0:00:13 > 0:00:17You are watching Beyond 100 Days. The epidemic killing more than 100
0:00:17 > 0:00:18people a day
0:00:18 > 0:00:19The epidemic killing more than 100 people a day in the United States.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22This is our president Trump outlines what the government will do to
0:00:22 > 0:00:29address America's OPI crisis. It doesn't discriminate by race or
0:00:29 > 0:00:32class, millions are addicted. Brooke Symonds was just 19 when she
0:00:32 > 0:00:38overdosed, now her father is reaching out to others. -- America's
0:00:38 > 0:00:41opiate crisis.Nobody wanted to say that they had an addiction in the
0:00:41 > 0:00:46family. But now people are talking because it can happen to anybody.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49President Trump is due to speak any moment from the White House on the
0:00:49 > 0:00:52subject, we will take you there when he does.
0:00:52 > 0:00:57A defiant Catalan leadership continues the bid for leadership.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00The central government prepares to take back power from the region.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04The final batch of documents linked to the assassination of John F.
0:01:04 > 0:01:09Kennedy will be released today. Will they once and for all solve the
0:01:09 > 0:01:12mystery of Dallas? Also on the programme: In Kenya only
0:01:12 > 0:01:17one side is voting in today's rerun of the presidential election. Police
0:01:17 > 0:01:21have fought running battles with opposition protesters.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25And now we live in Flanders Fields...
0:01:25 > 0:01:29Poetry and poppies, the words recording the horrors of World War
0:01:29 > 0:01:31I, laid out line by line in Britain and in France.
0:01:31 > 0:01:38To get in touch... -- do get in touch...
0:01:43 > 0:01:51Welcome. President Trump is about to announce his plan for tackling the
0:01:51 > 0:01:56opioid addiction crisis which is ravaging much of America. The rate
0:01:56 > 0:02:00of overdoses is climbing. Last year it exceeded the number of Americans
0:02:00 > 0:02:03killed during the entire Vietnam War.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07The epidemic affects everybody, black, white, poor, rich, urban and
0:02:07 > 0:02:10rural. From communities across the US we are getting heart rendering
0:02:10 > 0:02:15stories of patients and parents who have buried their addicted children
0:02:15 > 0:02:24far too young. We can now see the impact in Marilyn and -- Maryland.
0:02:25 > 0:02:30She was an exceptional athlete. All of that was dropped from her when
0:02:30 > 0:02:37she was introduced to opiates and eventually Herrerin.It's been two
0:02:37 > 0:02:46years since Ken lost his daughter to an overdose. A drugs force police
0:02:46 > 0:02:50officer for many years, used to look up addicts, now he has lost his
0:02:50 > 0:02:54daughter to drugs.This has never happened. This has reached epidemic
0:02:54 > 0:02:58proportions and something has got to be done.For Kevin that something
0:02:58 > 0:03:01means building a women's only treatment centre in Brook's memory.
0:03:01 > 0:03:06He says the way to deal with this problem is through more investment
0:03:06 > 0:03:11in recovery and education.We are doing it all wrong. For every
0:03:11 > 0:03:17illness we are prescribed a pill. There is no education. Kids are more
0:03:17 > 0:03:22afraid to smoke a cigarette than they are to take a pill.Kevin
0:03:22 > 0:03:27Phillips in Hagerstown, which sits on what has become known as the
0:03:27 > 0:03:31heroine highway. With opioid related deaths on the rise this sleepy part
0:03:31 > 0:03:38of America is now plagued by the crisis. Hagerstown could be any town
0:03:38 > 0:03:43in America. The scale of the opioid crisis here and elsewhere is huge.
0:03:43 > 0:03:48In this state, Maryland alone, more than 1100 people died from opioid
0:03:48 > 0:03:52related illnesses in the first six months of this year. The challenge
0:03:52 > 0:03:55for President Trump is to come up with workable solutions to contain
0:03:55 > 0:04:05this epidemic. For some that means more vocational programmes like
0:04:05 > 0:04:08Ladders To Leaders, which encourages addicts to work and earn as part of
0:04:08 > 0:04:14their recovery.Take this to people not doing anything. There are people
0:04:14 > 0:04:18out there getting high and they are working the system.For other
0:04:18 > 0:04:21addicts like Jamal this means changing a system where drugs are
0:04:21 > 0:04:28often readily available.The doctors are the biggest drug dealers. You
0:04:28 > 0:04:32get a prescription from a doctor, you have a doctor selling drugs
0:04:32 > 0:04:36under the table.The conversation has come to the dinner table. Now
0:04:36 > 0:04:40everybody is discussing it with their family and kids.It had to get
0:04:40 > 0:04:44personal for Kevin to face the issue. He hopes his experience will
0:04:44 > 0:04:47help Americans opened up about a crisis which is claiming thousands
0:04:47 > 0:04:51of lives.Before you never wanted to say your daughter is a heroin
0:04:51 > 0:05:02addict. Nobody wanted to say that. Nobody wants to say they had a
0:05:02 > 0:05:04problem with addiction in their family. Now people are talking to
0:05:04 > 0:05:07their kit and saying to them that it could happen to anybody because I am
0:05:07 > 0:05:09telling you it can happen to anybody.Accidental drug overdose is
0:05:09 > 0:05:12the leading cause in America. Every 19 minutes somebody dies from taking
0:05:12 > 0:05:18opioids. The number of deaths has exceeded 64,020 16, which is more
0:05:18 > 0:05:20than car crashes and gun deaths combined.
0:05:20 > 0:05:32That is a rate of 175 deaths every day. -- exceeded 64,000 in 2016.
0:05:32 > 0:05:37Last year Tennessee saw a 12% increase in the number of people who
0:05:37 > 0:05:40died in drug overdoses. The Mayor of Nashville has spoken out publicly
0:05:40 > 0:05:44after her own son died in July, another victim of the epidemic.
0:05:44 > 0:05:53Doctor Tracey Jackson joins us from Nashville. Thank you for joining us.
