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Score one for China.

The US President backs

away from the chance

to punish Beijing on trade.

In his visit to China,

Mr Trump makes it

clear his priority is addressing

the North Korean nuclear crisis, not

the trade imbalance.

The result of that calculation -

the President calls Xi a "special

man" and says China is not to blame

for the trade deficit.

A year on from the American

election, was this the week

the Democrats turned

a corner with voters?

We'll hear from the outgoing

governor of Virginia.

I think it was an affirmation

they were happy with

the last four years.

If we had not done a good job

the last four years,

my lieutenant governor,

I don't care anything about Trump,

we would not have won.

They are the women who helped put

Donald Trump in the White House.

We go to Florida where

the President's supporters

are still fired up.

We are more angry and more

determined to stand with him to see

that what we voted for happens.

Also on the programme...

After a chaotic time at Number Ten,

Britain has a new International

Development Secretary -

is the crisis at Westminster over?

The "lucky" British surfer

who survived this monster wave

in Portugal, which broke more

than his pride.

Get in touch with us

using the #Beyond100Days.

Hello and welcome,

I'm Katty Kay in Washington

and Christian Fraser is in London.

What a difference a year makes.

Today in Beijing, President Trump

suggested China's trade habits

were totally understandable

and who could blame them for running

up huge surpluses against America.

It's an entirely different message

from the one he pitched to US voters

during the campaign, when he

promised a trade war with China.

Mr Trump has now encountered

the exact same problem that previous

US Presidents faced with China -

you can't get Beijing on side

while simultaneously

slamming them on trade.

The US President has clearly

decided the priority

is dealing with North Korea,

and that means toning down

some of the rhetoric.

The big question is,

how far is President Xi prepared

to move when it comes

to the nuclear crisis?

Here's our China

editor, Carrie Gracie.

The real estate billionaire

and the career communist,

making an odd couple.

But both see themselves as men

of destiny, with a mission

to make their nation great again.

President Trump once raged that

China was a jobs thief.

But in Beijing, he was all

smiles and gratitude.

President Xi, now a "very special

man" who makes his people proud.

I just want to thank

you for the very warm welcome.

My feeling toward you is

an incredibly warm one...

They did eventually talk

about the hard things.

The North Korean nuclear crisis

and a massive US trade

deficit in China's favour.

But Donald Trump blamed that

on previous American

presidents, not on his host.

I don't blame China.

Who can blame a country

for being able to take

advantage of another country

for the benefit of its citizens?

I give China great credit.

And America's deal-maker in chief

got some big sales in return.

China needs to keep stable

access to US markets.

TRANSLATION:

The common interests

of our two countries are far greater

than the differences.

With constructive attitudes,

we can look for common ground.

This is not a real news conference.

There are no questions from

the media, either on North Korea,

nor on whether the business deals

are worth celebrating

in the absence of a major move

to open Chinese markets.

Instead, a US president

is starring in a show put

on by his host to give

the impression of openness

while maintaining an iron

grip on the message.

Charm and disarm -

but when the toasts are over,

the trade deficit will still be big

and North Korea still a crisis.

President Xi hopes this personal

bond will convince Americans that

China's rise does not

mean US decline.

Carrie Gracie, BBC News, Beijing.

As President Trump prepares to bid

farewell to President Xi Jinping,

let's get the thoughts

of Gary Locke, who served

as US ambassador to China

in the Obama administration.

He joins us today from Seattle.

Thank you very much for joining us.

Looking at the trip over the last

twos days it's hard to come away

with anything but the impression

that China holds the cards in this

relationship at the moment?

that China holds the cards in this

relationship at the moment?

China

putting on a charm offensive,

treating President Trump to

unparalleled red carpet treatment,

lavish banquets, tours of the

Forbidden City. While President

Trump and the Chinese President have

announced sales of American products

and services to China, many of these

were in the works for quite some

time, already agreed to by various

US companies and their Chinese

counterparts. It's standard practice

on these trade missions for the

Presidents to I a nouns these to

great fanfare, but the real question

is whether or not China is opening

up its markets to foreign businesses

to foreign investment? So many parts

of the Chinese sector the economy

are off limits to foreign

investment. Unlike America and parts

of Europe where there are almost no

restrictions to foreign investment.

