that in one meeting. It will be a process and it

will have to take some time and planning, and it needs to have the

full state Department, Secretary of State Tillerson needs a deputy, he

needs the staff to help fill out all of the things that needs to be done.

One final point, the Chinese are very eager to work with the United

States, they are eager for their president to come and sit down and

start talking of ways to reduce the trade imbalance, and how to

establish a modus vivendi for the United States and China to move

forward. Everyone hoping that there is not some kind of crisis that

intervenes in the meantime. Thank you for joining us.

Neil Gorsuch is getting one step closer to being America's next

Mr Trump's nominee is being debated by the Senate Judiciary Committee -

he then gets voted on by the full Senate on Friday - and that's

The Democrats now look set to do what's called a filibuster -

which would force the Republicans to find 60 senators

As things stand they only have 59 - including a few Democrats

and Independents who will vote for Gorsuch.

Which means Republicans will go for the nuclear option -

they will change the rules to override the filibuster

for a Supreme Court pick so they will only need a simple

That's understandable - it's complicated.

The bottom line however is that Trump will get his nominee confirmed

and Senate rules will have been changed in the process -

which could have a huge impact on the nature of future

So are the Democrats doing the right thing to filibuster? That is the

first thing. There are political questions and long-term questions.

The political question is for Democrats in conservative states, do

they want to be seen to reject a nominee who is generally regarded in

the mainstream of Conservative thinking? That could cause them

problems electorally at home, but this business of changing the rules

is important because it will mean that if President Trump gets a

future pick, and some of the Supreme Court justices, as we have pointed

out before, are elderly and frail, then he only needs 50 votes to get

that person chosen, and that could mean he goes outside of the

mainstream of judicial thinking. So it has a long-term impact. So you

have a Conservative for a Conservative peer, which surely the

Democrats is not a huge problem. The problem comes down the line, if you

get a more liberal member at the bench replaced by a Republican. But

here is a thought, if you don't get bipartisan agreement on a Supreme

Court pick, the reason there are bipartisan agreements is because the

level set much higher, you need some agreement from both sides of the

house, but if you don't have that, then the court becomes more

political, and surely people then lose faith in it? The court has

always been political, ever since George Washington started with his

own supporters back in the 1700s. So I think the idea that the American

Supreme Court, which is clearly divided and has been for a long

time, five to four Republican Democrat, is not political, is

slightly fanciful. You are probably too young to remember this, but back

in 2000, the Supreme Court decided in the election race on Al Gore

against Bush. It was a totally political decision. It could mean

you get summary more extreme nominated next amaranth and stop

lots of Supreme Court justices have only been confirmed with 5253 votes.

Not a lot of bipartisanship on that court. But you are right, America is

becoming more stream, I suspect. It was the Chads. I remember that. --

more stream. You would think that all of these issues like North

Korea, and what else have we got on our plate, she's in pain visiting,

Al Sisi is here and the Supreme Court justice, that might be what

the President Trump was tweeting about but not so much. This is what

he tweeted out this morning. He won! Why is he still going on

about Hillary Clinton?! Rather than thinking about all those other

things. The problem with this of course,

Christian, it means he is focused on these issues and attention focuses

on these issues and we carry on talking about these issues, not the

kind of things we should be talking about. Doesn't speak about his

character? There are one or two editorials about today that say it

does. I think it reveals something, these tweets, the idea that he can't

let some thing go, like the fact of Hillary Clinton, and whether she was

under surveillance and the whole election. He won, like you say. You

think you would be able to let that go and rise above it. The

surveillance issue and how that irritates him, that he is running

into problems with that. I feel the tweets are a reflection of his

early-morning id, which this morning was not very happy. Talking about

rising above it, it takes us nicely to the issue of Gibraltar. To the

relief of many, the Prime Minister Theresa may has today confirmed the

UK will not be going to war with Nato ally, Spain, over the British

territory of Gibraltar. She confirmed their approach the Brexit

negotiations was definitely jaw jaw, rather than war war, in her words.

