02/05/2017 100 Days+

It could be even cooler for some on the North Sea coast with more cloud

around and still the breeze. The best of any sunshine across western

areas. And for nearly all of us it will be dry.

Welcome to 100 days, North Korea says that it is pushing the Korean

peninsula to the brink of nuclear war. Two US bombers have been taking

part in military exercises alongside key allies in the region. In South

Korea, an American anti-missile defence system is now fully

operational, much to the displeasure of Beijing. The German Chancellor

makes a rare visit to Russia for a meeting with President Hollande and

put in, on Syria and Ukraine, there is plenty that divides them. Prime

Minister Theresa May calls reports of her meeting with Jean-Claude

Juncker " Brussels gossip" and says that she will stand her ground in

"Brexit" negotiations. I was described by one of my colleagues as

a bloody difficult woman...! I said at the time, the next person to find

that out will be Jean-Claude Juncker. The fight over sanctuary

cities has stretched to Salem Massachusetts, town known for its

witch trials at the end of the 17th century now navigating 21st-century

immigration policies under the Trump administration. Why is Donald Trump

spending so much time talking about America's seventh president, Andrew

Jackson, and the American Civil War? Is history being revived or

rewritten? North Korea has accused the United

States of pushing the Korean peninsula to the brink of nuclear

war, today, two US bombers flew a training exercise alongside the

South Korean and Japanese air forces. The North's official news

agency said it was a rehearsal for a pre-emptive nuclear strike. The

Pentagon has confirmed its missile defence shield, known as Thad, is

now fully operational, which will antagonise China, as well as

Pyongyang. Maybe there is a twin strategy, over the weekend,

President Trump called Kim Jong-un a smart cookie, even said that he

would meet with him if the conditions were right. Joining us to

discuss the rising tensions, the former US Defence Secretary under

the Clinton administration, and now BBC world affairs analyst. Great to

see you. When Donald Trump says he would be honoured to meet Kim

Jong-un, that was a pretty odd use of the word...! If you -- had to --

it is not a word that you use with Kim Jong-un, to say that you are

willing to meet with president Kim Jong-un, OK, you can say that, under

certain conditions, but take that word out of it. He is not entitled

to be referred to as an honourable individual. If there was one word

Donald Trump would take back, it would be that. In terms of strategy,

can we reconcile on one side the demand for tighter sanctions,

further isolate a shin, -- further isolation, and then on the other

side, calling him a smart cookie, saying he would be honoured to meet

him. That is the way in which Donald Trump keeps people off-balance, he

is showing a steel fist, on the other he is saying, I would be happy

to meet with you, not honoured but happy to meet with you, to discuss

how we move forward, we had that approach made during the Clinton

years, president Bill Clinton considering whether he should meet

with the dictator's father. And we decide at the last moment, the

president decided at the last moment that the North Koreans were not

ready to make a concession upfront, but only wanted to talk without

having any attendants, and so it was called off. One thing to make a

decision like that when talking about the North Koreans, one of the

most oppressive scenes in the world, but the president has made a

strategy of talking favourably about strongmen, but in Egypt's president,

President Erdogan of Turkey, Kim Jong-un, and the Filipino president,

all of those people, you can work with them but you should not be

bracing them. You can work with them, but you have

specific conditions, having a meeting is important, what we have

to be concerned about, we do not see -- we must be sure not to see a

demolition of the high office that the president holds, when you say

that you are willing to meet under virtually any conditions with

another world leader who enjoys a less than stellar reputation, that

diminishes the office. Meeting under the right conditions, we must spell

out what the right conditions are, otherwise you are just meeting with

anybody on that basis, doesn't matter what the role in the world

is, what danger they may pose, he will meet and talk...? That is to be

contained. He said the meeting with Chinese president was Mendis,

getting on like a house on fire. A lot of people whispering, for all

the great relationship they have created, the Chinese are now

starting to talk, you have just come back from China, the Chinese saying,

you know what, yes, we will uphold all the UN resolutions, we will

impose the UN resolutions on North Korea, there is no sign of the

unilateral sanctions which Washington is pushing for. No, there

has not been, that is one of the reasons President Trump is starting

to ratchet up the military pressure again. That has to be very carefully

calibrated. There was also discussion this past week that we

were pondering the possibility of a pre-emptive attack. That kind of

talk, wherever it emanates from, anywhere near the White House, can

in fact have a very catastrophic consequence, namely, Kim Jong-un may

see this as preliminary and take pre-emptive action himself. The

president has to learn as he is going along. His words really do

count, even though he may not attach significant meaning to them, other

countries and leaders do. Getting the whole of the President's --

getting a hold of the President's messaging and making it consistent

throughout the administration is important. Focusing on other parts

of the messaging, in the last hour, he has been holding a phone call

with president Vladimir Putin, these men have not yet met, they have not

spoken since the United States bombed the air in Syria. There were

Russian advisers on the ground, when that bombing took place.

Earlier in the day, Vladimir Putin met German Chancellor Angela Merkel

at the summariser dens in such cheap. They discussed the war in

Syria. As well as the ongoing conflict in

eastern Ukraine, ensuring a ceasefire was of key importance,

Angela Merkel said. TRANSLATION: As the German Chancellor, I made clear

that we want to want to do everything to supports a ceasefire,

and help people who are in acute need. The concept of a security zone

is one that one could work on more, and I believe we can talk about

other challenges as well. Angela Merkel, for his part, but if Putin

called for an impartial investigation into last month's

poison gas attack in Syria. When it comes to allegations of Russian

interference in the US election, this was his response. TRANSLATION:

We never intrude into the political processes of any other countries.