There is not a level playing field

between foreign companies and

American companies doing business in

China versus the Chinese doing

business in all parts of the world.

That is true of other foreign

companies too, not just American

companies who find they have that

problem. If the Chinese were nervous

about President Trump coming along

and making good on any of his

campaign promises, tariffs, currency

manipulation that kind of thing, the

Chinese got off lightly, didn't

they?

President Trump has not fold

through on his campaign promises

since shortly after he took office.

China is not a currency manipulator.

That is the view of virtually all

world economists. I'm glad he did

not impose 50% tariffs on Chinese

goods entering the United States.

The Chinese would have retall rated

on US goods going into China. That

would have raised the price of

American goods and cost American

companies jobs as well as sales.

That would have benefitted the

competitors of US companies, whether

it's Airbus or European other

companies. It would have cost jobs

in earthquake America. In a trade

war that is what would have

happened, all sides lose. The

workers lose and the consumers lose.

Instead, the President needs to

focus on very specific sectors, very

specific parts of the Chinese

economy that are off limits to

foreign investment, including

investment from America. That's what

we really need to focus on. We need

to focus on protecting intellectual

property, making sure there is a

rule of law. Making sure the Chinese

treat foreign applications for

business opportunities fairly

instead of sometimes delaying those

application, not taking any action

for years while Chinese companies

get their applications approved

within months. What the Chinese are

trying to do is to help Northern

Irelandure their own companies to

the point where they can effectively

compete against foreign companies.

Ambassador, when he arrived in

Beijing the press pool reported he

didn't come with any specific

proposals on trade. Does that

suggest to you, is it a reflection

of the way the State Department is

run these days, or does it reflect

he made his mind up on trade long

before he went?

I don't know exactly

what is being discussed and what is

the topic of discussion by the

Secretary of State or the Secretary

of State of Commercial or even with

key economic people within the White

House. They often times don't want

to announce things until they

actually have it agreed to. So to

say that the President will be able

to do this or that before he goes on

the trip, if it hasn't been agreed

to, then it causes I think

disappointment and people will view

the President as being inle

effective. I think on a lot of these

things they will wait until they

have something to announce before

they even hint at such an

announcement.

Ambassador Locke could

to talk to you as always.

My

pleasure.

I want to show you this

fweet.

He has a different tone Marco Rubio:

He sounds like Donald Trump. What do

you make of that?

On the campaign.

Exactly.

On the campaign trail, not

today. What President Trump has

learned is a bit like what President

Bush learned, if you want China to

move on an issue of global

importance to the United States, in

President Bush's case it was fight

against terrorism, then you can't

also be bashing them at the same

time. President Trump rode back from

bashig China on human rights. And

here we have North Korea. The

question is how much he will get on

North Korea. In the end they are two

views are different. The Chinese

will give a little bit to America.

That's why I think, if you look at

the balance 6 power between these

two players at the moment, it's very

hard to come to the conclusion

anything other than the fact that

China came out of this on top.

Interesting.

Let us move on to things here in the

UK.

Another one out, another one in.

Today, the British Prime Minister

replaced her second Cabinet minister

in little over a week.

Penny Mordaunt, a Royal Navy

reservist and the former Work

and Pensions Minister,

will become the new International

Development Secretary.

Like Priti Patel, who she replaces,

she also supported the decision

to leave the European Union.

Which tells you the Prime Minister

is still focused on maintaining that

delicate balance in her Cabinet

between Remainers and Brexiteers.

Let's get more on this

from our political correspondent,

Iain Watson, who's in Westminster.

Iain, is she the best person on the

job or was she the most convenient

pick given she had voted for Brexit?

I guess both things could be true,

couldn't they, Christian? Certainly

Brexit supporting record helped

because Theresa May is keen to keep

that balance given how difficult

things are at the moment within her

Government. She's yet to pass the

major legislation to bring Britain

out of the European Union. Penny

Mordaunt is a friend of Priti Patel

who was of course sacked, or had

resigned, in the wake of the

controversy over her unauthorised

meetings in Israel. So they are very

alike in terms of their outlook on

yebgsity. That will be important to

Theresa May as well as the gender

balance. When Michael Fallon's

replacement was announced. The

former Chief Whip, the speculation

was that she would get that job. She

was a Royal Navy Reservist and she

comes from a military background.

