:00:00. > :00:00.in 100 days throughout the evening here on BBC News on events in
:00:00. > :00:00.Florida. The leaders of the world's two
:00:00. > :00:10.biggest powers meet in Florida. There's not much love lost
:00:11. > :00:12.but they have urgent The President has long cast
:00:13. > :00:17.China as the villain Will Donald Trump and Xi Jinping
:00:18. > :00:22.find middle ground? It could be a challenge given
:00:23. > :00:25.Mr Trump's aggressive anti-China rhetoric which rallied his
:00:26. > :00:29.supporters on the campaign trail. We can't continue to allow China
:00:30. > :00:37.to rape our country! Amidst a cloud of controversy,
:00:38. > :00:39.the Congressman heading an investigation into Russian
:00:40. > :00:41.interference in the US election On this vote, the ayes
:00:42. > :00:49.are 48, the nays are 52. The decision of the chair does not
:00:50. > :00:56.stand as the judgment of the Senate. Republican senators have voted
:00:57. > :01:01.to change the rules so they can confirm President Trump's nominee
:01:02. > :01:04.for the Supreme Court. Also today: One week before Turkey
:01:05. > :01:07.votes on whether to give President Erdogan greater powers,
:01:08. > :01:11.we have a report from his hometown. They call it the
:01:12. > :01:14.Weekend White House. We'll take a look through
:01:15. > :01:17.the keyhole of tthe Presidential Hello, I am Katty Kay in Washington,
:01:18. > :01:32.Christian Fraser is in London. It is day 77 of the Trump presidency
:01:33. > :01:35.and a defining moment A short time ago, Donald Trump left
:01:36. > :01:41.a very rainy Washington to fly down to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida
:01:42. > :01:45.for his first meeting with Chinese Mr Trump is already warning that it
:01:46. > :01:52.will be a very difficult meeting. The leaders will dine together this
:01:53. > :01:54.evening before formal President Trump wants a better deal
:01:55. > :01:59.for America on trade and more cooperation from Beijing on North
:02:00. > :02:06.Korea. But after candidate Trump
:02:07. > :02:08.was so harsh on China, what kind of concessions can he get
:02:09. > :02:11.from the other global superpower? After all, remember what he said
:02:12. > :02:14.during last year's campaign? We can't continue to allow China
:02:15. > :02:16.to rape our country! They have taken our money,
:02:17. > :02:20.they have taken our jobs. America has lost 70,000
:02:21. > :02:30.factories since China entered When you look at China,
:02:31. > :02:35.when you look at every country, every trade deal
:02:36. > :02:39.we have is horrible. It's going to be only America
:02:40. > :02:50.first, America first! Heading to the summit,
:02:51. > :02:52.Mr Trump made it clear today But foreign policy issues
:02:53. > :02:59.are already interrupting Today in Florida, he'll talk
:03:00. > :03:04.about the increasingly urgent Kim Jong-un has fired more rockets
:03:05. > :03:09.this past five years than his father and grandfather combined -
:03:10. > :03:12.the latest on the eve Barbara Plett-Usher is outside
:03:13. > :03:18.Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, where the talks
:03:19. > :03:32.will be held. How high are expectations that this
:03:33. > :03:36.summit? There is a lot of anticipation for this summit because
:03:37. > :03:40.these are the two leaders of the two most significant global powers in
:03:41. > :03:45.the world. They have not met yet and there has been contention around the
:03:46. > :03:48.relationship because of Donald Trump stirring things up with his
:03:49. > :03:56.anti-China rhetoric and it is important for them to get along.
:03:57. > :04:02.There is anticipation. Is of expectation and how things may come
:04:03. > :04:08.out, not so much. Trade will be raised. Mr Trump is talked about it.
:04:09. > :04:12.They were not settled that in this visit, but perhaps the Chinese
:04:13. > :04:18.president will offer sweeteners to try to ease the tension is a little
:04:19. > :04:22.bit, like investing in jobs and infrastructure in the United States.
:04:23. > :04:26.North Korea is a big issue for the Americans. They feel that North
:04:27. > :04:31.Koreans are poised to get a mess strong enough to buy it nuclear
:04:32. > :04:36.warheads in the next couple of years so it is not business as usual
:04:37. > :04:40.there. They want China to put more pressure on North Korea, which China
:04:41. > :04:45.is open to but not completely because it does not want the regime
:04:46. > :04:49.to collapse. These are very big economic and security issues but the
:04:50. > :04:53.key thing they are hoping for is that the two men develop a working
:04:54. > :04:57.relationship and this informal setting is supposed to help them do
:04:58. > :05:04.that. We have had President Trump rolling back a bit lately, so the
:05:05. > :05:08.environment may be better, the Chinese know he is unpredictable,
:05:09. > :05:16.they arbitrary there may still be some corruption, but President Trump
:05:17. > :05:22.by no means has all the cards in his hands. He has not sorted out his
:05:23. > :05:26.full China policy, he will improvise a bit, and the Chinese do not
:05:27. > :05:35.improvise, they will come very well prepared. You are looking at night
:05:36. > :05:45.pictures of the airport close by and you can see there in the picture,
:05:46. > :05:50.Rex Tillotson. The Chinese president is already on his way to the resort.