This led to this reaction from the former Conservative leader, Michael

Howard. Another woman by Minister sent a task force halfway across the

world to protect another small group of British people against another

Spanish-speaking company, hashtag country, and I am absolutely clear

that our current woman Prime Minister will show the same resolve

in relation to Gibraltar as her predecessor did. Either he knew his

maths or he had come well-prepared for that interview. Today, Prime

Minister Theresa May was asked about it and this is what she had to say.

My focus will be to get the best trade deal for the UK and for

Gibraltar. We will be working closely with the Gibraltar

government as we have been over recent months. We will continue to

do that to ensure that we get a result from these talks that is in

both our interests. So are you running out war? We are focusing on

talking with the rest of the EU, starting a formal negotiations and

ensuring that at the end of them we see a result that will be in the

interests of the UK and in the interests of Gibraltar. But actually

I think will be in the interests of the 27 member states of the European

Union as well. So not many people think we are going to go to war with

Spain over Gibraltar but five days after Article 50 was triggered, it

does not bode well for the tone of negotiations, does it? I will score

them both, the EU and outside a degraded for diplomacy. It is a

hugely important issue to the people of Gibraltar that the government has

made it abundantly clear that if they want to stay British, then they

are not going to have any compromise on sovereignty. I can tell you,

though, that I spoke to someone very close to the FCO today and they are

incandescent about Michael Howard's interference in this. Apoplectic was

the word used in the conversation I had. It doesn't make it very easy

for the Prime Minister. How does she make concessions to the European

Union during the course of an of this is how people will respond from

her own side? Both sides have to be pretty sensible because there are

issues where both sides will get pretty animated. The point to make

is that there are other areas that share land borders with the UK.

Northern Ireland, the military bases in Cyprus, and just looking what

they said about their is, they said we need imaginative solutions to

Northern Ireland and Cyprus, but they did not apply the same to

Gibraltar, and you can only imagine that is because they shovelled in

this line at the behest of the Spanish at the last minute, which

was probably a bit of a silly move. Let's move back to President Obama,

who was not a particularly good friend to Egypt by the way. He

broadly supported the 2011 revolution. He turned a blind eye to

a military coup the years later that opposed the Muslim brotherhood, but

then seemed somewhat indifferent to the new president Alcacer. You could

never understood -- decide whether he was a strategic partner or a

brutal dictator and perhaps in the end the administration treated him

as both. President Al Sisi is the first Arab leader to be invited to

the White House. Com came to repost a crucial Middle East relationship

but what does that entail? First, what some of the US president had to

say. I just want to let everybody know in case there

was any doubt that we are very much behind President Alcacer. He has

done a fantastic job in a very difficult situation. We are very

much behind Egypt and the people of Egypt, and the United States has

backing, and we have strong backing. We have very much, as you and I will

soon be talking, we are building up our military that will be the

highest probably that we have ever had.

President Trump speaking to Mr Al Sisi. Joining me now is Michelle

gun. She is now the Carnegie endowment for International peace.

They queue for coming, how different will be the Russian should between

the Trump White House and Egypt and the Obama won? Actually at the

beginning of the Obama White House, President Obama himself pushed the

reset button with Egypt, feeling that his predecessor George Bush was

too hard on Mubarak. It is ironic, in a way President Trump is doing

the same thing with Al Sisi. It is true that later on in the Obama

presidency, he saw that the degree of human rights abuses, political

repression, economic mismanagement, and an economy very much donated by

the Egyptian military, were really problematic and made Egypt in some

ways a less useful ally for the United States. There was real

concern in the Obama White House, and I think there will be eventually

in the Trump White House as well, that what was going on inside Egypt

was actually fuelling radicalisation, and in a way

fuelling terrorism. Although for the moment this White House has made it

clear it will not raise the issue of human rights, at least in public or

in meetings like this one. They will prefer to do it in other ways. What

could Mr Trump get from the Egyptians that Mr Obama didn't?

Notably there are no Egyptian planes flying over Raqqa and supporting the

coalition against Isis, for example. That is true, but not because

President Al Sisi was upset with President Obama and with help that.