0:05:53 > 0:06:01You saw the heartbreak that opioid addiction and death from it in
0:06:01 > 0:06:10America.We are very interested in the idea of a quick fix. Even though
0:06:10 > 0:06:13it's a chronic problem. Most physicians and patients are aware
0:06:13 > 0:06:22that opioid issues are a problem. It is a little bit in humane to just
0:06:22 > 0:06:27take people's opioids away without providing them with other viable
0:06:27 > 0:06:32alternative methods to manage their chronic illness.We've just had the
0:06:32 > 0:06:36Attorney General Jeff Sessions saying two things, one that
0:06:36 > 0:06:40marijuana is the gateway drug to opioid addiction, and second, people
0:06:40 > 0:06:44should just say no to drugs and that would solve this problem. What do
0:06:44 > 0:06:50you make of both of those points? One of your native sons, Russell
0:06:50 > 0:06:55Brand, has been on about this for quite some time. Saying that it does
0:06:55 > 0:06:59no good to criminalise addiction. But this is a... This is your
0:06:59 > 0:07:06central nervous system processing disorder. It has biological and
0:07:06 > 0:07:09psychological factors and social factors which buy into that. It has
0:07:09 > 0:07:16to be addressed as fact and treated long-term. In order to make any
0:07:16 > 0:07:22impact on its management. Anything that continues to shame and isolate
0:07:22 > 0:07:26people or stigmatise or persecute people who are seeking help, that
0:07:26 > 0:07:29only serves to worsen that brain processing disorder and make people
0:07:29 > 0:07:36more likely to stay addicted or in some cases in chronic pain for much
0:07:36 > 0:07:40longer than is necessary. I was taken by what you were saying
0:07:40 > 0:07:49about the culture of drugs in America. I was told today by one of
0:07:49 > 0:07:53my colleagues that when he was in America and he had a bit of the flu,
0:07:53 > 0:07:57a doctor prescribed him something, and the bill for the drugs was over
0:07:57 > 0:08:05$900. That's extraordinary. It makes you think that this could be a
0:08:05 > 0:08:07collaborative effort between doctors, pharmacists, and government
0:08:07 > 0:08:15to try and stop it.It is absolutely critical that that happens. You can
0:08:15 > 0:08:18take some clues from the AIDS epidemic at its height. It's not
0:08:18 > 0:08:22just enough to educate doctors or reduce the number of pills
0:08:22 > 0:08:29prescribed. We've done that in Tennessee. We have reduced
0:08:29 > 0:08:34prescriptions. But the number of deaths are not going down because we
0:08:34 > 0:08:37are not offering people viable alternatives that would manage their
0:08:37 > 0:08:40chronic illness. The cycle will continue until we are able to get
0:08:40 > 0:08:44our head around that.The other big issue is that these pharmaceutical
0:08:44 > 0:08:51companies have a lot of money to pay the lobbies in Washington.
0:08:51 > 0:08:58That's certainly an argument that has been put about. I always say if
0:08:58 > 0:09:06there were a magic bullet we would have all been shot by an now in
0:09:06 > 0:09:11America. Sometimes it's not that straightforward. Pharmaceutical
0:09:11 > 0:09:14companies have a significant role to play. Especially with interaction
0:09:14 > 0:09:19with insurance companies. Sometimes it is not dictated by what the
0:09:19 > 0:09:23science shows and what's the best for the patient, but what insurance
0:09:23 > 0:09:29companies will reimburse. We need to match need with what is out there.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33Thank you very much for joining us from Nashville, Tennessee. For more
0:09:33 > 0:09:38on this we will go when the president speaks to the White House.
0:09:38 > 0:09:44You can see the shot from the White House. We're waiting for him to
0:09:44 > 0:09:50announce his plan to deal with this crisis. We are joined by our
0:09:50 > 0:09:55political analyst Ron Christie. He has served as an adviser to
0:09:55 > 0:09:58President George W. Before we get into the politics, the devastation
0:09:58 > 0:10:05this is causing, we saw it in that piece, it is heartbreaking. --
0:10:05 > 0:10:09President George W Bush. But it is moving so fast. When President Trump
0:10:09 > 0:10:14was a campaign candidate, he said he would address this, it is part of
0:10:14 > 0:10:18the reason he won in New Hampshire during the primaries. Is he doing
0:10:18 > 0:10:24enough?I think so. It's a good first step. The Vietnam War is still
0:10:24 > 0:10:27one of the biggest scars we have an America. We lost 58,000 soldiers
0:10:27 > 0:10:33over several years. You are talking about an epidemic where we lost
0:10:33 > 0:10:3666,000 in the space of a year. Doesn't matter what your background
0:10:36 > 0:10:44is. I believe what trumpeted on the trail, when you go to the small
0:10:44 > 0:10:48towns and big cities, you see folks who are addicted and afflicted with
0:10:48 > 0:10:51this. That is something which affected him on the campaign trail.
0:10:51 > 0:10:56He has tried to do it. He wants to focus on health care and tax reform.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59From the political sense he realised this was something he needed to do
0:10:59 > 0:11:02as the American president, rather than deliver something from the
0:11:02 > 0:11:08base.You can only deal with this if you deal with the pharmaceutical
0:11:08 > 0:11:11industry and the power of the pharmaceutical companies. I have a
0:11:11 > 0:11:18friend writing a book on this. A Republican politician said that we
0:11:18 > 0:11:24cannot deal with these problems until we deal with that.Yes. The
0:11:24 > 0:11:29power and the sweet pharmaceutical companies have over Congress is not
0:11:29 > 0:11:36to be overlooked. -- the power that pharmaceutical companies have. If
0:11:36 > 0:11:42they want something done or they do not want Congress to do something,
0:11:42 > 0:11:49they will step out of the way and do it.I was thinking about the general
0:11:49 > 0:11:52culture of it and the number of pills people take in America. It's
0:11:52 > 0:11:57astonishing. The one thing I'm wondering is, when he makes this
0:11:57 > 0:12:02announcement today, Ron, who is going to push the policy forward? He
0:12:02 > 0:12:07doesn't have a drugs 's
0:12:14 > 0:12:17You will have existing grants that can be redirected to help fight this
0:12:17 > 0:12:18opioids crisis.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24In the short time you will have a offices in the executive branch with
0:12:24 > 0:12:29more money at their disposal. They will work with governors. Governors
0:12:29 > 0:12:34are familiar with this in their local areas. They will have to think
0:12:34 > 0:12:37how can we redirect these grants to where they are specifically needed
0:12:37 > 0:12:40so we can get money out the door and help into the hands of people that
0:12:40 > 0:12:45need it. I am for once not worried about the lack of senior officials
0:12:45 > 0:12:50in place, I am encouraged that governors, Mayors, and officials are
0:12:50 > 0:12:54working on this issue to try and find sense out of this really
0:12:54 > 0:12:59horrific problem we have here in America.We will have more on this
0:12:59 > 0:13:03from the White House. As soon as the president makes that announcement we
0:13:03 > 0:13:09will bring it to you. Let's talk about Catalonia. If you
0:13:09 > 0:13:12are confused about events there, join the club. We thought we might
0:13:12 > 0:13:16be bringing you news that the Catalan government had declared
0:13:16 > 0:13:19unilateral independence from the rest of Spain, but that hasn't
0:13:19 > 0:13:25happened. Carles Puigdemont has pulled back yet again.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28He was considering calling a snap election in December if Madrid agree
0:13:28 > 0:13:32to suspend its plan to take back control of the region. The Spanish
0:13:32 > 0:13:36government has appeared to renege on that. Therefore Carles Puigdemont
0:13:36 > 0:13:42has decided against the election. This is what he has to say...