:05:51. > :05:54.I do not know if we can show our viewers a picture of the China
:05:55. > :05:59.Airways plane. Palm Beach airport is tiny. It is amazing how many
:06:00. > :06:03.dignitaries this airport is having to get because President Trump...
:06:04. > :06:14.There you go, massive plane, tiny airport! Wrecked was in the shot. I
:06:15. > :06:20.understand that President's son-in-law, who was influenced, the
:06:21. > :06:26.trip to the Chinese through the back channels, and there was talk it had
:06:27. > :06:29.to be in Mar-a-Lago because the Japanese Prime Minister had been
:06:30. > :06:31.there a few weeks ago, so there is strict protocol to these events.
:06:32. > :06:35.People in the US and in China will have their own opinions on how
:06:36. > :06:38.The BBC's Rajini Vaidyanathan and Stephen McDonell have been
:06:39. > :06:50.finding out more in Washington and Beijing.
:06:51. > :06:53.Camaraderie, co-operation, maybe let us off a little bit
:06:54. > :07:03.President Trump likes to talk tough on China.
:07:04. > :07:05.Throughout the election, he promised to bring jobs back
:07:06. > :07:12.On the other hand, China's president, Xi Jinping,
:07:13. > :07:16.says that free trade is the answer and that this is what will bring
:07:17. > :07:21.What do you think President Trump should be saying to his
:07:22. > :07:28.I'm sorry, I apologise, I have been perhaps unfair to you.
:07:29. > :07:43.I'm one of those people that think that we should make more here.
:07:44. > :07:46.They are not a true democracy, that's the worst thing about China.
:07:47. > :08:08.Who do you think gets the most out of it?
:08:09. > :08:14.Whether they like it or not, when Xi Jinping and Donald Trump
:08:15. > :08:17.are sitting across the table from one another, this
:08:18. > :08:20.is probably the world's most important connection.
:08:21. > :08:25.But it's not just money and trade that drives the relationship.
:08:26. > :08:27.When it comes to climate change or getting North Korea
:08:28. > :08:42.to contain its nuclear ambitions, America needs China onside.
:08:43. > :08:45.Gary Locke was US Ambassador to China under President Obama,
:08:46. > :08:47.for whom he also served as Secretary of Commerce.
:08:48. > :09:02.The board Trump's tough talk on China make a working relationship
:09:03. > :09:10.between these two superpowers easier or harder? It makes it harder
:09:11. > :09:15.because the Chinese are very wary of Donald Trump as president. He has
:09:16. > :09:20.walked back a lot of the rhetoric he made during the campaign, he did not
:09:21. > :09:26.impose on day one tariffs on all Chinese goods coming into the US
:09:27. > :09:28.comic he did not declare China currency manipulator, if anything,
:09:29. > :09:33.the Chinese have been propping up the currency when other countries
:09:34. > :09:39.are devaluing the currency. But there are many issues confronting
:09:40. > :09:44.China and the United States and the world is looking for leadership from
:09:45. > :09:47.both countries to sell some of these top issues from terrorism to
:09:48. > :09:56.instability in the Middle East to strife in Africa, North Korea and
:09:57. > :10:02.climate change. The situation in North Korea might account for the
:10:03. > :10:07.fact he has not imposed tariffs and has walked back some of his
:10:08. > :10:12.rhetoric. What more do you think Donald Trump can get out of China
:10:13. > :10:19.when it comes to North Korea and enforcing sanctions? China has
:10:20. > :10:24.actually been working with the United States in supporting many
:10:25. > :10:29.initiatives of the UN and the US in terms of sanctions against North
:10:30. > :10:37.Korea. We've got to tighten the screws even more. China is the for
:10:38. > :10:41.North Korea and China has great influence over North Korea but as
:10:42. > :10:47.North Korea becomes even more reckless and unpredictable with its
:10:48. > :10:50.young leader, who is mass executing even his relatives, China is getting
:10:51. > :10:55.worried about this young leader because this guy could even turn on
:10:56. > :11:00.them and they are very fearful about the collapse of North Korea because
:11:01. > :11:05.they do not want a unified Korea and becoming a democracy. They do not
:11:06. > :11:10.want a democratic career on the doorstep of China. China has every
:11:11. > :11:13.incentive to work with the United States to stop the development of
:11:14. > :11:19.nuclear weapons but they also want to make sure that North Korea stays
:11:20. > :11:23.as a separate communist country and is not invaded by South Korea. If
:11:24. > :11:29.North Korea no longer has nuclear weapons. But at some points, they
:11:30. > :11:33.will have to make a choice because although the very keen to resist