There are two reasons for that, first of all Egypt has its own

insurgency based in the Sinai. It is an indigenous Egyptian group and

affiliated itself with Isis. The Egyptian military is tied up with

fighting it and terrorism problem and I have to say not doing it very

effectively. Secondly I think there is really a question as to whether

the Egyptian air force would be able to operate in theatres like that, in

Syria or Iraq. Frankly it is not as capable as some of the other air

forces, even the other Arab air forces such as the Jordanian or the

UAE air forces. The truth is as well since America really stepped away

from Egypt during the Obama years, Egypt stepped closer to Russia and

that is a problem, isn't it, for the White House, because you have

Russian control in Syria, you have the Iranians closer to the Russians

and then you have Egypt, you know, in their quarter as well. That is

not something they would like. I think it is the case that Al Sisi

has grown closer to Russia and Putin. I don't think it was because

of the relationship with Obama. Al Sisi and Putin of a much birds of a

feather, they see things in a similar way, both in terms of seeing

Islamic terrorism as a major threat and believing in applying a good

deal of domestic repression. And Al Sisi also likes to really lay one

foreign power off another. He has done this with the Saudis and others

as well. So I think that whether Trump gets very close to SEC, as we

see him doing today, or not, we are still going to see a close Al Sisi -

Putin relationship. Thank you for joining us in the studio. Christian,

you were in Egypt as the BBC correspond and before you went to

Paris and stop this issue that the show was talking about about the

economic situation in Egypt, that only seems to be deteriorating under

the current Egyptian administration, doesn't it? There is a reform

programme which many people would welcome but the currency has been

hugely devalued. When I was there back in 2008- 09, it was five

Egyptian pounds to the dollar. It is now 18. That is pretty good for the

economy in some ways. I understand that over the Christmas period, the

hotels in Aswan and Luxor were full, 100% occupancy, which boosts the

economy, and it brings an investment because it is cheaper to be in

Egypt. But the problem is there are so much poverty in Egypt, and it is

such an informal economy that when you devalue the currency, you get

inflation as well, so it is very hard for them. The one thing you

always have to remember about Egypt is that a quarter of the population

is under the age of 30, and half of them are very poor. That population

growth is picking up again, so the economy has to pick up at the same

rate. So the best thing that the Americans can do, and I don't know

if we are in that sort of situation where America invest outside the

country at the moment, is that they start pouring money into Egypt. A

youth bulge and high under climate is not a great combination. Egypt

has both of them. They want dollars and they want American companies.

You are watching 100 days from BBC News. Stay with us, much more coming

up. For viewers on the BBC news channel and BBC World News, we have

a BBC panorama special with new information about the French

presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, and the funding she has for her

election campaign. As the Chinese president is up for a meeting with

Donald Trump, we will hear the thoughts of Asian Americans on Trump

is like attitude to Asia. That is all still to come on 100 days from

BBC News. Hello, good evening. We saw quite a

variety of weather across the UK early on today to stop 18 degrees in

the sunshine towards the south-eastern corner but we also saw

quite high tree pollen levels. With tree pollen levels and the

temperature is coming down a bit over the next day, because towards

the north and west we have a weather front moving in, which will move

through and eventually we will see some fresh Atlantic air coming in

behind it. It has been quite cloudy and wept in some parts of Northern

Ireland, western Scotland. As you can see, all moving its way ever is

the woods, and that process continues overnight tonight. It was

his rain forcing England and Wales stop things should dry up in Wales.

It would be down to five or 6 degrees in major towns and cities by

the end of the night. For England and Wales, in places seeing

temperatures not lower than eight or 9 degrees. There will be the

Deulofeu across Wales on the south-west into the morning. Not

much rain left over but a lot of lay -- low cloud, great, further east as

well with our chance of some rain in the south-eastern corner and some

parts of East Anglia as well. Further north, still a lot of low

cloud around. Not much rain. It brightens up as you head into

southern and eastern Scotland, some parts of Northern Ireland since some

morning sunshine. -- seeing some morning sunshine. Blowing gales

towards the Northern Isles. Elsewhere, things will brighten up

in Wales and the south-western in winter the afternoon but it stays

pretty great for East Anglia and the south-east, still in the afternoon

some rain to be had so a bit dull and damp. Temperatures down a notch

or two on today. Tuesday night into Wednesday, this

big area of high pressure continues the building across the UK and it

will be with us for a good few days, always creating this north-westerly

breeze across the North and east of the UK, so quite breezy for some.