That was the suspicion at the time

she did ministerial jobs outside the

Cabinet it felt she was ready for a

move up in any case. She had

experience of working in Eastern

Europe as an aid worker. Worked in

orphanages in Romania, she has a

background in international

development as well. She was

knocking at the door of the Cabinet

she moved in this week partly

because of her ministerial

experience, partly also because it's

not going to upset the Brexiteers in

the Cabinet who will feel that

Theresa May is trying to pull a fast

one.

This particular crisis is over,

I'm sure Downing Street is happy to

draw a line under it. It's been a

wiet quite a week. Is the Prime

Minister plain sailing now?

I think

chaos is the new normal at

Westminster. It's difficult to

predict. We can see a few clouds on

the horizon for Theresa May. There

is pressure on Boris Johnson over

comments made regarding Iran. Some

suggesting he would have stepped

aside had things not been so chaotic

in the first place for Theresa May.

Criticism will follow. Secondly, two

of her ministers are facing internal

inquiries, one of the most senior

figures in Government, effectively

her deputy, Damian Green, the First

Secretary of State. He is being

investigated and another minister,

Mark Garnier as well. In addition we

have the controversy over some of

the sexual harassment stories which

are again - I will not predict where

they are coming from. In terms of

what has already happened it's

perfectly possible she might lose

some of her own MPs with a majority

which is only really there by dint

of an arrangement with the

democratic unionists they doesn't

want a by-election.

This is the

moment when someone rises to the

great office of state where people

going into their background. Three

years ago she was a reality diving

programme on ITV, here in the UK. So

take a look at this. I'm no diving

expert, but that looked a bit flat

and a bit sore.

Very painful. I used

to do high diving, you don't want to

enter the water like that, let me

tell You.

OK.

Good for her for

trying, her poor back. Sglp I will

use The Met foreand say, I don't

think she will fall flat in the job

she will enter seamlessly... No.

Terrible. Let us move on quickly

before Christian embarrasses himself

any further.

We started the week in Virginia,

a crucial governor's election.

And despite suggestions in some

polls the Democrat candidate

Ralph Northam might be defeated,

he romped home.

And in the vote for

the State Parliament,

the Democrats flipped more seats

from the Republicans

than they had in 100 years.

It was vital the Democrats

avoided defeat.

But the election was

interpreted in many quarters

as a referendum on Donald Trump.

Today I met the outgoing governor

of Virginia, Terry McAuliffe.

Is this a turning point

for his party or does the size

of the victory mask some

of the deeper problems

the Democrats are facing?

I think it was both.

I think it was an affirmation

of the four years that

we've had in Virginia.

The day I became governor,

unemployment was 5.4.

We've gotten it all the way down

to 3.7, the second lowest of any

major state in America.

I think, on the other side

of it, was the really

dislike of Donald Trump.

He's at about a 31%

approval rating in Virgina.

So I think it was an affirmation,

they were happy with

the last four years.

If we had not done a good job

the last four years,

my lieutenant governor,

I don't care anything about Trump,

we would not have won.

But it doesn't mask the deeper

problems within the party.

I mean, if you look at just

the numbers for a second.

Only 28% of House Democrats comes

from states that don't touch

the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans.

The party's over $3 million

in the red, you're being overspent

two to one, that is really

going to hurt when it

comes to the midterms

or the 2020 elections?

Well, I'm hoping, and I think

you saw this with Virgina,

this is what got the Democrats off

the map, back in the game.

Democrats really looking to us

to win, and we did win.

We won a resounding victory.

All three state wides we won.

So I think what they

saw Tuesday night,

and what I try to tell

Democrats is - you've got

to run on the economy.

You've got to focus

on jobs and really those

kitchen table issues.

You've got to fight

for your value system.

Joe Biden said you didn't focus

on any of that in 2016.

He said, "it's the

single campaign where

we didn't talk about

the middle-classes."

Yeah, I disagree with

the Vice-President.

I mean, obviously, I've

been close to Hillary

Clinton for 40 years.

She talked about the economy

every single day.