:11:34. > :11:38.this American pressure, could lead to something else, you could have an
:11:39. > :11:41.American military strike, you could have South Korea and Japan
:11:42. > :11:49.developing their own nuclear programmes if these missiles keep
:11:50. > :11:52.being fired. They are making that choice, they are working with the
:11:53. > :11:59.United States and the UN and these talks between both presidents will
:12:00. > :12:05.talk about other strategies the two can deploy to tighten the screws on
:12:06. > :12:08.North Korea because China knows that, if unchecked, or the other
:12:09. > :12:14.options are unacceptable. They do not want South Korea and Japan
:12:15. > :12:19.having nuclear weapons, they do not want South Korea deploying missiles
:12:20. > :12:24.supplied by the states, they do not want to see North Korea collapse, so
:12:25. > :12:29.they have every incentive to really try to convince North Korea not to
:12:30. > :12:35.develop a nuclear weapon and they have concerns about the unproductive
:12:36. > :12:42.of this leader of North Korea. -- unpredictability. This is a big test
:12:43. > :12:46.for Donald Trump because we have shown the rhetoric to the campaign,
:12:47. > :12:53.not particularly measured. He somehow has to soften the tone these
:12:54. > :12:59.next few days while at the same time not selling out. They want him to be
:13:00. > :13:04.tough. This week, we have the Middle Eastern Russia and North Korea and
:13:05. > :13:08.China, the two biggest foreign policy challenges the Donald Trump
:13:09. > :13:12.faces, and China is particularly tricky because of that rhetoric. I
:13:13. > :13:17.cannot tell you how many times when I travelled around the country
:13:18. > :13:23.people would cite China's trade policies. They knew the chapter on
:13:24. > :13:27.dates about when China had stolen American jobs. This is a big deal
:13:28. > :13:32.for American workers and Donald Trump's supporters. If he looks like
:13:33. > :13:36.he is caving in, that will be a problem for him politically, but on
:13:37. > :13:42.the other hand, he needs China when it comes to North Korea, so he has
:13:43. > :13:44.got juggling act to do. It always looks very different from inside the
:13:45. > :13:46.oval Office! Let's start with the story
:13:47. > :13:50.of Devin Nunes, the chair He is temporarily stepping down
:13:51. > :13:54.from the panel that is investigating claims of Russian interference
:13:55. > :13:58.in last year's American election. A few weeks ago, Mr Nunes told
:13:59. > :14:02.reporters he believed Mr Trump or members of the transition team
:14:03. > :14:06.may have been incidentally caught up in foreign surveillance
:14:07. > :14:09.by the American spy agencies. He cited dozens of intelligence
:14:10. > :14:15.reports he described as classified. We later discovered those documents
:14:16. > :14:18.had been provided to him by White House officials,
:14:19. > :14:20.unbeknown to the rest His decision to step
:14:21. > :14:26.aside was made shortly after the House Committee on Ethics
:14:27. > :14:30.announced it was investigating Mr Nunes over allegations he may
:14:31. > :14:33.have made unauthorized disclosures The House Speaker, Paul Ryan,
:14:34. > :14:39.gave this reaction. First of all, Devin Nunes has
:14:40. > :14:42.earned my trust over many years for his integrity and dedication
:14:43. > :14:44.to the critical work that the intelligence community does
:14:45. > :14:48.to keep Americans safe. He is eager to demonstrate
:14:49. > :14:53.to the ethics committee that he has has filed all proper
:14:54. > :14:57.guidelines and laws. In the meantime, it is clear this
:14:58. > :15:00.process would be a distraction to the House intelligence
:15:01. > :15:02.committee's investigation into Russian interference
:15:03. > :15:04.in our election, so Chairman Nunes has offered to step aside
:15:05. > :15:06.as the lead Republican on this particular probe,
:15:07. > :15:17.and I fully support his decision. I've been speaking to
:15:18. > :15:19.the Republican Congressman Scott Congressman Scott Taylor, the news
:15:20. > :15:26.that Devin Nunes is stepping aside from investigations into Russia,
:15:27. > :15:29.does that suggest to you that he is not capable
:15:30. > :15:32.of carrying out an investigation into something as serious as Russian
:15:33. > :15:40.meddling in the US election? No, it doesn't signal
:15:41. > :15:42.that to me at all. Actually, I think it's
:15:43. > :15:45.the responsible and the prudent thing for the chairman to do,
:15:46. > :15:47.and I support his decision to step aside temporarily
:15:48. > :15:49.while there is an ethics I think he's capable of doing it,
:15:50. > :15:54.of course, but, at the same time, you don't want that cloud over
:15:55. > :15:57.the committee while they are trying to conduct a serious investigation
