0:00:07 > 0:00:09You're watching Beyond 100 Days.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11He ran Donald Trump's election campaign, now
0:00:11 > 0:00:14Paul Manafort could go to jail.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16He's been indicted by the special prosecutor investigating Russia's
0:00:16 > 0:00:22links to Trump on allegations including conspiracy against the US.
0:00:22 > 0:00:26The charges against Paul Manafort relate to money laundering -
0:00:26 > 0:00:30but what else does he know about the Trump campaign and Moscow?
0:00:30 > 0:00:32And that's not all.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34A Trump campaign foreign policy advisor has pleaded guilty to making
0:00:34 > 0:00:38false statements to FBI agents.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41The Russia probe is growing.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44And the regional leader flees Spain, as the country's chief prosecutor
0:00:44 > 0:00:46wants to charge the people behind Catalonia's independence
0:00:46 > 0:00:52bid with rebellion.
0:00:52 > 0:00:57Also on the programme: Kevin Spacey apologises for an assault ona
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0:01:21 > 0:01:24Hello and welcome - I'm Katty Kay in New York
0:01:24 > 0:01:25and Christian Fraser is in London.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29Absolutely nothing to do with us - that's the line from the White House
0:01:29 > 0:01:30spokesperson tonight after Special Counsel,
0:01:30 > 0:01:34Bob Mueller, made dramatic moves in the Russia investigation.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38Mr Mueller handed down indictments to two campaign officials -
0:01:38 > 0:01:40Paul Manafort and Rick Gates.
0:01:40 > 0:01:49He also released information that a foreign policy advisor
0:01:49 > 0:01:50to candidate Trump has pleaded guilty to lying
0:01:50 > 0:01:51about ties to Moscow.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Paul Manafort was the chair of Donald Trump's campaign
0:01:54 > 0:01:56for three months in 2016 - count one of his indictment
0:01:56 > 0:01:58is a charge of conspiracy againt the United States,
0:01:58 > 0:02:01he's also accused of tax evasion and money laundering.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03George Papadopoulos the campaign foreign policy advisor -
0:02:03 > 0:02:05hid his attempts to get dirt on Hillary Clinton from
0:02:05 > 0:02:14a Russian operative.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Mr Manafort and Mr Gates have just pleaded not guilty to all charges.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Our North America editor Jon Sopel, begins our coverage.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Paul Manafort, are you handing yourself into federal
0:02:22 > 0:02:23authorities today?
0:02:23 > 0:02:25This is not how it was meant to be.
0:02:25 > 0:02:26Mr Manafort has no comment.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Just over one year ago, multimillionaire Paul Manafort
0:02:28 > 0:02:30was Donald Trump's campaign chairman, a figure
0:02:30 > 0:02:33of huge influence.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Today he's been ordered to an FBI field office to face
0:02:36 > 0:02:38the gravest charges.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42Normally talkative, today much more tight-lipped.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45The indictment runs to over 30 pages and details of a complex web
0:02:45 > 0:02:49of financial arrangements to keep vast amounts secured
0:02:49 > 0:02:54from US authorities.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57It details how Paul Manafort was working as an agent
0:02:57 > 0:02:59for the pro-Russia party in Ukraine from whom he received tens
0:02:59 > 0:03:04of millions of dollars in payments for decades until 2017.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07of millions of dollars in payments for a decade until 2017.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09It is alleged he laundered $18 million through various accounts
0:03:09 > 0:03:12and companies and by any means.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16Almost $1 million was laundered through an antiques rugs store
0:03:16 > 0:03:18in Alexandria, Virginia, millions laundered through a men's
0:03:18 > 0:03:27clothes store in New York.
0:03:27 > 0:03:28It adds a substantial layer of complexity,
0:03:28 > 0:03:31just the Ukraine and Russia connection could add months
0:03:31 > 0:03:34to this investigation.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36In response to the indictment the president has treated angrily,
0:03:36 > 0:03:43sorry but this is years ago before Paul Manafort was part of the Trump
0:03:43 > 0:03:45campaign, but why aren't crooked Hillary and the Democrats the focus?
0:03:45 > 0:03:47And another tweet on Russia.
0:03:47 > 0:03:48Also, there is no collusion.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50That is the line taken by his lawyer.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53The allegations in the indictment are focused on their business
0:03:53 > 0:04:00activities, not campaign activities, not campaign events.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03But today a separate, deeply damaging disclosure.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07This man, George Papadopoulos, a foreign policy adviser
0:04:07 > 0:04:10to the Trump campaign who President Trump once described
0:04:10 > 0:04:13as an excellent guide, secretly pleaded guilty earlier this
0:04:13 > 0:04:17month to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russian
0:04:18 > 0:04:25officials during the campaign.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27And this former state department official and international
0:04:27 > 0:04:32lawyer said that could be much more significant.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36Paul Manafort is a bigger figure but we expected the charges
0:04:36 > 0:04:38and indictment against him to come out today.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40This guilty plea by Papadopoulos discloses facts of communication
0:04:40 > 0:04:42between the Trump campaign and Russia that we didn't know
0:04:42 > 0:04:45about and that could be a much bigger problem for Trump.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47The charge sheet against Papadopoulos says he is cooperating
0:04:47 > 0:04:49fully with the authorities.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51In other words, it looks like he's prepared to reveal more information
0:04:51 > 0:04:53as part of a plea bargain.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56That could give other White House officials
0:04:56 > 0:04:58sleepless nights and cause to engage their own
0:04:58 > 0:05:03lawyers, and quickly.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Well, responding to the news, the White House Press Secretary,
0:05:09 > 0:05:14Sarah Sanders, addressed the media a short time ago.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17She attempted to distance the president from the announcement and
0:05:17 > 0:05:21play down his link to George Papadopoulos.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25Today's announcement has nothing to do with the president, with his
0:05:25 > 0:05:28campaign or campaign activity. The real collusion scandal, as we have
0:05:28 > 0:05:33said before, has everything to do with the Clinton campaign, fusion
0:05:33 > 0:05:37GPS, and Russia. This individual was the member of a volunteer advisory
0:05:37 > 0:05:41Council that meant one time over the course of the year. He was part of a
0:05:41 > 0:05:44list that was read out in the Washington Post, I would hardly call
0:05:44 > 0:05:48that some sort of regular advisor.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51For more on these charges we're joined by our political analyst
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Ron Christie who served as an advisor to president George W.
0:05:54 > 0:05:59Bush and is in San Francisco today.