0:13:42 > 0:13:46TRANSLATION:I was prepared to call these elections on the sole
0:13:46 > 0:13:48condition we were given guarantees they would be held in an absolutely
0:13:48 > 0:13:55normal manner. But there are no such guarantees that would justify
0:13:55 > 0:13:59calling these regional elections today.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03They are still speaking in the Catalan parliament in Barcelona. I
0:14:03 > 0:14:06think we can show you those pictures. You wait to see Carles
0:14:06 > 0:14:13Puigdemont. But he is in the audience. They are talking one by
0:14:13 > 0:14:17one at the rostrum. Our correspondent is in Barcelona...
0:14:17 > 0:14:21What's the outcome of today's indecision? He was going to call
0:14:21 > 0:14:26this election. Then he didn't. His coalition partners starting to drift
0:14:26 > 0:14:36away from him?They are. It has been a day of rumours. And frankly chaos.
0:14:36 > 0:14:42We were expecting Carles Puigdemont to make an address at one o'clock
0:14:42 > 0:14:48local time. That was then delayed, then eventually suspended. We heard
0:14:48 > 0:14:50it was because so much of his support in his coalition was
0:14:50 > 0:14:54draining away because he was going to call a snap election. He wanted
0:14:54 > 0:15:00to do that in the hope Madrid would not invoke Article one 55. When that
0:15:00 > 0:15:04happened students took to the streets. -- Article 150 five.
0:15:06 > 0:15:12Carles Puigdemont was effectively dead politically. Then we heard he
0:15:12 > 0:15:17would be making a statement at five o'clock local time. Several of the
0:15:17 > 0:15:21coalition members said I think we will get the result we want. In
0:15:21 > 0:15:25other words unilateral declaration of independence. He spoke for about
0:15:25 > 0:15:30ten minutes. Then he didn't say that either. He is now at the Catalan
0:15:30 > 0:15:34parliament behind me. He isn't going to speak. But there is some
0:15:34 > 0:15:37suggestion that that illegal referendum, according to Madrid,
0:15:37 > 0:15:43which they won with a 90% vote on a 40% turnout, would be put away vote
0:15:43 > 0:15:46sometime tomorrow before the dissolution of the Catalan
0:15:46 > 0:15:57parliament, so they would have declared independence. Cue 155. We
0:15:57 > 0:16:02can talk about this now. You are a pro-separatist university lecturer.
0:16:02 > 0:16:08Will it go to a vote? Some of the supporters of Carles Puigdemont well
0:16:08 > 0:16:13calling him a traitor and calling for him to go.You have put it well.
0:16:13 > 0:16:19It has been a day of chaos and confusion. We are where we work 24
0:16:19 > 0:16:28hours ago.Three weeks ago.True. Isn't that irresponsible? Some of
0:16:28 > 0:16:32your critics would say that is irresponsible politics. You have
0:16:32 > 0:16:37people out on the streets furious with him. And he has upset Madrid.
0:16:37 > 0:16:46Where is the leadership here?We need to stick to the facts.
0:16:46 > 0:16:52Officially he never said he would call a snap election. There were
0:16:52 > 0:16:57talks behind the walls but officially there was never any
0:16:57 > 0:17:02indication from Carles Puigdemont he was going to call for an election.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05We must understand, we have some people calling it history in the
0:17:05 > 0:17:11making here. There is lots of pressure, tensions, lots of
0:17:11 > 0:17:15international and national pressures. It puts the party under
0:17:15 > 0:17:20enormous pressure here and Carles Puigdemont. It is only logic that
0:17:20 > 0:17:27there might have been some panic attacks, you might call it.For him
0:17:27 > 0:17:30or supporters? Many have resigned on Twitter. It has been farcical
0:17:30 > 0:17:35because some have said that doesn't count.I know. I believe that some
0:17:35 > 0:17:39people both in parliament and outside of Parliament might have
0:17:39 > 0:17:44gone through this...Except it isn't farcical when you think that direct
0:17:44 > 0:17:48rule probably will be imposed in Madrid tomorrow. And it moves into a
0:17:48 > 0:17:51different phase. That will upset many of separatist -- many
0:17:51 > 0:17:57separatist supporters. But may reassure those who want to stay part
0:17:57 > 0:18:08of a united Madrid.Indeed. We expect tomorrow, at some point, that
0:18:08 > 0:18:14155 would be upheld.After a declaration of Independence?I would
0:18:14 > 0:18:19say before. I think they want to teach pro-independence Catalan is a
0:18:19 > 0:18:24lesson. They've made it clear that they are not waiting for
0:18:24 > 0:18:28negotiations, they are not waiting for moves by Carles Puigdemont any
0:18:28 > 0:18:34more. They are going to apply it. I expect that after that there will
0:18:34 > 0:18:37probably be a vote on a declaration of Independence here in parliament.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41Thanks very much. By which time the Catalan parliament will have been
0:18:41 > 0:18:46dissolved, according to Madrid, well, that is what we think.If
0:18:46 > 0:18:49Carles Puigdemont was CEO of a company the board would have fired
0:18:49 > 0:18:54him now just for the model he's put people in. It is a lesson. If you
0:18:54 > 0:18:59are going to hold a referendum you best have stepped two, three, and
0:18:59 > 0:19:06four worked out beforehand, and he didn't.He didn't. It's interesting.