Quite a bit of cloud around as well. Maybe a shower or two in the West of

Scotland but most places will be fine and dry. In spite of a lot of

cloud, something a bit brighter at times. In the south-west with winds,

a little bit of sunshine, shouldn't feel too bad. Tom temperatures about

13 or 14 on Wednesday afternoon. The expert is through Thursday and

Friday. A fair bit of cloud, a bit of a breeze for some but also a few

breaks in that cloud. A little bit of sunshine.

If we want nuclear power, it is so expensive that, actually, government

has to put money into it. It is a classic case of market failure. If

the private sector would pay for it, doesn't that mean it is not

economically viable? There will be a debate about its own systems.

Welcome back to One Hundred Days with me Katty Kay in Washington

A reminder of our top story today: An explosion on a metro train

in St Petersburg has killed ten people and injured dozens more.

The Chinese president is on his way as the courts issue. We hear the

from Asian Americans in New York. The BBC programme Panorama is set

to disclose new information about how the French Presidential

Candidate Marine Le Pen With less than three week to go,

Le Pen is front runner to win Gabriel Gatehouse, the reporter

of tonight's Panorama, You have been focusing principally

on the relationship between Marine Le Pen and President Putin. That is

right. With just a few weeks to go until the election, Marine Le Pen

suddenly appeared in Moscow, meeting feuding in the Kremlin. It was

unexpected and we scrambled to get out there. Vladimir Putin himself

voiced one of the concerns that was on the minds of many people, saying

we don't want to interfere in your election. That could be something

that will ring a bell with people in the United States. Marine Le Pen

said she would drop EU sanctions against Russia. There was a bit of a

love in. There have been financial links between different rationale

and Russia. The front Nationale got to loans from Russian sources with

links to the Kremlin. People were asking for these loans a quid pro

quo for her support for the annexation of Crimea? They said that

this was the first time that they had met. I heard something different

from two sources. One of them being Marine Le Pen's father, the founder

of the National front. He said they had met before. Another adviser to

me that she had said the Met before. I spoke to one of Marine Le Pen's

advisers who brokered one of those Russian loans and credit to him that

she had certainly claimed she met Putin before. She did meet Putin.

This is a secret. What can I say? Did she tell you that she met Putin?

I don't know. It is a secret. Murky and murkier. He talked about the

relationship going back several years. What about your father? He

was the guiding figure for many years. Marine the pen makes the

point that she hasn't been influenced by Russian mother because

-- money because the pro-Russian stance has been consistent as far

back as when her father was in charge. He would Russia Russia as

soon as the Soviet Union collapsed and started making connections with

what were then fringe nationalist fire rate movements. Now the Kremlin

has co-opted these nationalist anti-Western views. The front

Nationale was once marginal and now less so. The Kremlin sees Russian

nationalists and the front Nationale as an ally in their quest to break

up the unity of the European Union and Nato. Those financial links are

fascinating. What else did you learn while making the programme? We heard

about this thing called the secret cabinet. Marine Le Pen has been

trying to detoxify the party. She expelled her own father because of

his associations with racism and anti-Semitism, but she is having a

problem. She has got a secret Cabinet, centred around one and

number. We looked into him. We saw his police fired from the 1990s when

it said he had links for associate it with former Nazis, links to

skinhead groups and insiders in the party told us that he is central to

the financing of the party now. He is always in all the key meetings

and around Marine Le Pen. They told us that he has nothing to do with

the party, he runs a company that supplies posters and leaflets for

the party, but these insiders have been telling us this man is very

central to the financing and running of the party. Despite all this talk

of detoxify the brand, if this is true, one of Marine the pen's key

moneymen is someone linked to skinheads and former Nazis. For the

moment, thank you very much. Some news just coming in from the US. We

were speaking about the core switch in the programme. The US Senate

Judiciary Committee committee has voted and devoted 11-9 to approve

the Supreme Court nominee. That felt entirely on party lines. We get

three days of debate now, is that right? Yes. Should we talk about

Jerod Kushner? He has arrived in Iraq today. He will meet Iraqi

leaders this week to hear first-hand how the battle against so-called

Islamic State is progressing. How many jobs does Mr Kushner have now?