0:05:59 > 0:06:04Lucky you! Far away from all the action in Washington, DC. What ever
0:06:04 > 0:06:08Sarah Sanders says, is not a great day for the White House, is it, when
0:06:08 > 0:06:11your former campaign chair and deputy chair are indicted and the
0:06:11 > 0:06:16four-man visor pleads guilty to lying about ties to Moscow? --
0:06:16 > 0:06:22former adviser.Absolutely not. As a lawyer, you can look at this and
0:06:22 > 0:06:26say, there's really not that much linking President Trump's campaign
0:06:26 > 0:06:29to the indictment we saw with Manafort, his former campaign
0:06:29 > 0:06:34manager. As a political matter, this is a bombshell. This is a really
0:06:34 > 0:06:38difficult scenario for the White House to try to navigate through.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42Why? Because even though it was only for three month period, Paul
0:06:42 > 0:06:46Manafort was the top member of the President's campaign to become the
0:06:46 > 0:06:49next president of the US. There will be a headache for the White House,
0:06:49 > 0:06:53and I suspect we will have many sleepless nights for White House
0:06:53 > 0:06:59staff in the days ahead.If ever I'm in legal trouble, I am firing Sarah
0:06:59 > 0:07:03Huckabee Sanders, she does not give an inch. -- I am hiring Sarah
0:07:03 > 0:07:09Huckabee Sanders. Judging by the tweets over the last 24 hours, this
0:07:09 > 0:07:13is causing a certain amount of heartburn over there, isn't it?Of
0:07:13 > 0:07:18course. Any time you have an individual turn themselves into the
0:07:18 > 0:07:22FBI, one of our top law enforcement agencies here in the US, who is the
0:07:22 > 0:07:26President's campaign manager, that's going to because of heartburn. From
0:07:26 > 0:07:30a legal perspective, these indictments, in my view, show that
0:07:30 > 0:07:34the FBI and of course the special Counsel office are probably going to
0:07:34 > 0:07:39try to flip these two individuals. They will try to find a way to find
0:07:39 > 0:07:43someone further up the chain, much closer to President Trump, than
0:07:43 > 0:07:46these two. So yes, if I were a lawyer associated with the president
0:07:46 > 0:07:53or his White House staff, I might be having a tough go of it today.Let's
0:07:53 > 0:07:57pull out a couple of bits from the Papadopoulos indictments, because
0:07:57 > 0:08:00Sarah Sanders they're saying there was no connection to the campaign.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04One of the most interesting bits on page eight of that note, it goes on
0:08:04 > 0:08:08to say that the government notes that the official forward defendant
0:08:08 > 0:08:11Papadopoulos has an e-mail to another campaign official, in
0:08:11 > 0:08:15cahoots with someone else's campaign. This person from the
0:08:15 > 0:08:19campaign said we need someone to communicate that Donald Trump is not
0:08:19 > 0:08:22doing these trips, it should be some unknown level in the campaign, so as
0:08:22 > 0:08:28not to send any signals. What do you make of that?I read that, and I
0:08:28 > 0:08:32actually thought that's an exhilaration of President Trump or
0:08:32 > 0:08:35his staff, saying we had nothing to do with Russia, there was no
0:08:35 > 0:08:38pollution. If you look at that footnote, it gives you the
0:08:38 > 0:08:41impression that they don't want their candidates to have anything to
0:08:41 > 0:08:48do with this.Not necessarily meaning the campaign is not
0:08:48 > 0:08:51colluding, though?That's correct. Again, that's from a legal
0:08:51 > 0:08:56standpoint. From a political standpoint, any time you have the
0:08:56 > 0:08:59President's initials, his name or a reference to the then candidate
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Trump, that's going to give ammunition to the Democrats and
0:09:02 > 0:09:07those who are detractors of the president to say, see? The special
0:09:07 > 0:09:11Counsel, in his indictment, on something in a footnote that
0:09:11 > 0:09:13mentions President Trump by name. That will give them ammunition and
0:09:13 > 0:09:18certainly fuel for the the days to come.Good to get your thoughts.
0:09:18 > 0:09:23Thanks. We will just show you a picture of the court outside the
0:09:23 > 0:09:27court, the microphones are there. We hope someone connected to Paul
0:09:27 > 0:09:31Manafort, maybe the man himself, will come out and speak. We are
0:09:31 > 0:09:35hearing from Reuters that the judge in that case, this is an arraignment
0:09:35 > 0:09:39at a District Court, he has ordered Paul Manafort and Rick Gates to home
0:09:39 > 0:09:44confinement. Let's get a bit more on it from Washington.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Joining us from Washington is Jonathan Turley -
0:09:46 > 0:09:49a law professor at George Washington University.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53What do you think is more significant today, the indictment
0:09:53 > 0:10:02against Paul Manafort all the -- on the George Papadopoulos indictment?
0:10:02 > 0:10:06Probably the latter. The Manafort indictment does not mention the
0:10:06 > 0:10:09campaign, all really President Trump. The centre of gravity of
0:10:09 > 0:10:15those crimes still removed from the White House. The plea of guilty
0:10:15 > 0:10:21really is pleading guilty to a crime committed by the individual, he lied
0:10:21 > 0:10:24to the FBI, it's not establishing a crime committed by the campaign or
0:10:24 > 0:10:28by the President's staff. I think both sides have good arguments to
0:10:28 > 0:10:33make here. The White House is probably relieved that the main
0:10:33 > 0:10:38indictment against Manafort and Gates is somewhat removed from the
0:10:38 > 0:10:45campaign. But there is no denying that the second shoe to drop may
0:10:45 > 0:10:51make more noise in the White House. Jonathan, it's catty. We spoke
0:10:51 > 0:10:56earlier. I asked you if this would be a mountain or a mole hill. I want
0:10:56 > 0:10:58a reprise that question. Specifically on George Papadopoulos
0:10:58 > 0:11:04who has been operating ever since -- cooperating ever since he was
0:11:04 > 0:11:08arrested back in July, a phenomenal job of keeping this secret by the
0:11:08 > 0:11:11way, what might he have been doing ever since July in way of
0:11:11 > 0:11:15corporation on my concern the White House?That's what everyone wants to
0:11:15 > 0:11:20know. He clearly has flipped. The question is how much does he know?
0:11:20 > 0:11:25Usually when you reach some type of plea, someone is bringing something
0:11:25 > 0:11:29of value. Some deliverables. Now, what those are is still something
0:11:29 > 0:11:36that nobody has an inkling about. The array of charges against
0:11:36 > 0:11:39Manafort and gates, I think was meant to send a message to other
0:11:39 > 0:11:45witnesses. This witness clearly was going to make people feel
0:11:45 > 0:11:53uncomfortable. But among this, there is this weird array against Manafort
0:11:53 > 0:11:56and Gates, very serious crimes like money laundering and tax fraud, then
0:11:56 > 0:12:02these very minor offences like fair violations, which is registering as
0:12:02 > 0:12:06a foreign agent, like being chased by Rottweilers and a Chihuahua. You
0:12:06 > 0:12:11are not quite sure why it's in there.Sorry to interrupt you, we
0:12:11 > 0:12:14are just going to go to the courthouse because they have come
0:12:14 > 0:12:20out of the District Court and speaking to reporters. Listen.