0:19:06 > 0:19:11Because this is a man who from the 1970s and 1980s has been committed
0:19:11 > 0:19:14to independence. He said he didn't want to be a political leader but he
0:19:14 > 0:19:20wanted to bring this region to independence. Talking to his
0:19:20 > 0:19:23supporters and unionists, as well, they have been spooked by the fact
0:19:23 > 0:19:28the rest of the EU hasn't come out or even countries like Norway or
0:19:28 > 0:19:32other countries outside the EU to say that they support them in this
0:19:32 > 0:19:40referendum. And I think the flight of -- and many businesses have moved
0:19:40 > 0:19:46their headquarters out of the area, and I think they have been spooked
0:19:46 > 0:19:49by that. Thanks very much. Tim has been
0:19:49 > 0:19:52covering that story throughout and he will keep us up-to-date with
0:19:52 > 0:19:55hopefully some sort of clarity. We are still waiting for the president.
0:19:55 > 0:20:00He will be talking about his plan for opioid addiction. It is
0:20:00 > 0:20:06something he spoke about during the election campaign. It is a huge
0:20:06 > 0:20:12issue in America. I have a couple of stories, a friend of mine is writing
0:20:12 > 0:20:17a book on the subject. One thing I thought he said which was telling,
0:20:17 > 0:20:21as he went to West Virginia and he spoke to officials there, they said
0:20:21 > 0:20:25they realised they had a problem with opioid addiction. When they
0:20:25 > 0:20:29opened up a whole new slew of state prisons and they could not find
0:20:29 > 0:20:41enough drugs to guard the and prisoners who were not addicted.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44President Trump is now entering the room. He will be announcing his
0:20:44 > 0:20:52plan. Let's take a listen now to the president and the first Lady.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57APPLAUSE
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Thank you.
0:21:06 > 0:21:18Thank you. The set. Thank you. -- please set. Thank you all for being
0:21:18 > 0:21:22here today. It touches my heart to see many familiar faces of the
0:21:22 > 0:21:28people I have been lucky to get to know over the last few months. Thank
0:21:28 > 0:21:31you for the time and strength it takes for each of you to tell your
0:21:31 > 0:21:39stories. We are here today because of your courage. The opioid epidemic
0:21:39 > 0:21:42has affected more than 2 million Americans nationwide and sadly the
0:21:42 > 0:21:50number continues to rise. We lost more than 175 Americans to overdoses
0:21:50 > 0:21:57every day. And millions more are struggling with addiction. As many
0:21:57 > 0:22:02of you know, addiction affects children in many different ways. I
0:22:02 > 0:22:07have recently taken a larger interest in what I can do to help
0:22:07 > 0:22:18fight this epidemic. APPLAUSE
0:22:19 > 0:22:22I have been participating in meetings and listening sessions and
0:22:22 > 0:22:27I have been visiting with people who have been affected by this disease.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31I want to take a moment now to tell you what I've learned from the men
0:22:31 > 0:22:37and women on the front lines this epidemic. Don home and talked to me
0:22:37 > 0:22:42about his son Garrett, who took medication for ADHD, and suffered
0:22:42 > 0:22:48from depression and anxiety. He explained that social media played a
0:22:48 > 0:22:54part in his son's erratic mood and behaviours. Garrett started to buy
0:22:54 > 0:22:59synthetic opioid online and self medicated for his depression.
0:22:59 > 0:23:07Passing away from a overdose just eight days before his 21st birthday.
0:23:07 > 0:23:13Don taught me that the stigma of drug addiction must be normalised
0:23:13 > 0:23:18and talking about it is the only way to do that. Coach David Magee talked
0:23:18 > 0:23:25about his friend who became addicted after and his pain medication was
0:23:25 > 0:23:29prescribed for a sports injury. His friend died from an overdose and
0:23:29 > 0:23:37through his tragic loss coach Mickey told me how important it is to
0:23:37 > 0:23:41educate kids, athletes, and parents, because his friend was not weak
0:23:41 > 0:23:46minded. In fact, like so many of our kids today, he was competitive and
0:23:46 > 0:23:55strong willed. Another lady who is now on the tenth year of recovery
0:23:55 > 0:24:00helped me learn that drug addiction is an effective disease. But with
0:24:00 > 0:24:04the proper support and medical attention a person can move on to
0:24:04 > 0:24:10live a healthy and happy life. We are so proud of you for all you have
0:24:10 > 0:24:15overcome. We pray for you as you continue on this journey. Where are
0:24:15 > 0:24:27you? Hello. Thank you. APPLAUSE
0:24:30 > 0:24:38When I had the honour of visiting a recovery Centre for infants born
0:24:38 > 0:24:43addicted to drugs, I learned that help baby succeed we must have their
0:24:43 > 0:24:49parents succeed. By placing a priority the whole family Lily's
0:24:49 > 0:24:55Place is giving infants the best opportunity because their parents
0:24:55 > 0:24:58are being given the support and tools they need to succeed. I want
0:24:58 > 0:25:04to thank Rebecca crowd and the staff at lily's Place for their heroic
0:25:04 > 0:25:09efforts. APPLAUSE
0:25:13 > 0:25:17I have learnt so much from those brave enough to talk about this
0:25:17 > 0:25:22epidemic. And I know there are many more stories to tell. But what I
0:25:22 > 0:25:26found to be the common theme with all of these stories is that this
0:25:26 > 0:25:32can happen to any of us. Drug addiction can take your friends,
0:25:32 > 0:25:37neighbours, or your family. No state has been spared. And no demographic
0:25:37 > 0:25:43has been untouched. Which is why my husband and his administration has
0:25:43 > 0:25:47dedicated itself to combating this health crisis by using every
0:25:47 > 0:25:55resource available. I'm so proud to support him today as he sees this
0:25:55 > 0:26:00commitment through. I look forward to continuing my work on the half of
0:26:00 > 0:26:05children across the country and I hope that citizens everywhere will
0:26:05 > 0:26:07join forces with this administration to help...
0:26:07 > 0:26:16STUDIO: You are watching BBC News. God bless the United States of
0:26:16 > 0:26:19America. Thank you for being here today.
0:26:20 > 0:26:30APPLAUSE
0:26:39 > 0:26:48Thank you for your moving words. And thank you for your deep devotion. To
0:26:48 > 0:26:53our nation and its children. Thank you also to members of Congress, my
0:26:53 > 0:26:58Cabinet, governors, members of Congress, state, local leaders,
0:26:58 > 0:27:02first responders, and health care professionals gathered here today.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05We have some truly incredible people in this room, that I can tell you.