But you're right, it didn't come

through that you were talking about

the economy every day.

I do think 24/7.

Jobs, jobs, jobs.

That's what people want.

We got to get away from this is it

Sanders, is it Clinton?

You know, people say

to me every day -

You know, people say to me every

day - who is the leader

of the Democratic Party?

I mean, the leader

is the grass-roots.

I mean, the grass-roots

won our election for us

on Tuesday.

Republicans come up to me every day

and say - you know, I

didn't vote for you governor,

but I'd do it if you ran again.

They're just happy.

They're happy with the results.

Maybe your the guy for the job?

Well, I'm governor now, yeah, yeah.

Well, maybe you're

the guy for top job.

Well, we'll see.

Let me finish here strong.

Would you like to do it?

Oh, I never foreclose

any option, but

I'm really focused Christian

on January 13th I'm going to run

through the (inaudible).

You're on the way to

the UN climate change

conference.

This week Syria signed up.

Christian, this is

embarrassing for America.

I'm governor of a state,

I've the Hampton Roads

region, we call it.

It's got the largest

naval base in the world.

This area is the second most

vulnerable area in America outside

of New Orleans, it's

Hampton Roads, Virgina.

I've reports on my desk that

with the sea level rise, if it

continues at the present pace, we're

going to wipe out about $90 billion

worth of real estate

and infrastructure in Hampton Roads,

Virgina.

show that we're serious about it.

So we're going to do it.

We're at the year point

of this presidency.

How would you sum it up?

An embarrassment for our country.

I mean I've been very vocal and I've

tried to work with the

President.

I mean, I've had several

conversations with him on

healthcare, but I can

tell you, as a governor,

he wrecked havoc,

his

travel ban, his immigration policy.

His healthcare, what he's

done on healthcare.

I'm going to see a 53% premium

increase in our plans in

Virgina because of the chaos that

he's created on healthcare.

The man is clueless

about running this

government and it's sad.

I told the President right

to his face, I said,

you know, Mr President you ran

on getting everybody quality

healthcare, you'd make it cheaper

and it would be a better service.

You have done nothing.

We don't have an

infrastructure bill.

The tax bill that he's

promoting with add 1.5

trillion to our debt.

It will hurt the middle-class.

He's not up to the job.

I travel.

I think I'm the most

travelled governor

in

America.

This is my 35th trade mission,

I know Christian, I got back from

Japan, I've been

to Mexico this year.

Every where I go we have to spend

the first 30 minutes of

meetings now trying

to explain our President.

You know, we got a situation

in North Korea, he comes

out last month and says -

well, we should probably end

the South Korea trade agreement.

Why would you do that

to the South Koreans when we

need them now more than ever

as a we're dealing with

the North Korean situation?

He talks about Nafta

the millions of jobs

that have been created.

40er p of every product

that comes into

Mexico, guess where it was made?

It was made in America.

I just wish the guy would

focus on creating jobs.

He's spending too

much time tweeting.

I said he's like the

crazy uncle up attic.

You just don't know what's going on.

You get out of bed and a new crazy

thing he's teeted up.

-- tweeted up.

The people he needs,

he's calling them names all day on

the other hand his Twitter account.

It's bizarre. How do I sum it up -

bizarre.

Not a big fanfare, you

wouldn't be surprised to hear of

Better Together -- fan. He's on his

way to Bonn and 30 states are being

represented at the Climate Change

Conference in Bonn this week. Donald

Trump is pulling the country away

from the Paris agreement the states

are doing more than they ordinarily

would? A lot of energy from states

and cities. You will get Mayors

going to that conference. It's been

true for a while that the States and

cities are in the forefront of

climate change activity. In America

they are trying to cut down on

pollution and commute times, for

example, to cut down on greenhouse

gases, that kind of thing. It will

be very interesting that the

President is not there and you are

represented by the Mayors they say

that will save America's emissions

record and they are doing the work

that the President has pulled back

from. OK. Let's look at some of the

days other news.

The former speaker of the Catalan

parliament is appearing

at Spain's Supreme Court

over her role in the region's

push for independence.

Judges may decide to remand

Carme Forcadell and five former

lawmakers in custody on charges

of sedition, rebellion

and misuse of public funds.