And we would like nobody to intrude or interfere into our own internal

political lives. Unfortunately, we see the opposite. We see the

opposite over decades, we have seen attempts to influence political work

in Russia. Through NGOs and directly. Getting your thoughts,

Hillary Clinton has been talking through the last few minutes,

Russian interference, interesting, some of the comments he has made,

blames Latimer Putin, also blames James Comey of the FBI, director of

the FBI. Is she right -- Vladimir Putin. Latimer Putin issued fake

news, that the Russians had made no attempt to try to influence the

elections of the United States, according to all intelligence

agencies, they were clearly responsible for aiding and abetting

Wikileaks for leaking damaging information, certainly at the time,

damaging information about John Podesta and Hillary Clinton. The

FBI, it is unfortunate, the FBI, whether intentionally or not, ended

up putting a finger on the scale, by releasing three weeks, two and a

half week before the election that they were opening up more

investigation, I don't think there is any question that they had an

impact on the race. Whether that would have been positive or not

remains a matter of speculation. Donald Trump is president, that will

not be reversed at this point. Going back to President Putin, this is the

leader of a country who has sanctioned the use of poison gas, he

is now calling for an investigation, we would welcome that, but we have

had more than sufficient evidence on the ground, Serin gases being used,

and the president he is supporting has been responsible for that. --

Sarin gas is being used. I would like to see it made up of truly

independent people. Are you yet clear what US relations are with

Russia? We have not had Donald Trump say anything overtly critical about

Latimer Putin but we have seen the Tomahawk cruise missiles, and the

invocation that Russia must have known what was going on in Syria. A

phone conversation taking place today, are you clear? Russia knows

what is going on, they have been participating in Syria, they have

aircraft on the ground and flying in Syria, they have troops on the

ground, they know what has been going on. With respect to 59

missiles going into Syria, it was clear also that the Pentagon warned

the Russians, get out of the way. Something is going to happen, we

don't want to hurt anybody, any Russians, to be sure. It is not as

if we were throwing open the gates and attacking Russia, and I don't

think this issue is ever going to be cleared up, until there is

clarification on what Russia's influence is in the Trump

Organisation. Those investigations have to go forward. The president of

Russia would undertake a campaign to directly attack the heart of the

system by altering the outcome, that accusation, that is something that

should not be dismissed. White thank you very much. Isn't it fascinating,

at the weekend we heard Donald Trump saying, it might have been Russia,

it might have been somebody else, maybe the Chinese. Thank you very

much from the FBI we have had definitive work, no, it was

absolutely the Russians and no one else. You wonder why he goes there,

picking up the idea, we showed you that list of leaders he has got

close to, it occurred to me, is it because he is a former CEO, a man

who always got his way, a sneaking admiration perhaps, for people who

are strong in their country and strongmen. There is a strong part of

that, he likes decisive men of action, the tough guy

image, and the people who can get things done. I also think it speaks

of the frustration he feels at the moment, at the Democratic

Constitutional apparatus of the United States, which he feels is

porting him, whether it be the courts blocking his travel ban,

whether it be Congress requiring a supermajority the Senate. When he

has tweeted today that he only wants it to be a simple majority. I think

he is finding some aspects of democracy rather tiresome and

