:00:04. > :00:13.Tonight at ten: America's voters have spoken and
:00:13. > :00:22.President Obama gets a second term. There was euphoria in the Obama
:00:22. > :00:28.camp after a hard-fought campaign in a difficult economic climate.
:00:28. > :00:31.With your stories and your struggles, I return to the White
:00:31. > :00:34.House more determined and more inspired than ever about the work
:00:34. > :00:37.there is to do and the future that lies ahead.
:00:37. > :00:47.The Republican Mitt Romney conceded after he'd failed to break through
:00:47. > :00:50.in most of the battleground states. I so wish for it I had been able to
:00:50. > :00:56.fulfil your hopes to lead the country in a different direction,
:00:56. > :00:59.but the nation chose another leader. Four more years! As voters took in
:00:59. > :01:07.the news overnight, there was still a strong sense today of a nation
:01:07. > :01:12.divided. I am relieved, I voted for the President for years ago and I'm
:01:12. > :01:16.glad. I'm disappointed and fearful for our country. I feel we are not
:01:16. > :01:18.better off than four years ago. We'll be looking at the President's
:01:18. > :01:22.second term challenges, including tackling America's huge budget
:01:22. > :01:28.deficit. Also tonight: The economy is also dominating
:01:28. > :01:31.talks in London between David Cameron and the German Chancellor.
:01:31. > :01:36.And I'm in Beijing, where a change of leadership is imminent for the
:01:36. > :01:46.world's most populous country. There's maximum security as they
:01:46. > :01:46.
:01:46. > :01:51.begin a transfer of power, which only happens once in a decade.
:01:51. > :01:56.the next leaders be looking at China, it will be a social and
:01:56. > :02:06.economic story. And tonight's football news - a
:02:06. > :02:09.
:02:09. > :02:13.sensational win for Celtic against Coming up in sport, Celtic took the
:02:13. > :02:23.lead against Barcelona in the Champions League. Find out if they
:02:23. > :02:36.
:02:36. > :02:38.were able to hold on for a famous Welcome to Washington.
:02:38. > :02:42.America's voters have decided to keep Barack Obama in the White
:02:42. > :02:45.House for another four years. The President defeated his Republican
:02:45. > :02:50.rival, Mitt Romney, who conceded early this morning after he'd
:02:50. > :02:53.failed to make a breakthrough in most of the battleground states.
:02:53. > :02:56.But the President faces an uphill struggle getting his way in
:02:56. > :03:01.Congress. The Republicans retained their control of the House of
:03:01. > :03:05.Representatives, while the Democrats held on to the Senate. So
:03:05. > :03:08.this is the Presidential picture so far. With the result in Florida
:03:08. > :03:14.still too close to call, Mr Obama has won 303 electoral college votes
:03:14. > :03:18.to Mr Romney's 206 - a very significant margin. But the popular
:03:18. > :03:25.vote tells a slightly different story. Currently, President Obama
:03:25. > :03:28.has 50.4% with Mitt Romney on 48.1%. We'll have all the reaction and
:03:28. > :03:38.we'll be discussing what lies ahead, but first, our North America editor,
:03:38. > :03:41.
:03:41. > :03:47.Mark Mardell, reports from Chicago This is what victory looks like.
:03:47. > :03:53.The very moment they knew they had triumphed. One supporter almost
:03:53. > :03:57.incredulous that four more years was no longer just a slogan. This
:03:57. > :04:01.is not near happiness they had beaten the other side, it is
:04:02. > :04:11.emotion over spilling at the survival of the Dream and the man
:04:12. > :04:15.