0:27:05 > 0:27:10Most importantly we acknowledge the families present who have lost a
0:27:10 > 0:27:16cherished loved one. As you all know from personal experience, families,
0:27:16 > 0:27:20communities, and citizens across our country are currently dealing with
0:27:20 > 0:27:24the worst job crisis in American history. And even, if you really
0:27:24 > 0:27:29think about it, world history. This is all throughout the world. Fact
0:27:29 > 0:27:35is, this is a worldwide problem. This crisis of drug use, addiction,
0:27:35 > 0:27:42and overdose deaths in many years it has just been so long in the making.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46Addressing it will require all of our effort. And it will require us
0:27:46 > 0:27:55to confront the crisis in all of its very real complexity. Last year we
0:27:55 > 0:28:01lost at least 64,000 Americans to overdoses. That's 175 lost American
0:28:01 > 0:28:09lives per day. That's seven lost lives per hour. In our country. Drug
0:28:09 > 0:28:13overdoses are now the leading cause of unintentional death in the United
0:28:13 > 0:28:20States by far. More people are dying from drug overdoses today than from
0:28:20 > 0:28:26gun homicide and motor vehicles combined. Think of it. Motor vehicle
0:28:26 > 0:28:34crashes, gun homicides, more people, by far, from drug overdoses. These
0:28:34 > 0:28:40overdoses are driven by a massive increase in addiction. To
0:28:40 > 0:28:45prescription painkillers. Heroin and other opioids. Last year almost 1
0:28:45 > 0:28:52million Americans used heroin. And more than 11 million abused
0:28:52 > 0:28:58prescription opioids. The United States is by far the largest
0:28:58 > 0:29:03consumer of these drugs. Using more opioid per person than any other
0:29:03 > 0:29:08country in the world. Opioid overdose deaths have quadrupled
0:29:08 > 0:29:12since 1999. And now I can't for the majority of fatal drug overdoses.
0:29:12 > 0:29:21Who would have thought? No part of our society, not young or old, rich
0:29:21 > 0:29:26or poor, urban or Rouble, has been spared this plague of drug
0:29:26 > 0:29:31addiction. -- urban or rural. And this horrible situation that's
0:29:31 > 0:29:40taking place with opioids. In West Virginia, a truly great state, great
0:29:40 > 0:29:45people, there is a hospital nursery where one in every five babies
0:29:45 > 0:29:52spends its first days in agony. Because these precious babies were
0:29:52 > 0:29:57exposed to opioid or other drugs in the womb. They endure nausea, pain,
0:29:57 > 0:30:03anxiety, sleeplessness, and trouble eating. Just the same as adults
0:30:03 > 0:30:08undergoing detox. Some of these children will likely lose one or
0:30:08 > 0:30:12both of their parents to drug addiction and overdose. They will
0:30:12 > 0:30:19join the growing ranks of America's opioid orphans. Such beautiful,
0:30:19 > 0:30:26beautiful babies. Beyond the shocking death toll, the terrible
0:30:26 > 0:30:30measure of the opioid crisis includes the families ripped apart
0:30:30 > 0:30:35and for many communities a generation of lost potential and
0:30:35 > 0:30:40opportunity. This epidemic is a national health emergency. Unlike
0:30:40 > 0:30:47many of us we have seen and what we have seen in our lifetimes nobody
0:30:47 > 0:30:53has seen anything like what's going on now. As Americans we cannot allow
0:30:53 > 0:31:01this to continue. It's time to liberate our communities from this
0:31:01 > 0:31:06scorch of -- scourge of drug addiction which has never been this
0:31:06 > 0:31:10way. We can be the generation that ends the opioid epidemic. We can do
0:31:10 > 0:31:19it. APPLAUSE
0:31:19 > 0:31:21We can do it.
0:31:39 > 0:31:46That is quite effective today, my administration is effectively
0:31:46 > 0:31:50declaring the opiate crisis and national public health or urgency
0:31:50 > 0:31:56under federal law and while I am directing all federal agencies to
0:31:56 > 0:31:59use every appropriate emergency authority to fight the opioid
0:31:59 > 0:32:07crisis. This marks a critical step in confronting the extraordinary
0:32:07 > 0:32:11challenge we face. As part of this we will announce a new policy to
0:32:11 > 0:32:19overcome a restrictive 1970s Euro rule that prevents states from
0:32:19 > 0:32:23providing care at certain treatment facilities with more than 16 beds
0:32:23 > 0:32:34for those suffering from drug addiction.
0:32:36 > 0:32:42APPLAUSE.
0:32:42 > 0:32:47A number of states have reached out to us asking for relief and you
0:32:47 > 0:32:51should expect to see approvals that will unlock help for people in need
0:32:51 > 0:32:59and those will come very fast, not like in the past, very quickly.
0:32:59 > 0:33:04Ending the epidemic will require mobilisation of government, local
0:33:04 > 0:33:07communities and private organisations. It will require the
0:33:07 > 0:33:13resolve of our entire country. The scale of this crisis of the diction
0:33:13 > 0:33:17is why soon after coming into office, I convened a presidential
0:33:17 > 0:33:23commission headed by Governor Chris Christie that has consulted with
0:33:23 > 0:33:27experts across America to listen and learn and report back on potential
0:33:27 > 0:33:34solutions. We await the final report which will come in next week and I
0:33:34 > 0:33:39know some of the report has already been seen because I want to see it
0:33:39 > 0:33:45as quickly as possible and some of the things they are recommending our
0:33:45 > 0:33:51common-sense but very important and they will have a tremendous impact.
0:33:51 > 0:33:56Today I will detail many of these aggressive steps with my
0:33:56 > 0:34:01administration, we have already taken. After we have evaluated the
0:34:01 > 0:34:07findings I will implement recommendations that I want the
0:34:07 > 0:34:11American people to know that the federal government is aggressively
0:34:11 > 0:34:18fighting the opioid epidemic on all fronts. We are working with doctors
0:34:18 > 0:34:23and medical professionals to complement best practices for safe
0:34:23 > 0:34:30opioid prescribing and we will do something very special. We are
0:34:30 > 0:34:32requiring federally employed prescribers to receive special
0:34:32 > 0:34:41training. The centres for disease control and prevention has launched
0:34:41 > 0:34:46a prescription awareness campaign to put faces on the danger of opioid
0:34:46 > 0:34:56abuse. I want to acknowledge an acknowledgement last month that
0:34:56 > 0:35:00first-time opioid prescriptions will be limited to seven day supplies and
0:35:00 > 0:35:04encourage other companies to do their part to help to stop this
0:35:04 > 0:35:14epidemic.