irritating. There we are, we live in a democratic system.

The league's accounts of a Downing Street dinner to which Jean-Claude

Juncker, European Council President, was invited, are worth reading in

full, but we will boil it down to just a simple abstained, the Prime

Minister said she wanted "Brexit" to be a success, Jean-Claude Junker

replied, " "Brexit" cannot be a success", in other words, Theresa

May looking for a story with a happy ending and Jean-Claude Juncker would

prefer a Greek tragedy, serving as a cautionary tale to any other country

thinking of leaving the youth. The Prime Minister dismissed this story

as Brussels gossip, over the weekend, this afternoon, in a BBC

interview, she was a little more forthcoming.

If you look at what we did in triggering Article 50 and setting

out objectives and the guidelines of the other 27 countries set out,

actually there is a lot of similarity there in a lot of areas,

and areas in which we agree, what we have seen recently is that at times,

these negotiations will be tough. During the Conservative Party

leadership campaign I was described by one of my colleagues as a bloody

difficult woman...! I said at the time, the next person to find that

out will be Jean-Claude Juncker! We are now joined from Westminster.

Do you sense there is a hardening of the town there from Theresa May? Has

she been going to the focus groups and that is what they want to see?

Probably, further evidence of a dinner date that did not go quite as

well as bland and this morning, the Tory sources were briefing there

would be no briefing war against the European Commission after these

leaks... As you say, they have wrapped it up this evening, Theresa

May coming up, still saying that much of what was said in the leaks

was Brussels gossip but coming up with this strong line that she wants

to be a bloody difficult woman in these talks. Of course there is

election in the air but perhaps this gives us a little more insight that

the tone of these talks may be more difficult than she had planned, a

tiny morsel more evidence that there might possibly be something like no

deal. Just to give you one example of the difficulties, in the

interview Theresa May was asked about the rights of expats, it is

felt she wants to be able to say quickly and decisively that EU

nationals living in the UK and vice versa can remain where they are and

the deal is done, now she could only say there may be some reassurances

at an early stage. Of course there is an election in the air, but maybe

frustration behind-the-scenes as well. Do you think there is a sense

in which there is strategy here, on the part of the European Union,

almost to put Theresa May on the defensive for this period during the

elections before the real negotiations get underway

post-election? Definitely, the French and German elections coming

up, the EU not wanting to make leaving the group and attracting

option. -- attractive. This may help Theresa May on the campaign Trail,

her reaction tonight, speaking in an area where the overwhelming majority

voted to leave, maybe they want to hear this message, she also wants to

steal the limelight from Labour in another day when they had a big

announcement to make, a Conservative strategist, former director of

communications, for David Cameron, said just by using the phrase,

bloody difficult woman, she will get ahead of Labour and capture the

headlines, which she has successfully done, but it has also

given the opposition parties the opportunity to say that this is

Theresa May heading towards a cliff edge, that she has no plan, other

saying she should be beginning these talks with a sense of goodwill. That

is certainly not the feeling here tonight. For the

moment, thank you very much. This week in the French will go to the

polls in the second round of the French political election, Emmanuel

Macron and Marine le Pen trying to win over supporters from round one.