:04:15. > :04:20.Barack Obama and his family savoured the moment. He became the
:04:20. > :04:24.first black American President to win a second term. His road ahead
:04:24. > :04:29.is really hard. He said elections could be small and silly, but this
:04:29. > :04:35.choice was big and important. He would change. Whether I earned your
:04:35. > :04:42.vote or not, I have listened to you. I have learned from you. And you've
:04:42. > :04:46.made me a better President. And with your stories and your
:04:46. > :04:49.struggles, I return to the White House a more determined and more
:04:49. > :04:54.inspired than ever about the work Ferris to do and the future of that
:04:54. > :04:58.lies ahead. Victory was delivered in part by a big increase in the
:04:58. > :05:04.Latino vote, the resurrection of the winning coalition of four years
:05:04. > :05:07.ago when Republicans D -- kept the Deep South. President Obama the
:05:07. > :05:10.preached an inclusive American dream. Her I believe we can keep
:05:10. > :05:14.the promise of our founding, the idea that if you are willing to
:05:14. > :05:20.work hard, it doesn't matter who you are or where you come from or
:05:20. > :05:24.what you look like all way you are live, it doesn't matter whether you
:05:24. > :05:30.are black all-white or Hispanic or Asian or Native American boy young
:05:30. > :05:34.or old or rich or poor, able to, disabled, but gay or straight, you
:05:35. > :05:39.can make it here in America if you are willing to try. But he is not
:05:39. > :05:42.the only one who has been re- elected. So has the Republican
:05:42. > :05:47.House of Representatives and they have blocked his every step for the
:05:47. > :05:51.last two years. Now he has promised he will find agreement. We are not
:05:51. > :05:56.as divided as our politics suggest a stop we are not as cynical as the
:05:56. > :06:01.pundits believe. We are greater than the sum of our individual
:06:01. > :06:06.ambitions and we remain more than a collection of red state and blue
:06:06. > :06:10.States, we are and forever will be the United States of America!
:06:10. > :06:15.has been a roller-coaster ride of an election, and nail-biter all the
:06:15. > :06:19.way. For way ahead for the President will not be easy. For the
:06:19. > :06:24.crowd tonight, this is a second moment of history, a moment of joy
:06:24. > :06:30.and relief. I am so excited. I've been praying for this, I've been
:06:30. > :06:34.working for it. I've been donating and keeping in touch. He is such a
:06:34. > :06:38.wonderful President. A lot of people were raised with the values
:06:38. > :06:42.that we need to help each other and I don't see that in the Republican
:06:42. > :06:47.Party. I see a lot of selfishness and the only way we can get away
:06:48. > :06:54.from that is with Barack Obama. can't be anything other than very
:06:54. > :06:59.varied happy. Some hope a second term in the White House may put
:06:59. > :07:04.America on an irreversible path. In New York's Times Square, they may
:07:04. > :07:07.celebrate a more liberal future. Despite the stardust of the night,
:07:08. > :07:12.the challenges for the leader of this divided country can't be
:07:12. > :07:16.obscured. His first victory handed him an automatic place in the
:07:16. > :07:26.history books. In his second term, he will have to earn it by his
:07:26. > :07:26.
:07:26. > :07:29.achievements. Mark telling us about euphoric scenes in Chicago.
:07:29. > :07:31.Understandably it was rather more muted in Boston, where the Romney
:07:31. > :07:34.camp was based. The Republican candidate conceded when it became
:07:34. > :07:37.clear that his challenge in most of the battleground states had failed.
:07:37. > :07:40.He urged politicians on all sides to work together and to "put the
:07:40. > :07:50.people before the politics". From Boston, Ian Pannell reports on Mr
:07:50. > :07:53.
:07:53. > :07:57.Romney's defeat and where the The Poles had said it would be
:07:57. > :08:01.close and so a ballroom packed with believers revelled in the prospect
:08:01. > :08:09.of Republican success. There are just enough -- enough Republican
:08:09. > :08:12.votes. But it ended like a wake. President, too will win at Ohio.
:08:12. > :08:18.When the news channel predicted Mitt Romney would lose, they knew
:08:18. > :08:21.it was over. President Obama will again be President. Elections are
:08:21. > :08:25.Unforgiven -- unforgiving and the billions of dollars spent, the
:08:25. > :08:32.hours of campaigning, the late nights, off the hard work, came to
:08:32. > :08:37.this, defeat. After a short delay to check the numbers, Mitt Romney
:08:37. > :08:41.called the President to concede and then graciously he bowed out.
:08:41. > :08:46.wish I had been able to fulfil your hopes to lead the country in a
:08:46. > :08:50.different direction, but the nation chose another leader and so we join
:08:50. > :08:55.with you to earnestly pray for him and for this great nation. Thank
:08:55. > :09:00.you and God bless America. Mitt Romney has now conceded and he must
:09:00. > :09:03.decide what the future holds for him, but more importantly, the
:09:03. > :09:07.Republican Party, the Republican movement, must decide what is in
:09:07. > :09:11.store for them. I think the Republicans need to think about
:09:11. > :09:15.demographics, but both parties need to think about the British example.