:15:58. > :16:00.with an ethics investigation So I think he's being responsible
:16:01. > :16:04.and they are doing the right thing. But the cloud is that he's
:16:05. > :16:07.effectively too close to the White House to carry
:16:08. > :16:09.this out impartially. What I'm saying is there is a cloud
:16:10. > :16:14.over them while there's an ethics investigation into the chairman
:16:15. > :16:17.himself, so I think it's the responsible thing for him to do,
:16:18. > :16:20.to step aside and allow for someone to step up and carry out
:16:21. > :16:22.serious investigation. Scott Taylor, we are now heading
:16:23. > :16:27.into the first recess, big recess, since you came into office
:16:28. > :16:30.and were elected on the Trump wave back in November,
:16:31. > :16:49.you joined the president. I think there are pluses and
:16:50. > :16:53.minuses. This is a man who is a businessman and not a typical
:16:54. > :16:56.politician, he does not understand the whole thing with Washington, so
:16:57. > :17:02.there is some adjustment there. He has done a lot of good things in
:17:03. > :17:08.terms of things for the economy, our economy is doing really well, there
:17:09. > :17:12.is a President Trump effect on the border that has reduced crossings.
:17:13. > :17:17.At the same time, there have been statements that are not good, of
:17:18. > :17:24.course. As you are aware, health wise, we were not able to get up
:17:25. > :17:29.past. It is fair and legitimate to say there are good and bad things.
:17:30. > :17:32.But do you hear from your voters back home about the president,
:17:33. > :17:36.particularly about this issue of management in the White House and
:17:37. > :17:43.things like the health care act and whether they think the president is
:17:44. > :17:47.up to the job? What I just said to you reflect the voices from back
:17:48. > :17:51.home. The majority of the voices from my district are people who
:17:52. > :17:55.agree with a lot of things he has done, he has taken action on
:17:56. > :17:59.regulations that have been harmful to the economy and creating jobs and
:18:00. > :18:05.they are very happy about that, but at the same time they feel they have
:18:06. > :18:09.been missteps and things he has said and tweaked it, and some management
:18:10. > :18:14.folks in the White House, there have been adjustments and changes, and
:18:15. > :18:18.what rightfully so. What I'm saying to you reflects the majority of my
:18:19. > :18:32.district. You have been in office now as long as the president has, 76
:18:33. > :18:37.days. What surprised you? I had been asked this question a little bit. I
:18:38. > :18:43.served three years in the Virginia State house. The US Congress is five
:18:44. > :18:46.times bigger, so you still have egos and personalities to navigate, there
:18:47. > :18:51.are just more of them. The most surprising thing to me is the
:18:52. > :18:55.quality and calibre of my class, on both sides. We really have smart
:18:56. > :18:58.folks here who are highly accomplished and capable and want to
:18:59. > :19:01.do the right thing for the country, want to work together and we are
:19:02. > :19:03.optimistic and hopeful we will do that with the American people and
:19:04. > :19:17.the world. Scott Taylor, still looking pretty
:19:18. > :19:22.freshfaced. We now have the chair of the house investigating committee
:19:23. > :19:27.being investigated over his own solo investigation, it is beyond parody!
:19:28. > :19:33.Surely, it is eroding any faith that people have that they can mount an
:19:34. > :19:38.effective bipartisan investigation? It depends on who replaces Devin
:19:39. > :19:42.Nunes. He has been under this cloud by the investigation, it makes
:19:43. > :19:46.unqualified, he has decided to carry this out, but if he is replaced by
:19:47. > :19:51.people who can distance themselves from the White House and actors they
:19:52. > :19:54.should do in the interests of the intelligence committee's
:19:55. > :19:59.investigation, that would restore some of the faith in Congress. It
:20:00. > :20:04.certainly needs its fate restoring because people do not think much of
:20:05. > :20:09.American congressmen that perhaps we should have more people like Scott
:20:10. > :20:11.Taylor, a former Navy SEAL who wants to do the best job you can. I can
:20:12. > :20:15.think of one or two in the gallery! Never has going nuclear sounded
:20:16. > :20:37.quite this anti-climactic. Let's have water. On this boat, the
:20:38. > :20:40.ayes 48, the noes 42. By unanimous consent, a mandatory call has been
:20:41. > :20:49.waived. The question is, is it the sense of the Senate to be an
:20:50. > :20:51.associate justice as the Supreme Court of the United States should be
:20:52. > :20:53.brought for close upon reconsideration?