0:12:20 > 0:12:25This indictment that I myself found ridiculous, maintaining that
0:12:25 > 0:12:28offshore accounts to bring all your funds into the US as a scheme to
0:12:28 > 0:12:33conceal from the US government, is ridiculous. Thank you.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41Just missed the end of that. We will try to see if we can get a replay of
0:12:41 > 0:12:52that. Sorry, I did interrupt you there. Let me ask you about Mr
0:12:52 > 0:12:56Trump. I presume his fallback position will be, I did not know
0:12:56 > 0:12:58anything about this, if people in my campaign was speaking to the
0:12:58 > 0:13:03Russians that's nothing to do with me.That may be true. There is no
0:13:03 > 0:13:07evidence that he knew of this type of influence. The thing that worries
0:13:07 > 0:13:11me about the indictment against Manafort is that this is the lot of
0:13:11 > 0:13:17alleged, illegal conduct. When you are engaged in that, if you are
0:13:17 > 0:13:21engaged in that, you give someone a average if they know about it. These
0:13:21 > 0:13:25people he was involved with just happened to be fairly shady
0:13:25 > 0:13:30characters. People associated with Russia and the Ukraine, so I think
0:13:30 > 0:13:33what the investigators are probably going to look at is whether there
0:13:33 > 0:13:36was Lethbridge here. Even now it's disconnected from campaign, it does
0:13:36 > 0:13:43not mean that it did not have some influence that produced results with
0:13:43 > 0:13:45regards the campaign. It's a very unlikely that these are the charges
0:13:45 > 0:13:50that they will face, prosecutors often bring a superseding
0:13:50 > 0:13:53indictment, so they could face twice, three times the number of
0:13:53 > 0:13:59camps by the time they go to trial. This is just the start for them and
0:13:59 > 0:14:06others. The one guy I think is most nervous today is general Flynn.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Those fair violations, you could simply wiped out Manafort's name and
0:14:09 > 0:14:15put in Flint's and the facts would be the same.That holds obligations
0:14:15 > 0:14:19for Michael Flynn but may be Jared Kushner as well, the son-in-law?
0:14:19 > 0:14:25Krishna, but also people have suggested, Tony Podesta, connected
0:14:25 > 0:14:30on the Democratic side, people who were not registered. This is a crime
0:14:30 > 0:14:33that is almost never prosecuted. What Mueller is indicating it he
0:14:33 > 0:14:39will charge anyone for anything within the scope of his mandate.
0:14:39 > 0:14:44Very interesting. Really good to have you with us. I was looking at a
0:14:44 > 0:14:49Wall Street editorial last week, lots of pressure on Bob Mueller,
0:14:49 > 0:14:53lots of flak from the Republican side about Hillary Clinton, uranium
0:14:53 > 0:14:56one, then this from the Wall Street Journal saying the best thing he can
0:14:56 > 0:15:02do is probably stand aside, resigned to prevent further political turmoil
0:15:02 > 0:15:06over his convict of interest, the suggestion that some on his team had
0:15:06 > 0:15:09been donors to the Democrats. Did you get a sense today from Sarah
0:15:09 > 0:15:14Sanders that maybe Bob Mueller's position is a lot safer than it was
0:15:14 > 0:15:18last week?There are two camps in the White House, from my
0:15:18 > 0:15:21understanding of people I have spoken to. One camp that has tried
0:15:21 > 0:15:25to put pressure on the president of Fire Bob Mueller, another that has
0:15:25 > 0:15:29said this would look terribly bad. I think today, after these indictments
0:15:29 > 0:15:34and after we had Papadopoulos pleading guilty, it would look even
0:15:34 > 0:15:38worse if the president might turn around and fire Bob Mueller. That's
0:15:38 > 0:15:41what you had Sarah Huckabee sound is coming out and pouring cold water on
0:15:41 > 0:15:47that idea. This investigation will continue. The other interesting
0:15:47 > 0:15:49thing she said in a press conference was that their understanding in the
0:15:49 > 0:15:53White House is that this is nearly wrapped up, the Mueller
0:15:53 > 0:15:56investigation. I don't see how that's case. It's going to be months
0:15:56 > 0:16:01of preparation for the trials of Manafort and Rick Gates, I think we
0:16:01 > 0:16:05are clearly at the beginning of the movement in the Mueller operation,
0:16:05 > 0:16:08the beginning of indictments, but there could be several more to come.
0:16:08 > 0:16:13He still has people he wants to interview. Not wrapped up, even
0:16:13 > 0:16:17though the White House clearly would love that to be the case.Very
0:16:17 > 0:16:20quickly, the idea would be to put as much pressure as you can on these
0:16:20 > 0:16:26two men and hope you can flip them. Flip them.Yeah, interesting.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Spain's chief prosecutor has called for charges including rebellion
0:16:28 > 0:16:30and embezzlement to be brought against Catalan leaders
0:16:30 > 0:16:34following the region's declaration of independence.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36It comes as Spain moves to take direct control of Catalonia,
0:16:36 > 0:16:39including replacing the region's civil servants with
0:16:39 > 0:16:40Spanish officials.
0:16:40 > 0:16:46Catalan President Carles Puigdemont is in Belgium with several other
0:16:46 > 0:16:49members of his sacked administration.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Without resistance, Spain's national governance has taken over
0:16:52 > 0:17:00the running of this, the Catalan region.
0:17:00 > 0:17:01Sacked ministers and pro-independence activists
0:17:01 > 0:17:03have retreated for talks in crowded party offices.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06One sacked Cabinet member faced a walk to his car
0:17:06 > 0:17:08without his police bodyguard.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11Are you still a minister?
0:17:13 > 0:17:18This morning, the sacked Catalan deputy president appeared unworried.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21A short time later, the prosecutor in Madrid announced serious charges
0:17:21 > 0:17:26against him and others.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30TRANSLATION:In order to uphold the law, this office has five
0:17:30 > 0:17:34charges of rebellion, sedition, and misuse of funds
0:17:34 > 0:17:40against the main Catalan leaders.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46But the deposed Catalan President, Carles Puigdemont,
0:17:46 > 0:17:49seen here on Saturday,
0:17:49 > 0:17:50has chosen to escape before facing arrest.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54Where is he?
0:17:54 > 0:17:55I don't know.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59I cannot confirm you where is the President.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02I think the President's Office should say where is Mr President.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05All I can say is this weekend, I have been in contact with him,
0:18:05 > 0:18:08I have been speaking with him and he is fine but
0:18:08 > 0:18:16he's our president.
0:18:16 > 0:18:17President Puigdemont and our ministers, and our
0:18:17 > 0:18:18government are our government.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Carles Puigdemont's supporters may insist
0:18:20 > 0:18:23that he is still their president but right now it is hard to see how
0:18:23 > 0:18:28he can attempt to lead from outside Catalonia.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30Right here, Spain's national governance appears
0:18:30 > 0:18:34to be in full control.
0:18:35 > 0:18:43Our colleague Tim Willcox is in Barcelona.
0:18:43 > 0:18:49The cat and mouse game goes on. Do we presume, given that Carles
0:18:49 > 0:18:55Puigdemont is in Brussels, that he has fled?Well, I'm not sure. This
0:18:55 > 0:19:00story is changing by the hour. At one stage it seemed like it was a
0:19:00 > 0:19:12European screenplay version of Catch Me if You can. A normal working day
0:19:12 > 0:19:18was the Instagram put up today I Carles Puigdemont, but about an hour
0:19:18 > 0:19:22or so later we heard from the Attorney General filing those
0:19:22 > 0:19:26charges of rebellion, sedition and abuse of public funds, at the same
0:19:26 > 0:19:32time we heard that Mr Puigdemont was not actually here but on his way to
0:19:32 > 0:19:37Marseille airport to take a flight to Brussels. There's a lot of anger
0:19:37 > 0:19:40among his hard-core supporters here that he may have done a runner, and
0:19:40 > 0:19:46just due actually enforce that point or underline that point, we now here
0:19:46 > 0:19:53he is talking to a very prominent Belgian lawyer, who actually
0:19:53 > 0:19:56represented two alleged members of the Basque nationalists group back
0:19:56 > 0:20:02in the 90s. To prevent them being extradited back to Spain. It's not
0:20:02 > 0:20:06clear if he is planning to come back, but if he does, he could be
0:20:06 > 0:20:11arrested, he could be asked to testify before a court, and those
0:20:11 > 0:20:13charges of rebellion and sedition carry a potential maximum sentence
0:20:13 > 0:20:22of 30 years.What happens now to Mr Puigdemont's party and his movement?