The EU's chief Brexit

negotiator, Michel Barnier,

has warned his opposite

number David Davis,

that the UK has a maximum

of four weeks to find solutions

to the outstanding divorce issues.

The sixth round of

Brexit talks is getting

under way in Brussels.

A major stumbling block remains

the amount the UK will pay

for leaving the union.

The EU will decide in December

whether enough has been achieved

to move onto the next phase,

the discussions on the

future relationship.

We are at critical phase in these

negotiations. We are exactly halfway

between the referendum and D-Day on

leaving the European Union. What did

you say the number was?

It's 505 the

magic number.

505. I will assume if

we're halfway through that would

mean we are halfway through the

negotiation progress, right. We have

made half the progress we need to

make?

Depends who you ask. If you

ask David Davis he might agree.

Plenty others would say - you must

be joking. Our Europe editor

comments online said, "we don't know

what to call this meetings, a

negotiating round, a stocktaking

exercise or an information exercise.

She went for dancing around a

stalemate." The money is the key

issue. The Europeans want the to see

the colour of the money. The UK are

saying what will we get for our

money. Tell us what is coming round

the corner.

You have been telling me

for the past nine months that those

are the stumbling blocks. At which

point do we get over those and start

negotiations?

I don't think there is

a number in mind. It's about the

calculation. It's about calculating

what we owe for commitments made.

And the things in the future the

pension pot. Britain are saying, we

piled loads of money into X, Y and Z

does that disappear? It's a

complicated negotiation make no

mistake.

Fans of Science-Fiction TV shows

will doubtless be aware

that the new Dr Who will,

for the first time, be a woman.

Jodie Whittaker takes over

the role from Christmas.

And this is what she will look

like when she plays the Time Lord.

It's the first official

photograph of Jodie

in her new costume -

the sharper-eyed among

you will notice it's a little

different to the zip-up hoodie,

long coat and boots

she wore when she was first

introduced in a video trailer

earlier this year.

Two conversation about The Dr and

the Time Lord. Are you fan. I told

our editor who my favourite is and

so did you. If I show you mine, will

you show me yours? This is mine. Tom

Bake.

Yeah. My second favourite.

That was my second choice. Here's my

favourite, Christian.

John, Pertwee. When I was living in

the UK as a little girt, Jon Pertwee

was Doctor Who. You have to remain

tloil your first doctor.

Tom Baker

said, what is the tribe in London

and he said - Cockneys!

We should

have had your face super imposed.

Yes. It's the scarf.

This is Beyond 100

Days from the BBC.

Coming up for viewers

on the BBC News Channel

and BBC World News -

Emmanual Macron marks six months

as President of France,

so what has he achieved?

And when

K-pop pips politics -

the First Lady is upstaged

at an event in South Korea -

though Melania did

see the funny side?

That's still to come.

That's still to come.

Today started off cloudy in the

south-east, the skies broke and

there was sunshine. Across the north

of Scotland a blustery day. There

have been showers aplenty here. That

is how it will continue through the

evening and overnight as well.

Elsewhere we will drag a band of

cloud and rain tied in with weather

fronts across Northern Ireland,

north and western parts of England

and Wales too. When you think about

stepping out of the door for the

commute or the school run, that's

when you'll find the thickest of the

cloud to the southern counties and a

spot of rain. That is how it was on

Thursday. The cloud not as

extensive. It will get out of the

way sharpish during the course of

the morning. It will be a sunshine

and showers regime. Showers rattling

through Northern Ireland and a good

part of northern and western

Scotland too by a noticeable west

north-westerly wind. The rest of the

day, there goes the cloud from the

southern counties. A mixture of

sunny spells and showers. Plenty of

them across Scotland and Northern

Ireland too. Temperatures still in

double figures across the southern

half of Britain. Further north a

decidedly fresher feel despite the

presence of the sunshine that wind

will put an edge on the feel of the

day. The front is not quite done

with us. It waves back to bring

cloud and rain across a good part of

England and Wales as we get on into

the first part of Saturday Armistice

Day, of course, it will take a time

before the cloud pulls away from

parts of the Midlands. I would have

thought eastern and north-eastern

parts of the British Isles fairing

best. On the cool side here. Further

south, still got some relatively

mild air, 13 or 14 degrees. That is

elbowed aside as we get out of

Saturday into Sunday. This plunge of

cold air works right down and across

the whole of the British Isles.