He's like George Osborne. He has more jobs than those of the week. He

is looking after Middle East peace, looking after the China visit, the

Nafta stuff and he has this other office in the White House. Tell us

about that. As if most of the world was not enough for him, this

36-year-old who, along the way has made several billion dollars in

illicit deals and is married to Mr Trump's. , Mr Kushner also has the

job of reorganising the American government. Not a small job. He is

an extraordinary man. Clean cut. There he is in Iraq with general

Dunford. He is very close to President Trump. He was the factor

chairman of the current campaign and you could say that blood is thicker

than water because he is one of the most influential people in the White

House. He has a massive portfolio and you hear stories about whether

he is upset. He is meant to be a smart 56-year-old, but that is an

awful lot. He clearly likes and he is clearly a smart guy. He has his

own company. We have seen information the assets that he and

Ivanka Trump have. They were in The Papers over the weekend. Is he still

running the company day-to-day? No, he separated himself from his

companies as other people in the Trump family have had to do. I was

speaking to someone who worked for him. He was owner of the New York

Observer and he said he is an impressive mid-30s guy, but he also

has a pretty thin skin and he can be rude and brusque, was how he was

described to me. Perhaps a lot like his father in law. That is what you

hear about his father in law. A key person in the White House with a

huge amount to do. How much have you done in 40 years? Not as much as

that. I'm not running an account like ears. I need to up my game.

Look at some of the other stories we are following.

French authorities have tightened security around public transport

in Paris following today's attack on a St Petersburg metro tunnel.

The French Interior Ministry says the boost is a precautionary

measure amid an extremely high terrorism threat.

The British Prime Minister Theresa May has held talks with

Jordanian Prime Minister Hani Mulqi during a three day visit

Trade and increased military cooperation were expected to be top

Ms May was also due to announce Britain will send military trainers

to Jordan to help the country's air force fight so-called Islamic State.

EU foreign ministers are meeting in Luxembourg to discuss the future

role of the block in post-conflict Syria.

The meeting questioned the place of President Assad in any future

government but said ultimately it was up to the people of Syria

Scotland's First Minister is expected to sign a joint

agreement with the Governor of California on tackling climate

change during her visit to the United States this week.

Nicola Sturgeon will meet Governor Jerry Brown and give

a speech at Stanford University on Scotland's place in the world

Returning now to the high stakes meeting between Presidents Trump

The BBC has been asking Asian Americans living in New York

what they make of Trump's attitude to Asia.

I am hopeful. I am optimistic. I think his relationship is just

unsettled in the beginning. In the past almost two months, Trump has

been gradually becoming mellower. I heard he is going to his resort on

Thursday because it is important to get the same sort of treatment as

the Japanese Prime Minister. Is that right? Yes. Juggling Asian

sensibilities, is a ticking down there and having the photo

opportunity. He played golf with the Japanese premier. I am not hearing

that Xi Jinping will be hitting the links. He stopped golf in China. He

didn't like some of the politburo playing golf. Our more attentive

viewers will have noticed that Kathy was not your street. She was on

holiday. It wasn't for pleasure because she was hoovering up how

people think about Donald Trump in this presidency. He sent me an

e-mail this morning so I can tell you what I'll think about President

Trump. Come on, tell us. I could hope to go there and buried my head

firmly in the snows of Utah but I didn't quite manage because I love

that and the front page of the Salt Lake paper, the Salt Lake Tribune,

heard the news that a majority of people in Utah view Trump

favourably, which is interesting because approval ratings for Donald

Trump in the state of Utah have risen, which puts them at the polar

opposite of the rest of the country. 54% of people in Utah support Donald

Trump, up from election day. What is that down to? He didn't actually do

terribly well in Utah during the 2016 campaign. Lots of Mormons

living Utah, they tend to be better edge -- educated, have higher

incomes than the national average. These are not, white working-class

people who are sticking firmly by Donald Trump. They are looking at

what he is doing and they are simply like the fact he is delivering on

his promises. Did of you to go on holiday and find that out for us.

I've missed you terribly. It is good you are back. We will be back at the

same time tomorrow.