0:20:22 > 0:20:27Elections are in December, how does this play out for independence, the
0:20:27 > 0:20:32independence bid, in Catalonia? Is that over?It's another climb-down.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36I've just been speaking to a member of one of the civil action groups
0:20:36 > 0:20:41who have been a strong supporter of Mr Puigdemont, we have heard his
0:20:41 > 0:20:45party have said they will take part in these elections on December 21,
0:20:45 > 0:20:49which again is a climb-down as they are saying, hang on, we declared
0:20:49 > 0:20:54independence and now we are going to take part in elections dictated by
0:20:54 > 0:20:57Madrid. I think you will not do the same coalition forming, if all these
0:20:57 > 0:21:03bodies do agree to take part in the elections, there will be a split. Mr
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Puigdemont himself has said he is not in it for the long one, he wants
0:21:06 > 0:21:10to bring this region to independence. He does not want to
0:21:10 > 0:21:13stand as a political figure. We can take him out of the equation, but
0:21:13 > 0:21:17when it comes to the other independent separatist parties, they
0:21:17 > 0:21:22will try and form a new coalition. But, the latest opinion poll in the
0:21:22 > 0:21:27last three days, albeit by a Spanish newspaper, is saying that the
0:21:27 > 0:21:32feeling for staying unified with Spain is still very high here. If
0:21:32 > 0:21:37there is the selection on December 21, it does not appear the
0:21:37 > 0:21:39nationalists, separatist, independents are going to have a lot
0:21:39 > 0:21:45of support in this region.Thank you very much. Before I bring you some
0:21:45 > 0:21:49of the news, just to say the judge in the case in Washington has set by
0:21:49 > 0:21:54the conditions of 10 million unsecured bond for Paul Manafort, 5
0:21:54 > 0:22:01million unsecured bond for Rick Gates.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04The amount of carbon dioxide in the earths atmosphere surged to a record
0:22:04 > 0:22:13high in 2016. It has been put down to a combination of human activities
0:22:13 > 0:22:17and the El Nino weather condition which has encouraged droughts and
0:22:17 > 0:22:25restricted funds from absorbing -- plants from absorbing CO2.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27It may be one of the world's most advanced economies,
0:22:27 > 0:22:30but America has historically high numbers of people who
0:22:30 > 0:22:31can't read and write.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34Illiteracy levels are more than 8%, nearly double the rate in the UK.
0:22:34 > 0:22:35That means there are 16 million people in the US who can't read
0:22:43 > 0:22:47Michael Johnson says not being able to read left him an outcast for much
0:22:47 > 0:22:51of his life. It affected his ability to do even the simplest of tasks at
0:22:51 > 0:22:58work.My employer told me to go and locate this box that had a certain
0:22:58 > 0:23:04writing on it. I would not know how to locate that box, because I would
0:23:04 > 0:23:08not know how to correlate the writing to the box. I would know it
0:23:08 > 0:23:12was letters on the box but I would not know how to read the letters.
0:23:12 > 0:23:17It's not that Michael did not go to school, he did. But what he faced
0:23:17 > 0:23:21decades ago are still affects so many children in America today.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25Right across this country, there are an astonishing number of people who
0:23:25 > 0:23:29go right through the school system, even graduating from high school,
0:23:29 > 0:23:37without ever learning to read. There are now more than 60 million
0:23:37 > 0:23:40American adults who are functionally illiterate, a proportion of the
0:23:40 > 0:23:46population compared at to other developed nations. But why? There is
0:23:46 > 0:23:51huge inequality when it comes to education standards in America. With
0:23:51 > 0:23:53rich districts and poor ones often having startling differences in
0:23:53 > 0:24:00school resources.There is a rectangle where ever you look...For
0:24:00 > 0:24:04Peggy, who is now learning to read to help her children, there were
0:24:04 > 0:24:08other factors as well. What stops you from learning to read?My
0:24:08 > 0:24:11parents, and the schools. They did not want to help me get more
0:24:11 > 0:24:15learning, so they sent me in special aired. They thought that would help
0:24:15 > 0:24:20but it did not.It's a common complaint here that the system does
0:24:20 > 0:24:25not deal well with those who need a little extra help.Sometimes we soft
0:24:25 > 0:24:29and our expectations and think that's doing service to the child.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33But in reality, what we are doing is, why might build their
0:24:33 > 0:24:37self-esteem for while, it does not really help member, contributing
0:24:37 > 0:24:42member of society.To this day in America, someone's economic
0:24:42 > 0:24:45background, which can often mean race and learning difficulties,
0:24:45 > 0:24:49still plays a massive part in whether they get so starkly left
0:24:49 > 0:24:55behind.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59What's depressing about these numbers is they have barely barged
0:24:59 > 0:25:04in America, education here is a huge topic of conversation, in politics,
0:25:04 > 0:25:09in budgets, but they cannot seem to lift the bottom levels of the
0:25:09 > 0:25:13education system up. If you come to America and you go to the top level
0:25:13 > 0:25:15of education, those top universities that people come from around the
0:25:15 > 0:25:19world to go to, it's excellent. You will get a better education than
0:25:19 > 0:25:23anywhere else in the world, but this top and bottom layer of education
0:25:23 > 0:25:27which as Eileen was suggesting is a lot about race, that just does not
0:25:27 > 0:25:32change, and people are learning. It's a good series, this, plenty
0:25:32 > 0:25:36more to come on it. We will talk a lot more about Paul Manafort and the
0:25:36 > 0:25:43indictments today, that's all coming up.Coming up for viewers on the BBC
0:25:43 > 0:25:47News Channel and BBC World News, more on the scandal that has whipped
0:25:47 > 0:25:52Washington into a frenzy as Paul Manafort is charged with conspiracy
0:25:52 > 0:25:55against the United States.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57And we speak to the journalist who broke the story
0:25:57 > 0:25:59about Kevin Spacey and those allegations of sexual advances
0:25:59 > 0:26:01towards a 14-year-old boy in 1986.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04That's still to come.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18That first proper autumn chill only lasts a day. Here is the cloud
0:26:18 > 0:26:22coming over the Atlantic, spilling over the top end of the pressure
0:26:22 > 0:26:25from the south. Northern areas will see the clownfish in overnight,
0:26:25 > 0:26:29outbreaks of rain coming and going. It will turn misty around western
0:26:29 > 0:26:37parts of Scotland, more of a breeze. But the South, clearer skies.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40Temperatures will drop well down into single figures, but a much
0:26:40 > 0:26:43milder starter tomorrow morning across parts of Scotland, Northern
0:26:43 > 0:26:47Ireland and northern England. It will be a much more grey start, in
0:26:47 > 0:26:51misty start around the hills, outbreaks of rain and drizzle for
0:26:51 > 0:26:54western Scotland, the odd patch further east, maybe a few spots of
0:26:54 > 0:26:58light rain squeezed from the cloud in northern England and Ireland.