:20:54. > :20:56.That was the scene on the floor of the US Senate an hour ago
:20:57. > :20:59.as the August body triggered what's called here the nuclear option.
:21:00. > :21:01.Don't worry, there's no mushroom cloud over the capital,
:21:02. > :21:03.but that seemingly benign, ordinary vote has just changed
:21:04. > :21:08.What we just saw was Republicans voting to circumvent
:21:09. > :21:10.Democrats' attempts to derail President Trump's
:21:11. > :21:17.By 52 to 48, Republicans ended the Democrat's
:21:18. > :21:23.Now they can get him confirmed him with a simple majority vote.
:21:24. > :21:26.Yesterday, we had the Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal
:21:27. > :21:34.on the programme, who said this of the Republican tactics.
:21:35. > :21:48.It could well affect the poor feelings among senators. I hope that
:21:49. > :21:53.its repercussions will be limited but it could be radioactive in terms
:21:54. > :21:57.of moving things forward and other matters, and it will affect future
:21:58. > :22:02.appointments. But I sincerely hope that we will get beyond this. No
:22:03. > :22:09.rust mushroom cloud but it could be radioactive. We talked about this
:22:10. > :22:12.yesterday, about how it could make future Supreme Court picks more
:22:13. > :22:20.extreme because either side would only need 50 votes to confirm them,
:22:21. > :22:23.but what you are getting better and senators on both sides concerned
:22:24. > :22:28.about is that this might make everything more extreme. It might
:22:29. > :22:31.not just apply the Supreme Court picks. We've spoken a lot about
:22:32. > :22:35.partisanship in America and how difficult it is to get things done
:22:36. > :22:41.because the country is so divided. What we just saw happened in the
:22:42. > :22:44.Senate today, it has the risk of making American politics even more
:22:45. > :22:45.divided and the country even more dysfunctional.
:22:46. > :22:47.Some of the other stories we're following today: Donald Trump's
:22:48. > :22:49.administration has said that military action against Syria
:22:50. > :22:51.is not off the table following the suspected chemical
:22:52. > :22:55.Syria's Foreign Minister has denied the government carried out
:22:56. > :22:59.a chemical attack on the rebel-held town on Tuesday.
:23:00. > :23:01.More than 70 people, including many children,
:23:02. > :23:03.are reported to have died in the attack.
:23:04. > :23:05.Turkey says the results of postmortem examinations confirm
:23:06. > :23:14.They have blamed President Assad's forces.
:23:15. > :23:17.Russian police have found explosives at a flat in St Petersburg three
:23:18. > :23:21.days after a terror attack on the city's underground system.
:23:22. > :23:23.Three people were also arrested in the early morning raid.
:23:24. > :23:27.Officials say the explosives found at the property were similar
:23:28. > :23:33.The blast killed 14 people, including the main suspect.
:23:34. > :23:35.British Prime Minister Theresa May has met with the President
:23:36. > :23:39.of the European Council to discuss the start of Brexit negotiations.
:23:40. > :23:42.The meeting in London comes a week after Theresa May officially
:23:43. > :23:45.triggered the process to take Britain out of the European Union.
:23:46. > :23:49.The two leaders agreed to seek lower tensions in the upcoming talks,
:23:50. > :23:55.May also vowed to seek the best deal for the British
:23:56. > :24:04.Now, if there is one man, above all others,
:24:05. > :24:07.who earns his money in Washington, it is surely White House Press
:24:08. > :24:12.Every day, the press corps are spoiling for a fight and,
:24:13. > :24:17.And not only does he have to make sure the President's
:24:18. > :24:21.message is getting across, he has to make everyone feel good.
:24:22. > :24:57.You know you have made it when you are getting
:24:58. > :25:22.That made my night! He is world-famous.
:25:23. > :25:24.You're watching 100 Days from BBC News.
:25:25. > :25:35.Still to come for viewers on the BBC News Channel and BBC World News:
:25:36. > :25:38.economies and they disagree on trade, so how will talks
:25:39. > :25:41.between US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart,
:25:42. > :25:44.We'll ask an economics expert that very question.