:09:15. > :09:19.Republicans need to think about getting to the middle like David
:09:19. > :09:24.Cameron. Maybe being bought forthcoming on environmental
:09:24. > :09:27.protection or reaching up to the Hispanic community. Mitt Romney was
:09:27. > :09:31.a business man bred for high office, yet his record put him at odds with
:09:31. > :09:37.fellow Republicans and his wealth and tax plans made some doubt he
:09:37. > :09:40.cared about the middle class. Some of the bigger questions for
:09:40. > :09:44.Republicans centre on America's growing Hispanic neighbourhoods.
:09:44. > :09:50.Latinos of the country's largest minority and in this election they
:09:50. > :09:55.voted overwhelmingly for President Obama. The supermarket in East
:09:56. > :10:00.Boston is run by Colombian immigrants. A place to shop, gossip
:10:00. > :10:09.and sometimes talk politics. What would it take for people here to
:10:09. > :10:13.vote for a Republican candidate? consider our culture is very
:10:13. > :10:16.entwined with the Republican ones, family orientated, religious. All
:10:16. > :10:20.of the things that make up the Republicans, except that the
:10:20. > :10:25.Republicans don't want us here. now of the party must grieve its
:10:25. > :10:28.losses, but such is the cycle of American politics that as
:10:28. > :10:33.Republicans head home, they know that tomorrow the battle for the
:10:33. > :10:36.next Presidential election starts all over again.
:10:36. > :10:39.A prime feature of the President's first term was the conflict between
:10:39. > :10:42.the White House and the House of Representatives, controlled by the
:10:42. > :10:44.Republicans. The House is still controlled by the President's
:10:44. > :10:46.opponents after yesterday's vote, but the Republican speaker John
:10:46. > :10:53.Boehner said tonight that collaboration was necessary to make
:10:53. > :10:56.progress, especially on the economy and the budget. Matthew Price
:10:56. > :10:59.reports from Virginia, one of the most important battlegrounds in the
:10:59. > :11:09.election, on the challenges facing the President as he embarks on a
:11:09. > :11:10.
:11:10. > :11:18.This is a land where nothing changed overnight, a land still
:11:18. > :11:22.stuck in any economic rut. Ready for the next one. Times are tough
:11:22. > :11:31.at the barber's shop run by Ivan. Obama has another she chance to get
:11:31. > :11:35.the economy back on track. Can he do it? When you see things that are
:11:35. > :11:39.happening on the economics front, job improvement in the last couple
:11:39. > :11:44.of months, that was a good sign. you think he is on the right track?
:11:44. > :11:50.You yes. But how to deliver in a country so divided? For wealth gap
:11:50. > :11:55.is clear. So, in the heart of this nation, is the ideological divide.
:11:55. > :11:59.Once again the President has to work with a split Congress. In the
:12:00. > :12:04.Senate, his Democrat party strengthened its narrow majority.
:12:05. > :12:09.In the lower house, the Republicans still have solid control. Spending
:12:09. > :12:14.is where the first battle looms. Today shares fell over fears the
:12:14. > :12:20.two sides will not come to a budget deal by year's end. If they don't,
:12:20. > :12:25.legally taxes must rise and government spending will be cut
:12:25. > :12:29.automatically by $620 billion. President, this is your moment. We
:12:29. > :12:34.are ready to be led. Not as Democrats or Republicans, but as
:12:35. > :12:38.Americans. We want you to lead, not as a liberal ball -- liberal or
:12:38. > :12:42.conservative, but as President of the United States of America.