0:26:58 > 0:27:03Most will dry. Gwynedd and Anglesey will have the odd spot of rain, but
0:27:03 > 0:27:07much of central and southern England will start dry. Some hazy sunshine.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11A little on the cool side but not the extensive Frosty saw this
0:27:11 > 0:27:15morning. Across the South, other than the odd spot of rain coming
0:27:15 > 0:27:20from high cloud, most will stay dry through the day. In the north,
0:27:20 > 0:27:24cloudy, grey, particularly in the West. Temperatures around where they
0:27:24 > 0:27:29should be for this time of year, 11 to 14 degrees for many. It will
0:27:29 > 0:27:34probably feel a bit more pleasant with the sunshine in the South. That
0:27:34 > 0:27:37split continues on Tuesday and into Wednesday. Further rain mounting
0:27:37 > 0:27:41across the hills of western Scotland, whereas further south it
0:27:41 > 0:27:44stays dry. Perhaps a greater chance of one or two mist or fog patches
0:27:44 > 0:27:49into Wednesday morning. The brightest of the weather, driest
0:27:49 > 0:27:54weather to be found across southern parts of England and Wales. The
0:27:54 > 0:27:56cloud ships north, more sunshine to the north of Scotland, in amongst
0:27:56 > 0:28:00one of two showers, dampest all parts of Central south-western
0:28:00 > 0:28:04Scotland and Northern Ireland. A fairly weak weather front which
0:28:04 > 0:28:08will, through Wednesday, drift south. It allows cold air to push
0:28:08 > 0:28:11back into northern Scotland, a chance of frost on Thursday morning,
0:28:11 > 0:28:17more in the way of mist and fog parts of UK. A thin band of patchy
0:28:17 > 0:28:21rain working its way south through the day. Much brighter conditions on
0:28:21 > 0:28:25Thursday. In the Northern Ireland. The Caldaire will be back as we head
0:28:25 > 0:28:28into the weekend, thanks to the developing north-westerly winds.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30More on that later.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17Donald Trump's
0:30:17 > 0:30:22Donald Trump's former campaign chairman and one of his business
0:30:22 > 0:30:28partners charged with laundering. George Papadopoulos, a former
0:30:28 > 0:30:31foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign, pleads guilty to lying to
0:30:31 > 0:30:37the FBI. Coming up in the next half-hour,
0:30:37 > 0:30:40Kevin Spacey apologises after a child actor says he made a sexual
0:30:40 > 0:30:49advance on him when he was just 14 decades ago. And it was the
0:30:49 > 0:30:52revolution which led to the rise of the soviet union, we look back at
0:30:52 > 0:31:02the impact from Saint Petersburg. Let us know your reaction with the
0:31:02 > 0:31:06hashtag Beyond 100 Days.
0:31:08 > 0:31:14The White House is pushing back towards moves by Robert Mueller. The
0:31:14 > 0:31:17indictment of the former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and the
0:31:17 > 0:31:20guilty plea of a foreign policy adviser, George Papadopoulos, have
0:31:20 > 0:31:26nothing to do with Donald Trump. The 12 charges brought against Paul
0:31:26 > 0:31:29Manafort on one of his business associate include conspiracy to
0:31:29 > 0:31:37launder money through their dealings with Ukraine. George Papadopoulos,
0:31:37 > 0:31:41meanwhile, has admitted to lying about ties to Moscow.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44In the last few minutes Paul Manafort's lawyer has spoken outside
0:31:44 > 0:31:50the court. Let's take this into the statement.I think you all saw today
0:31:50 > 0:31:55that President Donald Trump was correct, there is no evidence, that
0:31:55 > 0:31:59Paul Manafort or the Trump campaign, colluded with the Russian
0:31:59 > 0:32:06government. Paul Manafort represented pro-European union
0:32:06 > 0:32:12campaigns to the Ukrainians. In that he was seeking to further democracy
0:32:12 > 0:32:18and to help the Ukraine come close to the United States and the EU.
0:32:18 > 0:32:24Those activities ended in 2014, over two years before Paul Manafort
0:32:24 > 0:32:28served in the Trump campaign. Today, you see an indictment...
0:32:28 > 0:32:34STUDIO: Let's take a closer look at who these men are at the centre of
0:32:34 > 0:32:40today's news. Before becoming his campaign chairman, Paul Manafort
0:32:40 > 0:32:45spent over a decade working for the former Ukrainian president. He
0:32:45 > 0:32:49joined the Trump campaign in March last year. In June he became the
0:32:49 > 0:32:54chair. In August 2016 he was forced to resign over reports he had
0:32:54 > 0:32:57received millions in illegal payments from the pro-Russia
0:32:57 > 0:33:02political party in Ukraine. He has denied any wrongdoing.
0:33:02 > 0:33:06Rick Gates was his protege, a political consultant, they first
0:33:06 > 0:33:09worked together in Ukraine. Paul Manafort brought into the Trump
0:33:09 > 0:33:14campaign. He became the deputy. He did not leave when his boss did. He
0:33:14 > 0:33:19was there is about the transition. He also has ties with many of the
0:33:19 > 0:33:21Russian and Ukrainian oligarchs linked to Paul Manafort.
0:33:21 > 0:33:25Then there is George Papadopoulos, the more significant part of the
0:33:25 > 0:33:31story, in March last year he became a former foreign policy adviser. --
0:33:31 > 0:33:36a formal. He met with a professor with ties to Moscow who offered him
0:33:36 > 0:33:40dirt on Hillary Clinton in the form of thousands of e-mails. He lied to
0:33:40 > 0:33:44the FBI saying he met the professor before he joined the campaign. He
0:33:44 > 0:33:47has pleaded guilty, remember, and has been providing the FBI with
0:33:47 > 0:33:52information. Let's get an update from our North
0:33:52 > 0:33:55American editor. Several times during the press conference at the
0:33:55 > 0:33:59White House today Sarah Huckabee Sanders was asked what they said
0:33:59 > 0:34:02about Donald Trump's ability to pick the right people. We are not clear
0:34:02 > 0:34:07what this means in terms of links between the campaign and the
0:34:07 > 0:34:12Russians. But we can make some judgment, can't we, about the Trump
0:34:12 > 0:34:20campaign's hiring of top individuals.Let's go right back.
0:34:20 > 0:34:24Let's have a look at why Robert Muller has been appointed. He is
0:34:24 > 0:34:27there to investigate if there was collusion between the Russians and
0:34:27 > 0:34:33the Trump campaign. -- Robert Mueller. There is still no further
0:34:33 > 0:34:36evidence that is the case. However, there are questions about the
0:34:36 > 0:34:43behaviour of Paul Manafort and his association with a pro-Russian
0:34:43 > 0:34:50Ukrainian group and the millions he made there. And the surprise
0:34:50 > 0:34:54development, George Papadopoulos, National Security adviser to the
0:34:54 > 0:34:58Trump campaign, lying about his meetings to the FBI and pleading
0:34:58 > 0:35:02guilty. There are still questions coming in. Probably one of the best
0:35:02 > 0:35:07defence is the Trump campaign has is, we didn't run a campaign like
0:35:07 > 0:35:11other people ran campaigns, we didn't do due diligence on everybody
0:35:11 > 0:35:14we appointed, we didn't check the backgrounds of everyone before we
0:35:14 > 0:35:19gave them a key job. With hindsight maybe we should have done, but we
0:35:19 > 0:35:25were a bit slapdash. That's a pretty good defence. But if they knew. If
0:35:25 > 0:35:28they had had evidence as to what Paul Manafort is alleged to have
0:35:28 > 0:35:32done, as a result of what we've seen in this indictment, then I think the
0:35:32 > 0:35:37Trump campaign has more difficult questions to answer.Sarah Sanders
0:35:37 > 0:35:42is saying nothing to see here. I'm pulling bits out of the indictment
0:35:42 > 0:35:45because it is interesting. George Papadopoulos said in June he was
0:35:45 > 0:35:48willing to make the trip come off the record, if it is in the interest
0:35:48 > 0:35:56of Trump and others. An adviser wrote back, I would encourage you to
0:35:56 > 0:36:06make the trip if it is feasible. How was that not a campaign conspiring?