:25:45. > :25:46.And we'll take a closer look at the luxury resort
:25:47. > :25:49.where it's all going down - Mar-a-Lago in West Palm Beach.
:25:50. > :26:07.Donald Trump calls it his winter White House.
:26:08. > :26:15.There is warmer weather on the way as we head into the weekend. It felt
:26:16. > :26:23.very pleasant today. Blue skies from earlier on. But it was not sunny
:26:24. > :26:28.everywhere. North Wales had cloudier skies, and we may well hang on to
:26:29. > :26:32.cloud here. So to the Northern Ireland, western Scotland and North
:26:33. > :26:38.West England and patches of cloud pushing further south. But in the
:26:39. > :26:40.countryside in particular, it will be cold across Wales, southern
:26:41. > :26:47.England, eastern England and Scotland. It will warm up quickly in
:26:48. > :26:51.the sunshine and the best of the sunshine on Friday will be for
:26:52. > :26:57.eastern Scotland, north-east England, Wales, the south-west of
:26:58. > :26:59.England. Cloud developing and more cloud for north-west England and
:27:00. > :27:03.Northern Ireland and western Scotland and in the sunshine,
:27:04. > :27:09.temperatures into the mid teens. The sunshine is quite strong as well.
:27:10. > :27:16.The pollen levels are high. Treat pollen particularly high. As we head
:27:17. > :27:21.into the weekend, it starts to warm up further, more sunshine developing
:27:22. > :27:26.more widely, pushing into Scotland and Northern Ireland, so lifting
:27:27. > :27:32.temperatures, 18, possibly 19. A lovely warm day for the Grand
:27:33. > :27:36.National at Aintree, 16 degrees here. No rain in the run-up to the
:27:37. > :27:42.big race itself on Saturday. High pressure is in charge of our weather
:27:43. > :27:45.but it pushes its way towards the near continent. This weather front
:27:46. > :27:49.will encroach on the north-west of the UK but otherwise we draw up a
:27:50. > :27:58.southerly breeze which will draw in sunnier and clearer air. More cloud
:27:59. > :28:04.for Northern Ireland and western Scotland. But eventually, over the
:28:05. > :28:10.Irish Sea. Not warm everywhere. Higher temperatures across more
:28:11. > :28:15.central and eastern parts, 22 or even 23 degrees is quite likely, but
:28:16. > :28:22.only briefly because things check rapidly overnight. That weather
:28:23. > :28:25.front pushes away the warmer air. The wind direction changes to a more
:28:26. > :30:05.northerly and with that, lower temperatures.
:30:06. > :30:09.Welcome back to One Hundred Days - with me Katty Kay in Washington
:30:10. > :30:19.the Chinese leader Xi Jinping has arrived in Florida for talks
:30:20. > :30:21.with President Trump but can the leaders of the two biggest
:30:22. > :30:27.And oh to be a fly on the wall - we'll take a closer look
:30:28. > :30:29.at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump's retreat - where he's
:30:30. > :30:41.The US-China trade relationship is one of the world's biggest.
:30:42. > :30:46.In 2016 the US imported 480 billion dollars worth of goods
:30:47. > :30:53.In return, the US exported just 170 billion dollars to China.
:30:54. > :30:56.China accounts for around 60 per cent of the overall
:30:57. > :31:06."China has been taking out massive amounts
:31:07. > :31:10.of money wealth from the US in totally one-sided trade."
:31:11. > :31:14.During the campaign he floated the idea of a 45 per cent tariff
:31:15. > :31:18.Shortly after, President Xi had this to say
:31:19. > :31:25."Pursing protectionism is just like locking oneself in a dark room.
:31:26. > :31:29.No-one will emerge as winner in a trade war."
:31:30. > :31:35.but there's little doubt who he was referring to.