:12:43. > :12:47.on the streets, they know some will not back down. No deal and the
:12:47. > :12:51.resulting debt crisis will stall the economic recovery here. Kidd is
:12:51. > :12:56.no wonder that in the early hours of his morning, Barack Obama called
:12:56. > :12:59.for political unity, trust in government at the moment is at an
:12:59. > :13:05.all-time low. For political camps are digging their heels in like
:13:05. > :13:09.never before. This is going to be the biggest challenge of the last
:13:09. > :13:14.four years of President Obama. Welcome to the disunited States of
:13:14. > :13:17.America. Down the coast, the world's largest naval station, the
:13:17. > :13:21.Commander-in-Chief has more room to manoeuvre on foreign policy, but
:13:21. > :13:26.the next four years will require tough decisions. Iran and a
:13:27. > :13:36.possible nuclear strike, the rise of China, climate change against
:13:37. > :13:39.
:13:39. > :13:44.his country's call evangelists. And To talk more about this, let's go
:13:44. > :13:48.to Obama's home city of Chicago and Mark Mardell. How credible are all
:13:48. > :13:56.these calls this evening for co- operation and collaboration in the
:13:56. > :14:00.years ahead? It is a very good question. I tend to be cynical.
:14:00. > :14:03.I've been observed in American politics for the last four years.
:14:03. > :14:07.They are in love with the idea of working together. Everybody agrees
:14:07. > :14:12.they should work together. They call it bipartisanship, reaching
:14:12. > :14:15.across the aisle. Everybody says it's a great idea unless it means
:14:15. > :14:19.doing any compromising a tour. The trouble is we've just been through
:14:19. > :14:23.an election campaign where everybody has been told, the voters
:14:23. > :14:27.have been persuaded. There are two very different and clear visions of
:14:27. > :14:31.America. They are being told, maybe we have to muddle them of a bit.
:14:31. > :14:36.Neither side wants to give way. The President is in a difficult
:14:36. > :14:40.position. He's established himself. One of his promises four years ago
:14:40. > :14:43.as well as Mao was representing the whole United States, not just
:14:43. > :14:46.Republicans or Democrats. Yet he's just won a famous victory, and
:14:46. > :14:50.you've seen how excited his supporters are, they will want him
:14:50. > :14:55.to do the stuff they voted for him to do rather than sit down and give
:14:55. > :14:58.the Republicans what they want. I think we will see a game of both
:14:58. > :15:02.sides at least pretending to compromise for quite a while. The
:15:02. > :15:12.test is whether they will do it before they jump off that fiscal
:15:12. > :15:16.Cliff into a terrible mutual The BBC News website is full of
:15:16. > :15:26.features and lots of analysis of those US results, including the
:15:26. > :15:30.
:15:30. > :15:34.main challenges we've been talking Now that American voters have
:15:34. > :15:38.decided on their leadership for the next four years, attention turns to
:15:38. > :15:48.another global superpower - China. A major change of leadership is
:15:48. > :15:50.
:15:50. > :15:55.imminent there. Let's join Michael In a few hours' time, this country
:15:55. > :15:59.of 1.3 billion people begins a once in a decade transition to a new
:15:59. > :16:03.leadership. It will take place in the Great Hall of the people, just
:16:03. > :16:08.down the road there. Unlike what we've seen in America, the process
:16:08. > :16:12.here will have been largely behind closed doors and amid tight
:16:12. > :16:17.security at the 18th congress of the Communist Party. But its impact
:16:17. > :16:21.on global affairs will be no less important. The next 10 years could
:16:21. > :16:25.see China of us -- overtake the West and become the world's biggest
:16:25. > :16:31.economy. We might be entering an era in which we will all have to
:16:31. > :16:37.start looking east. John Simpson is here and he reports on a country
:16:37. > :16:41.preparing for change. Long live the great Chinese people, say the
:16:41. > :16:45.slogans. And long live the great Chinese Communist Party. Officially,
:16:45. > :16:50.they are the same thing. Only nowadays they seem more and
:16:50. > :16:56.waterfront. 30 or so years ago, everyone except the leaders went
:16:56. > :17:01.round on bikes. Absolutely everyone wore identical Chairman Mao suits,
:17:02. > :17:06.either grey or black - that was your only choice. On purely
:17:06. > :17:12.economic terms, the outgoing leadership under Hu Jintao has done
:17:12. > :17:18.wonders since they came in in 2002. China's economy has grown six times