0:35:18 > 0:35:22The FDA is now requiring drug companies that manufacture
0:35:22 > 0:35:28prescription opioids to provide more training to prescribers and to help
0:35:28 > 0:35:33prevent abuse and addiction and has requested that one especially high
0:35:33 > 0:35:40risk opioid be withdrawn from the market immediately. We are requiring
0:35:40 > 0:35:47that a specific opioid, which is truly evil, be taken off the market
0:35:47 > 0:35:57immediately.
0:35:59 > 0:36:04The US Postal Service and the Department of Homeland Security are
0:36:04 > 0:36:08strengthening the inspection of packages coming into our country to
0:36:08 > 0:36:13hold back the flood of cheap and deadly sentinel, a synthetic opioid
0:36:13 > 0:36:20manufactured in China and 50 times stronger than heroin, and in two
0:36:20 > 0:36:25weeks I will be in China with President Xi and I will mention this
0:36:25 > 0:36:39as a top priority. And he will do something about it. I am also
0:36:39 > 0:36:45pleased to report that for the first time, the Department of Justice has
0:36:45 > 0:36:50indicated major Chinese drug traffickers and they have really put
0:36:50 > 0:37:00very strong clamps on them, they have indicted them. They distributed
0:37:00 > 0:37:10sentinel into the US, so Jeff, thank you, good job. And they have been
0:37:10 > 0:37:14indicted and we will not forget about it, they are doing tremendous
0:37:14 > 0:37:21harm to our country. The Justice Department is aggressively and
0:37:21 > 0:37:26valiantly pursuing those who illegally prescribed and traffic in
0:37:26 > 0:37:30opioids, both in our communities and on the internet and I will be
0:37:30 > 0:37:35looking at the potential of the federal government bringing major
0:37:35 > 0:37:41lawsuits against bad actors, what they have and are doing to our
0:37:41 > 0:37:45people is unheard-of and we will bring some major lawsuits against
0:37:45 > 0:37:49people and companies that are hurting our people and that will
0:37:49 > 0:37:57start taking place soon.Donald Trump speaking at the White House on
0:37:57 > 0:38:03his plan for dealing with opioids, some of the highlights, cracking
0:38:03 > 0:38:11down on the trafficking of sentinel, a synthetic opioid sent in from
0:38:11 > 0:38:14China, going after Chinese traffickers and withdrawing one
0:38:14 > 0:38:19opioid from the market, he didn't say which one, and perhaps
0:38:19 > 0:38:26critically requiring more training for people who are prescribing these
0:38:26 > 0:38:30addictive drugs, and then also trying to limit prescriptions to
0:38:30 > 0:38:34seven day prescriptions for first-time users. Laura Bicker is at
0:38:34 > 0:38:39the White House, you have been listening to the president. Is the
0:38:39 > 0:38:43plan he has announced the type of plan that will make an impact on
0:38:43 > 0:38:50opioid addiction?A lot of this has been about policy, a lot of what you
0:38:50 > 0:38:55heard is about procedure but the overriding message from the White
0:38:55 > 0:39:00House is that President Trump wants to do something about a problem that
0:39:00 > 0:39:04is an epidemic in this country. He talked about approvals for
0:39:04 > 0:39:09treatments to aggressively fight this on all levels but by declaring
0:39:09 > 0:39:14a public health or urgency he is creating another problem because
0:39:14 > 0:39:19many critics said we need a state of emergency, federal funds to flow
0:39:19 > 0:39:23into states so we can give people the treatment they need, but he
0:39:23 > 0:39:30stops short of that, he has given a more measured response and declared
0:39:30 > 0:39:34there is public health emergency which redistributes funds and
0:39:34 > 0:39:40resources, you can get more doctors into rural areas, but people say it
0:39:40 > 0:39:45doesn't create extra funds. There is talk of going to Congress to get
0:39:45 > 0:39:50more approval for funding but right now critics say they need the money
0:39:50 > 0:39:54to get these drug treatments available to those who need it.
0:39:54 > 0:40:01Laura, thank you. We will see if that funding becomes available. We
0:40:01 > 0:40:08still have run Christie in the studio. Ron, I don't know enough
0:40:08 > 0:40:12about the opioid addiction process and what is needed in terms of
0:40:12 > 0:40:16treatment because it is complex and there are so many parts but what do
0:40:16 > 0:40:24you make of the steps he is laying out?So far so good, I think he is
0:40:24 > 0:40:29using the power of the presidency to elevate an issue that many Americans
0:40:29 > 0:40:35have organised as a problem that he is saying he has declared an
0:40:35 > 0:40:39emergency and put the re-sources of the government behind it, so that is
0:40:39 > 0:40:45a positive step that I believe will be nonpartisan, we heard Laura talk
0:40:45 > 0:40:50about some of the frustrations about funding but I think there will be a
0:40:50 > 0:40:54bipartisan effort to give the president the tools and money to
0:40:54 > 0:41:00fight this.Christian, you heard the president talking about fentanyl, it
0:41:00 > 0:41:05is not a prescription drug in America, it is bought on the black
0:41:05 > 0:41:12market but unbelievably powerful.I brought a prop in to show people the
0:41:12 > 0:41:18scale of the problem. Here is a one kilogram bag of sugar. If this was
0:41:18 > 0:41:24heroin, this would sail on the US market for about $60,000 as is that
0:41:24 > 0:41:29when it is let down into one gram wraps, that would bring several
0:41:29 > 0:41:35hundred thousand dollars. If this was fentanyl, and you heard the
0:41:35 > 0:41:39president say it was 50 times stronger, you would cut this down to
0:41:39 > 0:41:4850 mg pills, and each one of those is sold for $20 or $30. You can make
0:41:48 > 0:41:53around a million pills from a bag as big as this, so this bag would be
0:41:53 > 0:42:01worth around 20 or $30 million. Christian comic you heard the
0:42:01 > 0:42:04president talk about getting the postal service to track down on
0:42:04 > 0:42:12people sending fentanyl into the country but that sounds impossible.
0:42:12 > 0:42:18You don't have to send a bag as big as that, you consent some in an
0:42:18 > 0:42:22envelope, and it is difficult to stop people buying it on the black
0:42:22 > 0:42:26market or over the internet and bringing it in and the battle
0:42:26 > 0:42:34against trafficking, heroin and cocaine coming through the border,
0:42:34 > 0:42:39that is the old work, this is the new war and is much more difficult
0:42:39 > 0:42:44to tackle.Let's hope for all the family suffering from this,
0:42:44 > 0:42:50something gets done.Let's return to the independence process in
0:42:50 > 0:42:58Catalonia. Carles Puigdemont has ruled out at referendum for
0:42:58 > 0:43:03independence today. As the day wore on, he decided against calling one
0:43:03 > 0:43:12for December.Tomorrow lawmakers in Madrid will try to push through a
0:43:12 > 0:43:17bid to claw back power, this is creating huge divisions among
0:43:17 > 0:43:23friends and families in Catalonia. So let's speak to two ordinary
0:43:23 > 0:43:29people with different views, a businessman who was against
0:43:29 > 0:43:34independence and Maria, who says she becomes more in favour of
0:43:34 > 0:43:38independence in reaction to the Spanish government's behaviour.