Yesterday, supporters of Francois Fillon may have noticed something in

the May Day speech from Marine Le Pen, not just the same sentiments

but using exactly the same words! Put the two speeches side-by-side

commuter need to speak French, it as badly as I do, you will see how

remarkably similar they are our! Do you think we could soon have a

quiz question, what does Marine Le Pen have in common with Melania

Trump? LAUGHTER That is it, it causes the

similarities between the Republican convention last year, that happened

there. -- it calls for. This would be really embarrassing were it not

for the fact that there was clearly smart thinking, in Front Nationale

thinking, because it has been said, this was intentional, he owned up to

it, what we are trying to do is show Francois Fillon long's supporters

that we think the same. I suspect it did not start out that way! They

changed it, but that is the intention, anyway. Do you think

there is strategy in there? In a sense, they want to do what happened

in the US, the populist left, supporting Bernie Sanders, a lot of

those people felt they could not vote Hillary Clinton and went

straight to Donald Trump? There are some on the hard left who

were naturally Front Nationale voters who will probably come back,

she needs to pull a lot of those Francois Fillon voters. Even if she

did not win on Sunday, and she is 20 points behind, she has pulled the

debate further to the right, even Emmanuel Macron is talking about

French nationality and French people standing proud, what is going to be

interesting is the debate tomorrow night, he has been locked in a

bunker all day, apparently, because he knows, really, he must perform

tomorrow night, he only has to get through that gate and he is going to

become the next president. Venezuelan opposition protesters

have blocked main roads in the capital city Caracas, demonstrators

rejecting president Madeira's call on Monday for a new constitution,

and instead demanding an election. The country has been in economic

crisis which has seen violent protests over the last month. --

President Maduro. US lawmakers are threatening airline executives with

legislation to force improvements if meaningful results in customer

service are not realised. And passenger was dragged off and

overbooked flight last month, and the Chief Executive Officer of

United Airlines, Oscar Munoz, has been apologising.

became the president, the courts have continually stood in his way,

the latest setback, a ruling in San Francisco which blocked White House

attempts to block of federal funding to so-called sanctuary cities. It is

often the large Democrat cities where local authorities do not

cooperate with the authorities in tracking people down. As we report,

smaller communities like Salem, Massachusetts, are also in the midst

of a fierce debate. We are being persecuted as if we

were criminals, terrorists, bad people. But immigrants are the

foundation of every economy. No matter what country you are in.

Victoria, not her real name, is one of America's 11 million illegal

immigrants. Almost two decades ago, she outstayed her Visa. She knows

she could be taken away from her three children at any time. Loads of

families have been separated. And not because they are criminals.

Because he says he is going after criminals but it is not just them.

Salem's infamous past as the site of the witch trials in the 17th century

is a huge draw to the million or so tourists who come here each year,

the liberal New England atmosphere is also a huge draw to outsiders of

another kind, the council says 15% of the 40,000 population were born

outside the United States. Salem has declared itself a sanctuary for

peace, city officials cannot ask residents about their immigration

status, it is designed to reassure immigrant groups. Somewhere around

five, 8%. City residents do not want sailing to be a sanctuary city, they

are gathering names to try to force a referendum, they feel it could

cost the city money and annoy Washington. -- these citizens. I

think it is a way to antagonise Donald Trump. Our president is doing

nothing other than suggesting that people follow the laws. The Salem

police Department knows any pressure to cooperate further with

immigration officials will fall on the shoulders of its officers. Its

chief sees big problems in alienating immigrants. We have had a

few incidents of domestic violence, where the fact that the immigration

status was being used against them, and they were reluctant to come

forward. They went through probably several different kinds of abuse.