:17:18. > :17:22.richer. Not bad in just 10 years. But there's been no equivalent
:17:22. > :17:27.growth at all in personal freedom here. Government advisers accept
:17:27. > :17:32.they have to find a way of doing that. But how? The Chinese
:17:32. > :17:38.government and the ruling party have to use this. More
:17:38. > :17:43.flexibilities will be given to the people so they have more access to
:17:43. > :17:48.air their views and to actively participate in national affairs and
:17:48. > :17:54.regional affairs. Fine, but nothing is being done about it. People feel
:17:54. > :17:58.their complaints are ignored. Worse, the outlook is not great. A flood
:17:58. > :18:04.of cheap labour is starting to dry up, the population is getting older
:18:04. > :18:06.and yet expectations are higher than ever. It's rather the
:18:06. > :18:11.inequality and opportunities that are creating these problems. For
:18:11. > :18:17.the next leader has to be looking at China, Babel not only be an
:18:17. > :18:21.economic story but a social one. They are getting ready, here in the
:18:21. > :18:25.Great Hall of the people, for the party congress, which will select,
:18:26. > :18:31.not elected, the next batch of leaders. They will have 10 years to
:18:31. > :18:35.sort the whole problem out. Will they manage? Well, maybe, if the
:18:35. > :18:38.Communist Party can adapt sufficiently. But a senior party
:18:38. > :18:43.officials said privately the other day he wondered if they would
:18:43. > :18:53.actually make it to the centenary of the party's fountain. That will
:18:53. > :18:54.
:18:54. > :18:58.John is with the now. This re- election of President Obama, I
:18:58. > :19:02.imagine here they will have been watching the process and will be
:19:02. > :19:08.pretty comfortable. More than that, I think they will be quite relieved.
:19:08. > :19:12.It is really worrying always to have a new President, an unknown
:19:12. > :19:15.quantity that spot to spend 18 months to perhaps two years working
:19:15. > :19:20.himself into the job, especially in foreign affairs. They don't have
:19:20. > :19:23.that now. Also they don't think privately that he is a very strong
:19:23. > :19:29.President, or at least not an aggressive President. They like
:19:29. > :19:34.that because they've got a lot of muscle flexing that they want to do
:19:34. > :19:37.in this part of Asia towards Japan, for instance. They don't want
:19:37. > :19:42.America moving into match and telling them what to do. Above all,
:19:42. > :19:47.they've got their own very serious problems. They've got to do
:19:47. > :19:51.something about these vast, great, state enterprises that are draining
:19:51. > :19:58.the life out of the economy, or at least could start to do so over the
:19:58. > :20:02.coming years. And they simply have to find a way to give people more
:20:02. > :20:06.personal freedom without bringing the whole structure tumbling down.
:20:06. > :20:13.Again, they are much happier to have a President who will watch
:20:13. > :20:18.rather than try to intervene in some way. That is all from us here
:20:18. > :20:21.tonight. Over the next week I will be back with John and the Beijing
:20:21. > :20:26.team. We will be looking at this crucial process and what it could
:20:26. > :20:35.been put China's own people and for the rest of the world. For now,
:20:35. > :20:39.back to Washington. In London, David Cameron has
:20:39. > :20:42.welcomed the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, to Downing Street
:20:42. > :20:47.for talks about the future size of the EU budget, which is a big bone
:20:47. > :20:51.of contention for many of Mr Cameron's Conservative MPs. Angela
:20:51. > :20:54.Merkel has warned Britain not to deliver any ultimatums. She says
:20:55. > :20:59.that British people won't be happy if they are alone in the world.
:21:00. > :21:04.Nick Robinson has this report. When you invite someone to dinner there
:21:04. > :21:08.is always the awkward question of who picks up the bill. When David
:21:08. > :21:15.hosted Angela at Number Ten tonight, the Bill in question was the cost
:21:15. > :21:18.of the UK... For six whole years. A trillion euros, give or take a cent
:21:18. > :21:22.ought to. Britain says the bill should go up by no more than
:21:22. > :21:26.inflation. Germany used to agree. On the Downing Street menu tonight,
:21:26. > :21:32.how to reach agreement, not just about the size of that EU budget
:21:32. > :21:37.but also what it pays for and the size of the rebate. For the UK and
:21:37. > :21:41.other big players. Before dinner, signs she was not impressed of --
:21:41. > :21:45.with talk of him vetoing any deal he did not like.