0:43:38 > 0:43:47Carlos, what is it you do like about independence?I think it's a
0:43:47 > 0:43:52nationalist, populist movement based on selfishness and I will be for
0:43:52 > 0:44:06unity and solidarity. That does not justify exclusion of others.Tell us
0:44:06 > 0:44:12how divisive this has been in Catalonia.I don't think this has
0:44:12 > 0:44:18been divisive only over the last few weeks, this has created division in
0:44:18 > 0:44:23the last years and not only Catalonia, I have friends who are
0:44:23 > 0:44:28against independence and I have friends who work hard-core
0:44:28 > 0:44:32pro-independence and we talked to each other. I don't think there is
0:44:32 > 0:44:38such a big social division, now of course we have different standpoints
0:44:38 > 0:44:44and some of us want to have a better life and we think independence is
0:44:44 > 0:44:50part of that.Carlos, a lot of people would argue that Carles
0:44:50 > 0:44:56Puigdemont has not handled this very well since the referendum but the
0:44:56 > 0:45:01sentiment that Marina expressed is not going away. Whatever happens,
0:45:01 > 0:45:07there will be a big chunk of people in Catalonia who want independence.
0:45:07 > 0:45:14Of course, and I respect any political option but I am for unity
0:45:14 > 0:45:19and fraternity and with time and understanding and with the
0:45:19 > 0:45:25propaganda and fake news, we have seen this populism before in Europe,
0:45:25 > 0:45:31this is what is happening here. Once we stop the new wheeze and fake news
0:45:31 > 0:45:35and post-truth, we will have a better picture of what is going on
0:45:35 > 0:45:42in Catalonia and can't think about how we reached this point.Marina,
0:45:42 > 0:45:47has the exit from Catalonia of a slew of Spanish companies made you
0:45:47 > 0:45:51think twice? Has it made you think that independence is something the
0:45:51 > 0:45:59region cannot afford?No, it hasn't. Some of us think that is part of the
0:45:59 > 0:46:06game, part of what was planned. It is incredible to think that some of
0:46:06 > 0:46:09these companies decided two days later that they were moving their
0:46:09 > 0:46:14headquarters. Moving their headquarters has not meant moving
0:46:14 > 0:46:20any of the jobs that are here, so it makes you think, and then when you
0:46:20 > 0:46:27hear something from the car company saying they have been receiving
0:46:27 > 0:46:33pressure from big government, from the monarchy, to move away from
0:46:33 > 0:46:37Catalonia, to bring their headquarters outside Catalonia, you
0:46:37 > 0:46:43start understanding there is more happening behind-the-scenes.Carlos,
0:46:43 > 0:46:47a lot of frustration in Catalonia is about the money they send to Madrid,
0:46:47 > 0:46:51far more in taxes than they get back, it pays around ten million
0:46:51 > 0:47:01yours to Madrid.This is something you have to understand, this is a
0:47:01 > 0:47:06rich people revolution, a rich region that doesn't want to share
0:47:06 > 0:47:11with the rest of Spain, it is like London or New York not wanting to
0:47:11 > 0:47:17contribute to pure parts of the countries. Catalonia has a fiscal
0:47:17 > 0:47:22deficit because it is a rich region then Andalusia, that the fiscal
0:47:22 > 0:47:30deficit is normal than any other country, there are many studies, but
0:47:30 > 0:47:38the pro-independence from they could have spent a reasonable reliable 's
0:47:38 > 0:47:44report on that by international economists to show we are suffering
0:47:44 > 0:47:51as fiscal deficit which we don't.We will have to leave it there. Thank
0:47:51 > 0:47:59you both for joining us. Votes in Kenya's rerun election are being
0:47:59 > 0:48:03counted in many parts of the country but the vote was suspended until
0:48:03 > 0:48:15Saturday.The opposition leader, Raila Odinga, had called on
0:48:15 > 0:48:25supporters to boycott the poll.The assassination of President John F.
0:48:25 > 0:48:31Kennedy in 1963 has spawned countless books and websites.Today,
0:48:31 > 0:48:34documents relating to the killing had been made public for the first
0:48:34 > 0:48:38time.
0:48:38 > 0:48:39November the 22nd, 1963.
0:48:39 > 0:48:41It appears as though something has happened in
0:48:41 > 0:48:42the motorcade.
0:48:42 > 0:48:44Something has happened in the motorcade route.
0:48:44 > 0:48:46Not just one of the most shocking days
0:48:46 > 0:48:48in American history, but also one of the most disputed.
0:48:48 > 0:48:49President Kennedy has been assassinated.
0:48:49 > 0:48:52It's official now, the president is dead.
0:48:52 > 0:48:55The official explanation is that John F Kennedy was assassinated
0:48:55 > 0:48:58in Dallas by unknown gunman, Lee Harvey
0:48:58 > 0:49:02Oswald, but the case has never been closed in the American mind.
0:49:02 > 0:49:04Were there Soviets involved? The Cubans?
0:49:04 > 0:49:05The Mafia?
0:49:05 > 0:49:10Renegade elements within the government he led?
0:49:10 > 0:49:12The National Archives holds 5 million documents
0:49:12 > 0:49:13on the assassination.
0:49:13 > 0:49:1799% have already been opened in some form.
0:49:17 > 0:49:20But it's that final 1% of mainly CIA and FBI files
0:49:20 > 0:49:21that's so intriguing.
0:49:21 > 0:49:24I would welcome a eureka moment.
0:49:24 > 0:49:26I doubt that we'd get a eureka moment.
0:49:26 > 0:49:28Most of what we're going to see is going
0:49:28 > 0:49:33to be about details and incremental advances in our knowledge
0:49:33 > 0:49:35about the assassination.
0:49:35 > 0:49:38But again, I hope I'm surprised, I hope there is something
0:49:38 > 0:49:41there that'll help us to solve the enduring mysteries
0:49:41 > 0:49:44of the Kennedy assassination.