:31:36. > :31:37.Professor Ann Lee specialises in economics and finance
:31:38. > :31:40.at New York University - and acts as an independent economic
:31:41. > :31:52.There are a lot of Americans who would agree with Donald Trump that
:31:53. > :31:57.in this trade relationship America has had the raw end of the deal and
:31:58. > :32:03.it's about time somebody changed things. Are they right? They are
:32:04. > :32:10.certainly frustrated that I think that they probably only get one side
:32:11. > :32:14.of the story since it's very easy for policymakers and companies to
:32:15. > :32:18.want to point the finger at someone else so they don't take the blame
:32:19. > :32:28.and get a raft of the American people. -- get the anger. America
:32:29. > :32:34.has benefited greatly from trade with China. Most of the trade is
:32:35. > :32:38.coming from US companies outsourcing their manufacturing capabilities to
:32:39. > :32:43.China and importing those products back to the US at cheaper prices so
:32:44. > :32:48.that the companies can have fatter profits which enable them to
:32:49. > :32:55.reinvest in more products and services and hire people and provide
:32:56. > :33:01.cheaper products to Americans so that inflation has actually been
:33:02. > :33:08.rather moderate. So, it's not quite one-sided that way. But when certain
:33:09. > :33:14.folks lose their jobs they certainly are angry at somebody and it's very
:33:15. > :33:19.easy to point to China as the reason when, in fact, the US was the one
:33:20. > :33:24.that invited China to join the World Trade Organisation and provided a
:33:25. > :33:31.very easy path for US manufacturers to go to China. You are an
:33:32. > :33:38.independent adviser to the Chinese government. On economic issues. Give
:33:39. > :33:43.as the view from Beijing. How concerned are they that Donald Trump
:33:44. > :33:46.will carry through on his threats of a trade war with China or do they
:33:47. > :33:54.think that was just political bluster? Well, certainly they
:33:55. > :34:01.probably think that some of it is maybe a negotiating tactic and
:34:02. > :34:08.political theatre because many other presidents and other political
:34:09. > :34:10.candidates have been China bashing during political campaigns and did
:34:11. > :34:18.not follow through with their promises to do so. So there's some
:34:19. > :34:22.of that that's taken into account. Certainly, they know that Donald
:34:23. > :34:29.Trump was previously a very successful businessman and so he is
:34:30. > :34:32.clearly a good negotiator in order to become such a successful
:34:33. > :34:39.businessman and I'm sure there are aware that Trump will use some of
:34:40. > :34:42.those tactics. They are going to be prepared for tough decisions along
:34:43. > :34:52.trade lines and my suspicion is that they are prepared to offer Donald
:34:53. > :34:59.Trump some enticing deals in order to try to create a very cooperative
:35:00. > :35:04.relationship because that is the Chinese top priority, really. To
:35:05. > :35:12.have a smooth relationship with the US and create an easy win for Trump.
:35:13. > :35:16.Professor Lee, thank you very much for joining us. This is going to be
:35:17. > :35:21.an important relationship through because of this presidency. --
:35:22. > :35:24.through the course. In just over a week,
:35:25. > :35:26.Turkey will hold a referendum on whether to extend the powers
:35:27. > :35:28.of the president. If President Erdogan wins,
:35:29. > :35:30.he'll become the head of the executive as well as head
:35:31. > :35:33.of state - he says that But his critics say there'll be
:35:34. > :35:37.fewer checks and balances, and that this is a power grab
:35:38. > :35:39.by a divisive President. Mark Lowen has been to Rize
:35:40. > :35:42.the President's birthplace. Through the haze above Turkey's
:35:43. > :35:44.Black Sea coast is Erdogan land. The President's family
:35:45. > :35:46.hails from this It's fertile land for votes
:35:47. > :35:49.before a referendum Rize is the heart
:35:50. > :35:55.of Turkey's tea growers. TRANSLATION: Recep Tayyip
:35:56. > :36:05.Erdogan is one of us. All the past leaders
:36:06. > :36:07.were rich kids or bourgeois, He gets aggressive like we do,
:36:08. > :36:12.and tells the world With that common touch he is
:36:13. > :36:21.the voice of pious Turks, who felt forgotten in a once
:36:22. > :36:24.secular dominated country. His rallies now
:36:25. > :36:32.separate men and women. Every vote counts as
:36:33. > :36:34.he pushes to scrap the Prime Minister, choose
:36:35. > :36:37.the Cabinet and issue decrees. He launches a typical
:36:38. > :36:53.tirade against supposed enemies, denouncing Western leaders
:36:54. > :36:55.for oppressing the Turkish nation. The Black Sea boy has
:36:56. > :36:58.risen to the top, but to become all-powerful
:36:59. > :37:00.he needs to consolidate
:37:01. > :37:03.his support base. For that, the master of oratory
:37:04. > :37:06.sets his voters against his The president
:37:07. > :37:14.is moulding generations in his image, like those
:37:15. > :37:21.at Recep Tayyip Erdogan University. His lifting of the old headscarf
:37:22. > :37:26.ban at universities I'm proud of my president
:37:27. > :37:30.and I'm proud of my That people before Recep
:37:31. > :37:39.Tayyip Erdogan did this. They judged you according
:37:40. > :37:41.to your belief, From the centre of Rize,
:37:42. > :37:46.the villagers lead upstream towards that rare thing,
:37:47. > :37:50.opposition to Erdogan. This man faces three years
:37:51. > :37:53.in prison for anti-government Critics fear if the referendum
:37:54. > :37:59.passes, the president I'm reposting and posting
:38:00. > :38:05.my sharing, it's just All here collectively
:38:06. > :38:10.should be saying, this is enough, this is enough,
:38:11. > :38:13.we can't go further than this. This is just nonsense.