The numbers of undocumenteds being deported without conviction has

risen, Victoria is thinking long and hard about the future of her own

family. I ask a friend to stay with my children and then to send them to

me, in my country. We are not safe, practically, practically nobody is

safe, and we have to have a plan B. Of all the controversies Donald

Trump has walked into, his potted history of the American Civil War is

one of the more peculiar... In an interview published Monday, the US

president expressed his view that war might have been averted if the

former US president, Andrew Jackson, had still been around to stop it, he

said: president Andrew Jackson had been

dead more than a decade and a half before the American Civil War

started in 1861, last night President Trump doubled down:

the thing is, John, when I read this, it is... It is his lack of

intellectual curiosity, presidents should have a better sense of the

history of the nation if they are going to become part of it.

You wonder why then, why now, why is this being raised, when you can

think of some of the serious issues that the president is dealing with

and once the nation's attention on, to suddenly go down this bizarre

rabbit hole, the American Civil War, still a deeply contested piece of

history, and Andrew Jackson, when he was president, kept a large number

of slaves, hardly could be considered an abolitionist. That

raises allsorts of other issues. Was there a hidden agenda? Was there

some kind of revisionism going on of history, you cannot think there is

much upside for the president in raising this in this particular way.

He continually does it, not just on this, it is the fact he fills space,

he talks about Russia, hacking, talks about things that caused him

so much pain and people in his office probably say, stop talking

about this, he does not, he keeps going, creating more and more

problems for poor old Sean Spicer. You had to help him out! You are

watching 100 days plus, and still to come: residential

adviser, designer, mother, author, is Ivanka Trump the most influential

first daughter ever? And, the server found alive after 30 hours at the,

it was not the ride of his life, but he will not be forgetting at any

time soon. Temperatures reached into the high

teams to near 20 degrees in the warmest part of western Britain

today, helped, of course, by the sunshine. Swansea to Cardiff, as

high as 20 today, in north-west Scotland. It has been much cooler

along North Sea coast, with the breeze of the siege is 10 degrees.

We picked up one or two showers to end the day across parts of England,

drifting west, may clip a few spots, before they die away. A lot of cloud

coming, could see a bit patchy rain reaching some of us, clearer skies

across the northern and western parts of the UK. Turning out to be

chilly in rural spots, touch of frost in a few places, more

especially in the Scottish glens. This is the picture tomorrow

morning, apart from the odd fog patch, for many of us it will stay

that way. Into Wales and south-west England at this stage, area of cloud

covering much of East Anglia and south-east England, and from it,

some of us will be on the downside with a bit patchy rain. Quite a cool

north-easterly breeze holding temperatures down. Quite a grave for

some, damp day, cool in the breeze, some of this cloud will push a

little bit further north and west, covering more of England and Wales

this afternoon, northern counties of northern England and yet again

through Scotland and Northern Ireland, we will see plenty of

sunshine. Warmth further west, temperatures reaching into the high

teams, cool along North Sea coast, with breeze from the sea. What are

we talking about, some of us hanging around nine, 10 degrees. Wednesday,

showers dotted about, especially England, where cloud is beckoning,

and Thursday, England and Wales team cloudy with a few showers, but still

some sunshine spells covering much of northern England, Northern

Ireland and Scotland. Warmest in the sunshine the further west you are.

Most of us on Friday looking dry, breezy picture, easterly wind,

temperature contrast between East and West in the UK. I will show you

the picture going into the weekend, high pressure to the knot,

maintaining the East or north-easterly flow, keeping places

dry, variable cloud, and sunshine spells.

Welcome back to One Hundred Days Plus, I'm Jon Sopel in Washington -

In South Korea an American anti-missile defense system

is now fully operational - much to the displeasure of Beijing.