0:36:06 > 0:36:10Again, their collusion? You might be meeting the Russians, all sorts of
0:36:10 > 0:36:18people... I am setting the bar what Robert Mueller is investigating. Any
0:36:18 > 0:36:26hopes that this White House had that Mueller was, like, that's the end,
0:36:26 > 0:36:31nowhere near that. There is an awful long way to go with this
0:36:31 > 0:36:34investigation. I am sure there will be a defeat about how much they
0:36:34 > 0:36:40would want Mueller to carry on this investigation but I think he has a
0:36:40 > 0:36:43long way to go. The other interesting that had been talked
0:36:43 > 0:36:49about is the possibility that not only is George Papadopoulos helping,
0:36:49 > 0:36:54he is actively helping. There is a big difference between the two. Has
0:36:54 > 0:37:01he worn a wire? Has he been actively helping the FBI to try to get more
0:37:01 > 0:37:05information? Maybe entrap people? We don't know the answers to those
0:37:05 > 0:37:10questions yet, but it makes you feel there is still a long way to go, and
0:37:10 > 0:37:14considerable anxiety, probably, for some of the other people who George
0:37:14 > 0:37:18Papadopoulos had been meeting with. Thanks very much. A line to bring
0:37:18 > 0:37:27you from the Senate. Mueller Should be able to seek the answers to the
0:37:27 > 0:37:32questions without interference from the present -- from the president or
0:37:32 > 0:37:40anywhere else. Why do you think he is saying he is near the end?
0:37:40 > 0:37:44It is wishful thinking on the part of the White House. -- why do think
0:37:44 > 0:37:50Sarah Huckabee Sanders is saying he is near the end?
0:37:50 > 0:37:53She was asked if she had specific information to suggest that they are
0:37:53 > 0:37:59near the end, and she was unable to answer. But what this does
0:37:59 > 0:38:04politically for the President? It was just interesting, this was
0:38:04 > 0:38:11wall-to-wall television coverage of this story on cable channels today,
0:38:11 > 0:38:15except Fox News. Fox News is pretty representative of part of the
0:38:15 > 0:38:18President's base, they were talking about Hillary Clinton and her links
0:38:18 > 0:38:23to Russia, and the line the president was pushing this morning,
0:38:23 > 0:38:26the idea that people should be investigating the Clinton campaign,
0:38:26 > 0:38:30knocked the Trump campaign. The moment this probably doesn't make a
0:38:30 > 0:38:37big dent for him politically. This is a test, isn't it now, for
0:38:37 > 0:38:43America? For the media, the court system, for Mueller, and various
0:38:43 > 0:38:49institutions in the US. Where do they put the emphasis?
0:38:49 > 0:38:52I do not think there is any indication that the American system
0:38:52 > 0:38:57is crumbling under the weight of this story. Actually, the checks and
0:38:57 > 0:39:01balances built into the system are holding. James Comey was fired, the
0:39:01 > 0:39:05head of the FBI, that was legal but unusual. Then we had a special
0:39:05 > 0:39:11counsel investigating this. The moment the court system, the press
0:39:11 > 0:39:14system, Congress, they are all acting as they should be acting.
0:39:14 > 0:39:18Let's talk about Kevin Spacey. The Hollywood star has apologised after
0:39:18 > 0:39:24he was accused of making a sexual advance towards a child actor who
0:39:24 > 0:39:28was 14 at the time. Kevin Spacey said he was invited to a party, he
0:39:28 > 0:39:31was drunk, and that is when the alleged incident happened.
0:39:31 > 0:39:36Kevin Spacey was 26 at the time. In a statement he said I honestly don't
0:39:36 > 0:39:40remember the encounter, but if I behaved as he describes I only the
0:39:40 > 0:39:47sincerest apology. -- I owe him the sincerest apology.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50Kevin Spacey is one of the biggest names in show business.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52A two-time Oscar winner, currently starring in the Netflix
0:39:52 > 0:39:53political drama House of Cards.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56But his reputation is now in jeopardy, because of allegations
0:39:56 > 0:40:00that date back to Broadway in 1986.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02# Gonna pay #...
0:40:02 > 0:40:04Anthony Rapp, on the left here in the musical Rent,
0:40:04 > 0:40:08says Spacey invited him to a party, carried him on to a bed,
0:40:08 > 0:40:10climbed on top of him and made a sexual advance.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12Rapp, who was 14 at the time, said he squirmed
0:40:12 > 0:40:15away and left the house.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18In a statement, Kevin Spacey said he did not remember
0:40:18 > 0:40:20the encounter, but if it happened, it would have been deeply
0:40:20 > 0:40:24inappropriate drunken behaviour, for which he has now apologised.
0:40:24 > 0:40:27He added, I know there are stories out there about me,
0:40:27 > 0:40:30saying "I choose now to live as a gay man and I am
0:40:30 > 0:40:31examining my own behaviour."
0:40:31 > 0:40:35But that has provoked a backlash.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38He is implying that, well, because I have always
0:40:38 > 0:40:39been gay, but never came
0:40:39 > 0:40:42out, that is the sort of thing that happens.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45This lovely young man, and it is alleged that he jumped
0:40:45 > 0:40:46on top of this young man,
0:40:46 > 0:40:48and the gay community is saying, well, sorry, it's not
0:40:48 > 0:40:58because you are gay.
0:40:59 > 0:41:04No video things Kevin Spacey will be the last big name to be ensnared in
0:41:04 > 0:41:08the web of allegations that has spun out after the Harvey Weinstein
0:41:08 > 0:41:12affair. -- nobody thinks. Hollywood is abuzz with gossip and rumour
0:41:12 > 0:41:17about who is next.
0:41:17 > 0:41:22James Cook BBC News, Los Angeles.
0:41:22 > 0:41:26Adams spoke to Anthony Rapp and he wrote the story about the
0:41:26 > 0:41:38allegations against Kevin Spacey. Why did Anthony Rapp speak out now?
0:41:38 > 0:41:45He spoke out because he was very moved by the multitudes of women who
0:41:45 > 0:41:49were coming forward in the wake of the Harvey when steam scandal. He
0:41:49 > 0:41:55felt that this was a time that he was awake to. And he wanted to
0:41:55 > 0:42:01participate. He said it was a time to listen to victims to really let
0:42:01 > 0:42:07their stories be heard.What it Anthony Rapp tell you about the
0:42:07 > 0:42:14incident in question? -- what did. Everything that was in the report
0:42:14 > 0:42:19covers it. He was invited to this party at Kevin Spacey's apartment.