:21:45. > :21:50.TRANSLATION: If you have 27 interest that you want to reconcile,
:21:50. > :21:55.it is not a great idea to start with an ultimatum. You have to try
:21:55. > :21:58.and find common ground first. best should be a cut, at worst a
:21:58. > :22:02.freeze. Whatever the discussions we have denied, I will be trying to
:22:02. > :22:07.get a good deal for the British taxpayer, a good deal for Britain,
:22:07. > :22:11.one that I can put in front of my Parliament and the British people.
:22:11. > :22:14.Earlier, on route to London, the German Chancellor had delivered a
:22:14. > :22:18.message to the people of the British Isles while speaking in
:22:18. > :22:21.Brussels to the European Parliament. TRANSLATION: I will ask the
:22:21. > :22:25.inhabitants of this wonderful island that you can be very happy
:22:25. > :22:28.but you won't be happy if you are alone in this world. She was
:22:28. > :22:34.challenged by the leader of the UK Independence Party, who told her
:22:34. > :22:38.Britain had to be either fully in the EU or, as he wants, fully out.
:22:38. > :22:43.Every single proposal that you come up with, Mr Cameron is forced to
:22:43. > :22:47.say no to. We are going to find ourselves effectively as the
:22:47. > :22:51.Cinderella state. No deal was actually done over the din of
:22:51. > :22:55.English venison and traditional German cake. The reason is simple.
:22:55. > :22:59.Curbing the EU budget may matter in Britain but compared with the
:22:59. > :23:07.potentially massive cost of bailing out the euros and, it is pretty
:23:07. > :23:11.trivial if you are rich German. -- it is pretty trivial if you are a
:23:11. > :23:14.German. The BBC is to transfer dozens of television and radio
:23:14. > :23:17.presenters currently employed as freelancers to staff contracts,
:23:17. > :23:22.following a review of its employment arrangements. The BBC
:23:22. > :23:25.says its current policy for contracting staff is inconsistent,
:23:25. > :23:30.but its sights an independent report which concludes there is no
:23:30. > :23:34.evidence of any policy to avoid tax or national insurance. There is new
:23:34. > :23:38.evidence that the fungus which causes ash tree disease has spread
:23:39. > :23:41.to Scotland and Wales. The Forestry Commission says Dalbeattie Forest
:23:42. > :23:47.in Dumfries and Galloway is one of seven sites where the fungus has
:23:47. > :23:54.been identified. One case has also been confirmed in a small, private
:23:54. > :23:58.woodland in Carmarthenshire. The Greek parliament has just approved
:23:58. > :24:03.new controversial spending cuts worth $17 billion. Measures were
:24:03. > :24:06.passed by a majority of just three. Riot police fired tear-gas at
:24:06. > :24:12.thousands of protesters who gathered outside the parliament
:24:12. > :24:16.building earlier today. Let's go on to football. There's been a major
:24:16. > :24:20.upset tonight in the European Champions' League. Celtic beat
:24:21. > :24:27.Barcelona 2-1 at Celtic Park. Good news for Chelsea and for Manchester
:24:27. > :24:31.United. The masses against the Messi. Celtic will never lack
:24:31. > :24:41.support but beating Barcelona on the pitch was impossible... Wasn't
:24:41. > :24:44.
:24:44. > :24:48.it? A 21-year-old from Kenya, just 70 minutes to hold on. Of course
:24:48. > :24:54.Barcelona bossed the game for long spells. But very few sides resist
:24:54. > :24:59.like Celtic. The ball to Messi, just the chance he needed - saved.