And the dramatic rescue at sea as a stranded surfer survives 30 hours

with nothing but his board. Presidential advisor,

mother, now author - Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka comes

in many different guises. But what role does she really

fill In the White House? She certainly holds great

sway with her father - today she has released a book

on the subject of empowering Last week you might remember

there were some boos when she suggested her father had

championed the same rights. Yesterday she gave an interview

on the challenges she has faced moving from the corporate world -

to the unfamiliar surroundings Government moves at a different

pace. It was constructed to and in some ways intended to. But I think

being an entrepreneur and coming from a business perspective that can

be challenging. But I think that tension is good. You push to try to

get more done and I think bringing an innovative entrepreneurial

mindset to government and government initiatives and projects is a

positive thing. Well, for more on Ivanka Trump's

role inside the White House we are joined now by Judy Kurtz,

a columnist at the Hill. It is worth saying that she has a

powerful role. No question. The president greatly values her

opinion. At the same time that influenced only goes so far and I

think her critics want to perhaps be a moderating force. And she's never

going to be that much of a moderating force for her father

because she is not the president, not in the Oval Office and not the

one making the decisions. Presumably she would be the one person who

could say to him you have got to rethink this or you said that badly.

Is it that she wants to change policy or is she just a bit softer,

Carnicer warmer around the edges? I think she certainly has the softer

appeal as the public face of the White House. Her stepmother of

course Melania Trump is in New York right now and in some ways she's

filling that role of first Lady. That she has rejected that actually

saying she's not the first lady but it seems to be the role she is

taking. She is going to have an effect and maybe offer some guidance

and her opinion on some issues, childcare being one of them.

Maternity leave. Planned Parenthood? Planned Parenthood. She tried to

speak with the President on that subject and they then spoke out

against terror. But I do not think she is going to be that voice in the

room on issues such as Russia, international issues. It remains to

be seen what her role is and I do not think she completely knows yet.

This is uncharted territory by the public and also for her. She has

this strange role, not to play the fact that she's the woman amongst

the load of men and therefore she is the softer moderating voice but she

does have this extraordinary relationship which perhaps no one

else has ever had, she was in the year of the President and can change

his mind but also her husband who is equally very powerful and the White

House. That is right and I think she spoke with the New York Times, it is

a big profile piece on her and not a coincidence I think it came out the

same day as her book which she said she's not marketing and all proceeds

are going to charity. I think this latest interview is the way for her

to maybe, more like a public coming out. There has been a lot of mystery

surrounding her lately even though she was a force to be reckoned with

on the campaign trail and very out there for her father. Lately she has

been taken a lot of flak and heat for nepotism concerns, and maybe

being complicit, she was mocked for being that. So this is a way for her

to defend yourself and also defend her brand. For years from now or

perhaps eight years, she will have a major fashion brand, lifestyle brand

to go back to. Thank you very much. The interesting thing is we just

have to get used to a new normal in Washington. The first Lady is not

around and Ivanka Trump is now playing that kind of role, filling

in for the president and going with him to think. I think is a still the

extent to which she's something different and part of a battle or

whether she is just part of the same White House. The trick is trick is

there is no hidden agenda for her, she will be a reassuring voice for

him. Yes and I was struck by something she said, I miss daughter,

I known him his entire life antitrust me, I do not have a hidden

agenda, I'm not looking to help myself. And that makes a huge

difference in politics because your suspicions of most of the people

around you. And if it comes to fight and there are outside advisers and

Ivanka Trump, she is still going to be there at the end of the fight.

How long before they start talking about her as a future president!

The first day in a new job is pretty daunting for most of us.

But Britain's former chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne

tweeted that he was 'excited' to be starting his new role as editor

of the London newspaper the Evening Standard today.

Mr Osborne announced in March he'd be swapping the world

of politics for journalism - an announcement that drew criticism

from opposition politicians who called on him to quit as an MP.

Mr Osborne has since announced he is stepping down from that role.

George Osborne's new working hours mean he will probably

wake up at 5am each day, but this morning, he looked eager

It is very exciting to be starting in the new job and it is a really

important time in our country where people are going to want

the straight facts, the informed analysis,

so they can make the really big decisions about

The Evening Standard is going to provide that and it's

Keen to show familiarity with newspaper jargon,

Osborne will have been relieved that at least his pass worked.