0:42:19 > 0:42:24He was the only child there. He said that wasn't unusual because as a
0:42:24 > 0:42:29child actor he was used to being in the company of adults. He always
0:42:29 > 0:42:34felt safe in that. When he realised that he was the only person left at
0:42:34 > 0:42:38this party, again he just thought it is time for me to go now, and that
0:42:38 > 0:42:43is when Kevin Spacey allegedly made his advance.What do you make of
0:42:43 > 0:42:49Kevin Spacey's excuse? The fact he isn't able to remember it. Then the
0:42:49 > 0:42:54excuse he has put forward, as if being a game man in some way excuses
0:42:54 > 0:43:02the behaviour, not to mention the damage that does to game rights and
0:43:02 > 0:43:07what he would lobby for as an actor. --
0:43:11 > 0:43:14making a sexual advance on a 14-year-old boy has nothing to do
0:43:14 > 0:43:23with being a game man.In fact, the statement makes no mention of
0:43:23 > 0:43:28Anthony Rapp's age. It is almost as if he is pretending that part of the
0:43:28 > 0:43:31story doesn't exist, where it is actually the key part of the story,
0:43:31 > 0:43:36the reason it is such a serious allegation. That is why you are
0:43:36 > 0:43:42seeing anger from so many people in the LGBTQ community with how Spacey
0:43:42 > 0:43:50has handled this allegation and in his response.Thank you. We have
0:43:50 > 0:43:55seen it again, haven't we? The apology that has a qualifier at the
0:43:55 > 0:44:00end of it or some sort of caveat, I'm sorry but. But for Kevin Spacey
0:44:00 > 0:44:05that is causing a lot of kickback. Yes, he is trying to blame secrecy.
0:44:05 > 0:44:10The fact he was always secret about his personal life...
0:44:10 > 0:44:13But it reminds me of Harvey Weinstein, saying that he did it
0:44:13 > 0:44:17because he is addicted to sex. There was always an excuse. But in this
0:44:17 > 0:44:20case Kevin Spacey has been called on it.
0:44:20 > 0:44:23Staff in the British Parliament know which MPs to avoid in the
0:44:23 > 0:44:28Westminster bars, male and female. They use what's up toward each other
0:44:28 > 0:44:32about the so-called sex pest they should avoid. The fact they need
0:44:32 > 0:44:35such tools tell you how big this problem is and how little protection
0:44:35 > 0:44:43they have got. -- they use Whatsapp. The PM wants a brand-new code of
0:44:43 > 0:44:49conduct. Three years ago Conservative MPs resisted such a
0:44:49 > 0:44:52move by her predecessor David Cameron who wanted them to sign up
0:44:52 > 0:44:58voluntarily to a proper complaints procedure. Earlier today, Andrea
0:44:58 > 0:45:02Leadsom laid out the government's response to the allegations.
0:45:02 > 0:45:07The public rightly expects MPs to display the highest standards. As
0:45:07 > 0:45:12the Prime Minister outlined in her letter yesterday, there can be no
0:45:12 > 0:45:18place for harassment, abuse, or misconduct in politics. Your age,
0:45:18 > 0:45:22gender, or job title should have no bearing on the way you are treated
0:45:22 > 0:45:30in a modern workplace. And nobody is an exception to that.Sarah Champion
0:45:30 > 0:45:34is a Labour MP and former Shadow Secretary of State for women. She
0:45:34 > 0:45:40joins us from Westminster. I was reading comments from Katy Perry,
0:45:40 > 0:45:44she said this information of what MPs have been getting up to had been
0:45:44 > 0:45:48kept away from the Prime Minister. But not only that it had been used
0:45:48 > 0:45:51to enforce party discipline. In other words, the whips knew what
0:45:51 > 0:45:55they had been doing in the bars and it was a way of keeping them in
0:45:55 > 0:45:58mind. If that's true, I don't think
0:45:58 > 0:46:03anybody in Parliament can fail to notice there is a massive power
0:46:03 > 0:46:07imbalance between the MPs, the senior party officials, and the
0:46:07 > 0:46:11interns, the young staff we have there, and for me whenever there is
0:46:11 > 0:46:16a power imbalance there is likely to be abuse. If the PM at any MP is not
0:46:16 > 0:46:22aware of that potential, I find that shocking, if not deliberate wilful
0:46:22 > 0:46:27blindness. In terms of the whips being referred, I know that we have
0:46:27 > 0:46:31a process. We would refer things we are concerned about our whips. I
0:46:31 > 0:46:36don't know if any action has been taken from those referrals. But if
0:46:36 > 0:46:39people were using it effectively blackmail other people and not
0:46:39 > 0:46:43protect the victims, then I really find that quite a shocking
0:46:43 > 0:46:46revelation.You could go further, you could say the information about
0:46:46 > 0:46:51the abuse of women was being used to the benefit of the party.
0:46:51 > 0:46:54Absolutely. I would like to correct you, this is not just women, this is
0:46:54 > 0:47:00happening to women and men. If that is the case, then it is concerning.
0:47:00 > 0:47:04But it's not just Westminster, its politics. The same as with
0:47:04 > 0:47:08Hollywood, in politics you have a limited number of people who are at
0:47:08 > 0:47:13the top of the pile. And they have all of the power and influence. They
0:47:13 > 0:47:17make the decisions over your career. You have thousands of people who are
0:47:17 > 0:47:20desperate to get a career in politics. All the way up from the
0:47:20 > 0:47:25local party members, to the councillors, to the MPs, there is
0:47:25 > 0:47:30that potential for abuse of power and physical, sexual, psychological
0:47:30 > 0:47:32abuse to happen. We need not just have died
0:47:35 > 0:47:39-- we need not just to have guidance, we need to look at the
0:47:39 > 0:47:43cult of politics, spread it out there, make sure there is
0:47:43 > 0:47:47transparency, so everybody can have a career if they want it. But these
0:47:47 > 0:47:50dark corners that happen alongside them, they need to be rooted out
0:47:50 > 0:47:56once and for all.Whether it is in politics, journalism, as we've seen
0:47:56 > 0:48:01in the US, Hollywood, as well, the question is, how do we make it safe
0:48:01 > 0:48:04for women to report? There are procedures in place in Westminster,
0:48:04 > 0:48:09Hollywood, and most companies. There is often a conflict of interest. You
0:48:09 > 0:48:14report to your HR department, that department is looking out for the
0:48:14 > 0:48:18company's interest more than it is looking out for yours. How is it
0:48:18 > 0:48:21possible to make it safe for people to come forward and report
0:48:21 > 0:48:26harassment?You are right. In Parliament you are employed directly
0:48:26 > 0:48:30by the MP. If it's the NPU has inappropriate behaviour towards you,
0:48:30 > 0:48:35you must report it to them, which is madness. If it is in the party
0:48:35 > 0:48:41structure, you must report it to the officials. -- if it is the MP who
0:48:41 > 0:48:47has inappropriate behaviour. Rape Crisis, we found them to take these
0:48:47 > 0:48:51concerns forward and act as advocates for the victims. To be
0:48:51 > 0:48:55quite honest a lot of people just want support at around them. They
0:48:55 > 0:48:59might not necessarily want to press charges or go to the police. But
0:48:59 > 0:49:03there needs to be a completely independent body that is just there
0:49:03 > 0:49:07for the victims. Because if you leave it to politicians to police
0:49:07 > 0:49:12themselves it's not going to happen with the best will in the world.