:24:59. > :25:02.Against the priceless vase of Barcelona, Celtic sent on a secret
:25:02. > :25:07.weapon signed from Airdrie. Tony what is only 18 and they never
:25:08. > :25:11.experience another moment like this if he plays until he's 80! Fraser
:25:11. > :25:18.Forster was eventually beaten in the Celtic goal by Messi. It didn't
:25:18. > :25:22.matter. 2-1. Celtic have been going 125 years. They have now beaten the
:25:22. > :25:26.best in Europe. Overwhelming. In London, Chelsea waited until the
:25:26. > :25:33.fourth minute of injury time to beat Shakhtar Donetsk 3-2 at
:25:33. > :25:37.Stamford Bridge. Manchester United are only needed a point in Braga to
:25:37. > :25:42.qualify. They were losing 1-0 and then it suddenly looked like the
:25:42. > :25:48.interior of a mine. United came back to win 3-1, but nothing
:25:48. > :25:52.compared to the Drama in Glasgow. The actor Clive Dunn, who became
:25:52. > :25:56.one of the most famous faces on British television, as Lance
:25:57. > :26:00.Corporal Jones in Dad's Army, has died at the age of 92. He
:26:00. > :26:06.established some memorable catchphrases and even managed a
:26:06. > :26:13.surprise number one hit single. still puts fear into the hearts of
:26:13. > :26:18.us. They don't like it, sir berm he was irritating but he was an
:26:18. > :26:21.Deering, and he always asked for permission to speak. Clive Dunn's
:26:21. > :26:26.Corporal Jones was a stalwart of one of the most famous comedies the
:26:26. > :26:30.BBC has ever produced. Famous for catchphrases, the actor originally
:26:30. > :26:34.wasn't sure about it. I thought the audience might find it a bit
:26:34. > :26:38.offensive, they don't like it up them. But they loved it. They love
:26:38. > :26:42.anything that's a bit rude, God bless 'em! Dad's Army colleagues
:26:43. > :26:46.remembered him with fondness. the first night of the stage show
:26:47. > :26:52.he brought everybody, that everybody in a really large cast, a
:26:52. > :26:59.bottle of champagne - wonderfully generous. He had a wonderfully
:26:59. > :27:04.generous giving aspect. Working was always fun. Not necessarily
:27:04. > :27:09.hysterical but always fun. A word that Clive used an awful lot was
:27:09. > :27:13.nice. He had been a soldier himself when he was young, and he was young
:27:13. > :27:19.once. He spent years in this building in Austria as a prisoner
:27:19. > :27:29.of war. Jonesy, he said, was his revenge. He specialised in old man.
:27:29. > :27:32.
:27:32. > :27:35.In the 1970s there was an # Grandad, grandad...
:27:35. > :27:38.Later the grandad character was turned into a TV series for
:27:39. > :27:48.children. But it was his coolness under pressure in the Home Guard
:27:49. > :27:57.
:27:57. > :28:02.for which he will be remembered. Time now for a final word on
:28:02. > :28:06.today's election results in the USA. Mr Obama and his family left
:28:06. > :28:11.Chicago a short while ago, heading back to Washington DC. They will be
:28:11. > :28:16.here at the White House a little later tonight at the start of this
:28:16. > :28:20.second term in office. Let's have the last word with our North
:28:20. > :28:23.America Editor in Chicago. Let's talk more about the second term.
:28:23. > :28:29.Are you expecting it to be notably different to what we saw in the
:28:29. > :28:33.first? I think it's a very interesting question. All
:28:33. > :28:38.presidents want to leave their mark on history. I think this President
:28:38. > :28:42.will particularly want to do that. Sometimes in his first four years,
:28:42. > :28:47.he seemed to feel the job was a bit of a drag, he seemed burdened by it,
:28:47. > :28:51.it was a duty and not a joy. One of the reasons was he didn't want it
:28:51. > :28:54.so he could clear-up other people's messes, so he could deal with the
:28:54. > :28:57.economy and deal with Iraq and Afghanistan. I think he decided
:28:57. > :29:02.long ago that he really does want to transform America, make it
:29:02. > :29:05.better for the poorest, give people opportunity. I think that is a very
:29:05. > :29:11.deeply held mission for him. I think you will try to put his stamp
:29:11. > :29:16.on it in that way. He doesn't have to worry about being re-elected.
:29:16. > :29:19.Popularity is not quite the same problem. But there is a difficulty.
:29:19. > :29:23.In office, you do have to deal with all the stuff that gets thrown at
:29:23. > :29:27.you. You have foreign affairs challenges coming up. He could end
:29:27. > :29:30.of again not having that opportunity, not being able to make
:29:30. > :29:39.that step forward and just having to deal with events, dear boy,
:29:39. > :29:44.events, as one of our prime ministers used to say. That is all