But outside the Standard's offices in Kensington, central London,

London's cab drivers say the former Chancellor was too close to Uber,

the private hire firm, allegations that he denies.

When George Osborne turned up for work this morning,

he would have had the same priorities as any new newspaper

editor - get to know staff, talk about his editorial vision -

but it's clear that his time as editor is going to be dogged

Staff are relieved he is stepping down as an MP, but there

is still concern about his work for BlackRock and it is clear that

London's cab-drivers intend to disrupt his editorship.

The ?650,000 a year that George Osborne earns for four days

a month at BlackRock, the world's biggest asset manager,

leaves him exposed to accusations of a conflict of interest.

With limited resources and a business model under pressure,

George Osborne will need to turn the Standard's finances around.

For a former Chancellor who practised austerity and is no

stranger to controversy, this new job has eerie

And just to show people the front page. He's picked up the main story

the day, Brussels twists the knife on Brexit. The Telegraph has been

looking at the editorial of newspaper incidentally and they say

in the editorial which presumably he has some control over, someone has

written the Prime Minister and her election can amounts to no more than

a slogan. This idea that it would be strong and stable leadership from

Theresa May. -- election campaign. And he put out another tweet, and he

has been out with the newspaper vendor 's tonight.

You could head down to Oxford Circus tube station, and see if you can

find George Osborne and I will buy you a pint if you can find him! As

was the serious question is, if someone who has now become a

journalist or someone who is now pursuing politics by other means and

still has wider political ambitions that he may be to realise through

having this platform. Well let people forget of course he was the

arch Remainer and very much part of that campaign. He did not always see

eye to eye with Theresa May. And on that front page we have just shown

there is a cartoon in the top right corner of Theresa May as Big Ben

with this slogan, strong and stable leadership of not so interesting if

he takes on over Brexit through the front pages. People will certainly

make mention of it, that is for sure. The next story we're going to

discuss I think George Osborne could have splashed on!

It could almost be the plot of a Hollywood film -

a surfer stranded at sea in freezing cold waters, a rescue operation

Well that's what happened to Matthew Bryce, who was reported

missing by his family, after he didn't return

from a surfing trip off the Scottish coast on Sunday.

But fortunately this story has a happy ending.

After clinging to his surfboard for more than 30 hours

and suffering from hypothermia, Matthew was finally rescued

After more than a day drifting in the water,

Matthew Bryce was found by the coastguard,

He was still by the surf board he left the Argyll coast

on on Sunday morning, but when he was finally rescued,

on Monday evening, he was halfway between Northern Ireland

and Scotland, and far from the beach near Campbelltown where he'd

gone for a day's surfing in blustery conditions.

This picture, taken that morning, shows how challenging the waves

He'd been surfing and when he attempted to recover to shore,

we believe he suffered from some cramp and was unable

The current which flows through the North Channel

into the Atlantic from the Irish Sea is very strong.

That would have had an impact on how far he'd been drifted out.

Matthew Bryce had last been seen at 9.00am on Sunday

morning in St Catherines, in Argyll, on his way

He was reported missing by his family when he didn't come home.

A major search and rescue operation followed involving eight coastguard

and RNLI teams from both Scotland and Northern Ireland,

He was eventually found and rescued 13 miles out to sea

That length of time in our waters, you know,

overnight in the darkness, it must have been

Certainly, I think another night of that, I'm afraid,

I just think we wouldn't have such a happy ending.

The big waves around both Scotland and Northern Ireland

can carry big risks, but they attract many surfers

and being prepared and wearing a good wetsuit may well have saved

When he was plucked from the sea, he was suffering from hypothermia,

but conscious, rescued just as evening was approaching and,

in the coastguard's own words, "extremely lucky to have been

Our correspondent Chris Buckler reporting.

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