0:49:12 > 0:49:20Thanks very much for joining us. My Christmas wish is that it isn't just
0:49:20 > 0:49:24a few famous people who were outed, but this goes to the local
0:49:24 > 0:49:28restaurant, the local post office, the local pharmacy, where you know
0:49:28 > 0:49:32people are suffering from harassment, as well, but because
0:49:32 > 0:49:36they don't have voice or power, they rely on that job, it is difficult
0:49:36 > 0:49:41for them to call out the manager giving them a hard time. Let's hope
0:49:41 > 0:49:45this goes beyond these few famous names. This is Beyond 100 Days.
0:49:45 > 0:49:50Coming up: 100 years after the Russian Revolution, our man in
0:49:50 > 0:49:54Moscow goes to see the impact those events still have today.
0:49:59 > 0:50:03In the UK, three children have escaped from a house fire in Powys
0:50:03 > 0:50:08where a number of members from the same family, including children, are
0:50:08 > 0:50:13believed to have died. Three children aged 13, 12 and ten are
0:50:13 > 0:50:17being treated after fleeing their home just after midnight.
0:50:17 > 0:50:18Total devastation.
0:50:18 > 0:50:26This farmhouse was home to a father and his children.
0:50:26 > 0:50:28The remote property in mid-Wales was already well alight
0:50:28 > 0:50:30when fire crews arrived not long after midnight.
0:50:30 > 0:50:32Three children aged 13, 12 and ten managed to escape
0:50:32 > 0:50:36but it's known that others have died here.
0:50:36 > 0:50:39Ronald Birchall is a neighbour, who told me at least seven children
0:50:39 > 0:50:45lived at the farmhouse, the youngest aged around five.
0:50:45 > 0:50:50Absolutely devastated.
0:50:50 > 0:50:53We just cannot believe this has happened and we don't know
0:50:53 > 0:50:54why it has happened.
0:50:54 > 0:50:56The house is hidden by trees, but across the hillside,
0:50:56 > 0:50:59wisps of smoke can still be seen.
0:50:59 > 0:51:0220 members of the Brecon Mountain Rescue Team were called in by fire
0:51:02 > 0:51:05and ambulance crews and spent eight hours helping search the surrounding
0:51:05 > 0:51:12countryside in case others had managed to escape.
0:51:12 > 0:51:15There are a number of people unaccounted for at this time.
0:51:15 > 0:51:17We can confirm there are known to be fatalities.
0:51:17 > 0:51:20Due to the severity of damage at the scene, we are unable at this
0:51:20 > 0:51:22stage to identify any of the deceased, or to confirm
0:51:22 > 0:51:32the number of deceased.
0:51:33 > 0:51:36Fire crews have been working in the area for most of the day.
0:51:36 > 0:51:38The family were well-known in this small, rural community.
0:51:38 > 0:51:41The children went to local schools and were often seen out
0:51:41 > 0:51:43and about in the village with their father,
0:51:43 > 0:51:47who is believed to be in his 60s.
0:51:47 > 0:51:50Although the scene of this fire is remote, the access road remains
0:51:50 > 0:51:52blocked off while scientists and fire officers carry
0:51:52 > 0:51:53out their investigations.
0:51:53 > 0:51:55The cause of the blaze is still unknown.
0:51:55 > 0:51:57They are looking for answers but there are many questions
0:51:57 > 0:51:59here from the local community.
0:51:59 > 0:52:03Sian Lloyd, BBC News.
0:52:07 > 0:52:13You are watching Beyond 100 Days. Today, stories of Russia trying to
0:52:13 > 0:52:17exert its influence is dominating our headlines, but over 100 years
0:52:17 > 0:52:21ago it would be the Russian Revolution that defined the century.
0:52:21 > 0:52:26How are things viewed now? That is what our Moscow correspondent has
0:52:26 > 0:52:33been looking to find out. He starts his journey in the cradle of the
0:52:33 > 0:52:35revolution, Saint Petersburg. What happened here in Saint
0:52:35 > 0:52:44Petersburg a century ago shook the world. Soviet cinema would portray
0:52:44 > 0:52:49it as Russia's Bastille moment.
0:52:49 > 0:52:51The people led by the Bolsheviks storming the Winter Palace
0:52:51 > 0:52:53and creating the world's first communist state.
0:52:53 > 0:52:57The reality was rather different.
0:52:57 > 0:53:00For a start, many of the Red Guard revolutionaries who got
0:53:00 > 0:53:02into the building that night had slipped into a back door
0:53:02 > 0:53:03which hadn't been locked.
0:53:03 > 0:53:05There was no dramatic storming of this palace.
0:53:05 > 0:53:08As for the claims of a mass uprising of workers
0:53:08 > 0:53:10and peasants and soldiers, well, today, that might be
0:53:10 > 0:53:11referred to as fake news.
0:53:11 > 0:53:14This had been a clue and one party, the Bolsheviks,
0:53:14 > 0:53:15had seized power in Russia.
0:53:15 > 0:53:17But the revolution is fading from Russia's collective memory.
0:53:17 > 0:53:22There is little interest here in the centenary.
0:53:22 > 0:53:24There will be no commemorations of the style or scale
0:53:24 > 0:53:27of a French Bastille Day, partly because a coup in 1917 is not
0:53:27 > 0:53:37something the Kremlin 2017 wants people to remember.
0:53:37 > 0:53:43The ideas of people taking guns, making crowds and taking the police,
0:53:43 > 0:53:45the idea of the revolution, let's abolish private
0:53:45 > 0:53:55property, completely alien for the current regime.
0:53:59 > 0:54:02And political discontent is stirring again.
0:54:02 > 0:54:04In St Petersburg, we sought this anti-government protest.
0:54:04 > 0:54:07It doesn't mean another revolution is on the way but with real
0:54:07 > 0:54:09incomes falling in Russia, any signs of dissent makes
0:54:09 > 0:54:19the authorities nervous.
0:54:24 > 0:54:29Quite a day for George Papadopoulos... No, not that one,
0:54:29 > 0:54:32the financial plan and wall street journal expert, who is from
0:54:32 > 0:54:37Michigan. He was meant to be enjoying a quiet holiday in Greece
0:54:37 > 0:54:44today, but he spent the whole day batting away a simple case of
0:54:44 > 0:54:51mistaken identity. Messages like this one.
0:55:04 > 0:55:08As the day wore on and the messages piled up, he seemed to see the
0:55:08 > 0:55:09lighter side.
0:55:14 > 0:55:20Will the real George Papadopoulos please stand up! I followed him
0:55:20 > 0:55:24today. During the course of the last couple of hours I have done a tally.
0:55:24 > 0:55:35He started out with about 7000 followers, he now has about 8500.
0:55:35 > 0:55:40Why don't you call yourself Paul Manafort on twitter! Great way to
0:55:40 > 0:55:43get more followers. CHUCKLES
0:55:43 > 0:55:48Would you like to be with him in Greece eating his mum 's food? It
0:55:48 > 0:55:48sounds great. CHUCKLES
0:55:48 > 0:55:59Coming up: Outside Source. In the latest headlines, no doubt about
0:55:59 > 0:56:02that Paul Manafort story. We will be here the same time tomorrow. Goodbye
0:56:02 > 0:56:05for now.