:38:14. > :38:16.We're going to hell. Champion of Muslims,
:38:17. > :38:19.builder of infrastructure, President Erdogan
:38:20. > :38:23.is revered and reviled. Now comes a test of
:38:24. > :38:25.which side of polarised President Donald Trump
:38:26. > :38:35.has come to the defence of Fox News host Bill O'Reilly,
:38:36. > :38:38.who's been accused of sexually Last week the New York Times
:38:39. > :38:43.reported Fox and O'Reilly paid five women a total of $13 million
:38:44. > :38:48.to settle the claims. Advertisers are abandoning
:38:49. > :38:50.his high-rating show - But it appears the President
:38:51. > :39:00.is still a fan. Donald Trump told the
:39:01. > :39:02.New York Times "Personally,
:39:03. > :39:04.I think he shouldn't have settled. Because you should have
:39:05. > :39:06.taken it all the way; I don't think Bill
:39:07. > :39:08.did anything wrong. It's worth
:39:09. > :39:11.noting that the day before he made those comments,
:39:12. > :39:24.President Trump declared April to the one thing that strikes me about
:39:25. > :39:33.this, it was an interview with the New York Times were invited to do
:39:34. > :39:40.and he volunteers this information and pre-empt an investigation into
:39:41. > :39:45.the former NSA Susan Rice who's been investigated for an masking the
:39:46. > :39:51.names in the Russian enquiry. Trampling all over the enquiries. He
:39:52. > :39:56.had advertisers in the room when he was talking about that and I suspect
:39:57. > :40:00.the last thing they wanted to do was weigh-in on Bill O'Reilly and
:40:01. > :40:03.whether he has sexually abused women are not. The much better thing for
:40:04. > :40:09.the president to have said would have been no comment. I need to talk
:40:10. > :40:14.about Syria, infrastructure and North Korea. The things we have been
:40:15. > :40:21.talking about. Not talking about Bill O'Reilly. It has done him no
:40:22. > :40:27.favours. Apparently, they are good friends and go to the game. They
:40:28. > :40:28.drink milkshakes together. Apparently, Bill O'Reilly's ratings
:40:29. > :40:38.have gone up this week. You are most likely to find
:40:39. > :40:51.President Trump at Mar-a-Lago, his Florida retreat. It is also a place
:40:52. > :40:54.to play golf. We've been looking at the estate itself.
:40:55. > :40:58.Donald Trump retreats to every time he can is actually
:40:59. > :41:03.It was built in the 1920s by an ambitious socialite
:41:04. > :41:05.who always wanted it to be a presidential retreat.
:41:06. > :41:08.The 126 room mansion is nestled in some of the most expensive real
:41:09. > :41:17.Michael Jackson had his honeymoon here.
:41:18. > :41:20.Actor Charlie Sheen came for a bar mitzvah and it was the setting
:41:21. > :41:22.for the wedding of Melania and Donald Trump.
:41:23. > :41:24.With a few celebrity guests who used to be friends.
:41:25. > :41:26.This is the great entrance hall to Mar-a-Lago.
:41:27. > :41:31.Mr Trump bought Mar-a-Lago in 1985 for $10 million, as a holiday home.
:41:32. > :41:34.This place doesn't stint on glitz and old-time glamour which appeal
:41:35. > :41:38.He then turned it into a private club to make a bit of money,
:41:39. > :41:42.Membership costs have doubled since the election.
:41:43. > :41:44.Today, access to this elite resort would set you back
:41:45. > :41:50.Mr Trump has stayed at Mar-a-Lago nearly every weekend
:41:51. > :41:53.since his inauguration, despite grumblings about the cost
:41:54. > :42:01.The president is perfectly in his rights to spend his weekends
:42:02. > :42:06.To be honest, between Washington in the rain and Palm Beach
:42:07. > :42:22.Christian, I am firmly here in Washington, DC where it is pouring
:42:23. > :42:26.down with rain. Not in Florida. You showed those picture of him setting
:42:27. > :42:34.off in the pouring rain and he is going to be under a palm tree next.
:42:35. > :42:40.Who is the fool? How about 100 days coming to you from Florida? I'm
:42:41. > :42:43.going to Paris for the elections. How about that?
:42:44. > :42:49.That's all from One Hundred Days - plenty more on that meeting
:42:50. > :42:51.between Presidents Trump and Xi coming up on the BBC
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