0:49:44 > 0:49:46What's fuelled the conspiracy theories is that Lee Harvey Oswald
0:49:46 > 0:49:54was himself murdered just days later by Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby.
0:49:54 > 0:49:58The documents may reveal more about a trip that Oswald made
0:49:58 > 0:50:01to Mexico just weeks before where he met Soviet and Cuban spies.
0:50:01 > 0:50:05It's more than 50 years since America mourned the loss
0:50:05 > 0:50:08of its young leader.
0:50:08 > 0:50:11A national wound that has never truly healed,
0:50:11 > 0:50:14and a chapter in the national story that has never had
0:50:14 > 0:50:16a satisfactory ending.
0:50:16 > 0:50:19The assassination of John F Kennedy was a turning point not just
0:50:19 > 0:50:24because a 46-year-old president had been cut down in his prime,
0:50:24 > 0:50:28but because many Americans came to believe that their government simply
0:50:28 > 0:50:31wasn't telling them the truth.
0:50:31 > 0:50:34Part of the reason why Congress ordered this
0:50:34 > 0:50:40document dump was to regain that lost trust.
0:50:40 > 0:50:43The historical irony is that the decision to release
0:50:43 > 0:50:45the files rests with the modern-day president, Donald Trump,
0:50:45 > 0:50:49who has promoted JFK conspiracy theories himself.
0:50:49 > 0:50:59But will they bring a sense of closure?
0:51:01 > 0:51:08I know Nick has been waiting for those documents all day.He wrote a
0:51:08 > 0:51:14book about Kennedy, so he is anxious to see what they say.Let's talk
0:51:14 > 0:51:19about a supercar. What do you get when you mix a fighter jet, a
0:51:19 > 0:51:25Formula 1 racing car and a spaceship? The answer is a card
0:51:25 > 0:51:30designed to reach speeds of up to 100 kilometres per art, and the
0:51:30 > 0:51:36brains behind that hope it will set a new lands speed record next year.
0:51:36 > 0:51:45To date during testing in Cornwall, Bloodhound barely broke us sweat. It
0:51:45 > 0:51:52was tested on the runway at Newquay Airport.
0:51:52 > 0:51:55On the taxiway at Newquay airport, a five tonne vehicle that can
0:51:55 > 0:51:57generate six times more power than an entire Formula 1 grid
0:51:57 > 0:51:59and accelerate to 130 mph in eight seconds.
0:51:59 > 0:52:01You are clear to roll.
0:52:01 > 0:52:03The wind is 2 o'clock, and five knots.
0:52:03 > 0:52:06This is a really important day for Bloodhound and her team.
0:52:06 > 0:52:09If they can get the engines and the systems working
0:52:09 > 0:52:13together at 200 mph, then the car is well on its way
0:52:13 > 0:52:16to its eventual target.
0:52:16 > 0:52:19Hurtling down the 1.5 mile runway, driver Andy Green,
0:52:19 > 0:52:26a former fighter pilot, had no room for error.
0:52:26 > 0:52:28Switching from throttle to brakes, just in time
0:52:28 > 0:52:31to halt Bloodhound safely.
0:52:31 > 0:52:33How did it go, Andy?
0:52:33 > 0:52:36That was surprisingly hard work.
0:52:36 > 0:52:39It's the longest runs we've done so far, the fastest
0:52:39 > 0:52:40runs we've done so far.
0:52:40 > 0:52:41This is massive for us.
0:52:41 > 0:52:42Bloodhound is go.
0:52:42 > 0:52:44This car is now operational and is demonstrating something
0:52:44 > 0:52:46it was never designed to do.
0:52:46 > 0:52:48Short distance runs to a very high speed with high acceleration
0:52:48 > 0:52:50and it's making it look easy.
0:52:50 > 0:52:54This project has cost £30 million to date and captured the imagination
0:52:54 > 0:52:56of a worldwide audience.
0:52:56 > 0:52:59Over 4000 watched today's run, and thousands more will be
0:52:59 > 0:53:01here over the weekend.
0:53:01 > 0:53:04Among them, the 85-year-old engineer who came up
0:53:04 > 0:53:07with the original blueprint.
0:53:07 > 0:53:12I'm proud that we've got this far.
0:53:12 > 0:53:15What I really want to do is make nice loud supersonic bangs that
0:53:15 > 0:53:17will reverberate around the world.
0:53:17 > 0:53:20In the coming months, rocket systems will be added
0:53:20 > 0:53:23to Bloodhound as its speeds are gradually increased ahead
0:53:23 > 0:53:33of that record attempt on the sandy plains of South Africa.
0:53:36 > 0:53:42Do you want my start of the day? When they go to the Kalahari Desert
0:53:42 > 0:53:48next year, it has to be really smooth. No chips and stones on the
0:53:48 > 0:53:55desert. Some 300 people have spent the last four years clearing an area
0:53:55 > 0:53:59of 20 million square metres in the Kalahari Desert to make sure it gets
0:53:59 > 0:54:07the perfect bride.I guess that's an employment programme.You might
0:54:07 > 0:54:11notice that every year we were a poppy to remember those killed in
0:54:11 > 0:54:16World War I and this year as Remembrance Day approaches, the
0:54:16 > 0:54:21words of one of the most famous poets to emerge from the horrors of
0:54:21 > 0:54:24the First World War have been written in poppies across locations
0:54:24 > 0:54:30in England and France. It is the work of the Royal British Legion to
0:54:30 > 0:54:38launch this year's Poppy Appeal. In Flanders Fields was written by the
0:54:38 > 0:54:41Canadian War poet John McCrae.
0:54:55 > 0:55:00In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row...
0:55:00 > 0:55:10That mark our place and in the sky, the larks still singing, scarcely
0:55:10 > 0:55:18heard by guns below.
0:55:18 > 0:55:21We are the dead, short days ago we lived, felt
0:55:21 > 0:55:28dawn, saw sunset glow.
0:55:28 > 0:55:40Felt love and were loved and now lie in Flanders Fields.
0:55:42 > 0:55:45Take up our quarrel with the foe, to you from failing
0:55:45 > 0:55:49hands we throw the torch
0:55:49 > 0:55:53If you break faith with us to die, we shall not sleep, though poppies
0:55:53 > 0:56:03grow in Flanders Fields.
0:56:03 > 0:56:08They hope to raise £45 million for fallen soldiers and veterans so do
0:56:08 > 0:56:11give generously. Goodbye for now.