Remembrance Sunday of course. A

scattering of showers around about

the coast of the British Isles, down

the spine, fine, dry, but pretty

chilly.

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After a chaotic 24 hours in British

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The Washington Post reports that a

woman alleges she was sexually

abused as a 14-year-old by Roy

Moore, the current public and

candidate for an Alabama Senate

seat. The incident is said to have

happened in 1979 when Mr Moore was

32 years old, in response he has

categorically denied the charges,

calling them fake news. The Senate

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has

just said that if these allegations

are true, Mr Moore must step aside.

With me now is our political analyst

Ron Christie. Mr Moore denying these

allegations but I'm interested to

see that about five or six

Republicans have already weighed in

and said if there is any truth to

this, Mr Moore would have to go.

I

agree 100%, these are very serious

allegations. I understand the judge

has said he categorically denies

them but the voters of Alabama

deserve to know whether or not there

is any merit to this, and from a

political standpoint, given how bad

week it's been for Republicans just

this past Tuesday in Virginia. This

would sure change the dynamic

things.

We will carry on watching

that story and see where it

develops, and there is any reporting

on that. Stay with us, because we

will talk to you in just a moment,

Ron.

The French president Emmanuel Macron

has made quite a splash in his first

six months in office. Not yet 40, he

has really invigorated the role of

the president, and perhaps in turn

the role his country is playing on

the world stage. This week he's been

in the Middle East, opening the new

Louvre in Abu Dhabi. It marks the

first six months in office, and he

is doing a series of interviews,

including one with Time magazine

from the Elysee Paris, he took up

Francis feature, the European

identity crisis, his own marriage

and his relationship with President

Trump.

I have a very strong

relationship with not just the US

the President Trump, security,

counterterrorism, lots of topics. I

do believe we have a very good

personal relationship, he came here

for the 14th of July, we had a very

good discussion. We have some

disagreements.

President Macron

spoke with time's editor in chief

Lee joins us from New York. Lovely

to see you. I'm intrigued, not

interested in politics for a second,

tell me about the man. He is

sometimes accused of quite arrogant,

is he? Did you find him engaging?

He

is engaging, intense, he is

determined, I think the determined

strand comes through in many of the

topics you just listed, from his

determination to marry his wife to

his determination to pull off this

surprise victory in the

determination with which he is

pursuing change in the EU. All the

traits, that was clearest.

The

pictures I have seen, he has put you

in a particular setting, does that

speak about what he's trying to do

with the presidency?

Very much.

This

is Vivienne Walt, who is our

correspondent, I spent over an hour

with him at the Elysee Paris two

Palace. We were in one of the office

if he uses in that building,

extraordinarily grand, gilded, may

read, Napoleon's initials

monogrammed on the walls. I thought

it was very, you know, he loves the

pageantry of the office. He has been

clear he wants to restore some of

that. I thought it was quite

telling, on his desk in that office

two photographs, only two, his wife

and evolve. -- his wife and

you obviously saw some of the charm

and his confidence, if you had to

say what is weak points

by, what

would use it?

He is a post who does

not perceive reality, if you know

what I mean. He clearly believes in

maybe not the impossible, but he has

set his sights on goals at every

level, from the French national

level as he tries to overhaul the

economy to the extraordinarily

ambitious agenda he laid out for

change in the EU. What most people

would think is way out of reach. I

think the big question for him going

forward is whether his ideals and

the real world who works in both

across Europe and within France can

be reconciled.

You did not ask him

whether he sees himself as the

leader of the free world, Angela

Merkel already seems to have taken

that spot amongst the commentary at,

but you did ask if he himself as the

leader of Europe and his was

interesting.

His response was very

interesting, he said no. He said the

classic French response would be

citing the ball and some others, but

he then went on to say the

leadership had to be multilateral,

and he wanted a enhanced role for

France. Starting with its role as a

permanent member of the UN Security

Council, but he did not think it was

healthy for there to be one

hegemonic power.

You did ask him

about his wife, there is always

focus on his personal relationships

and where he has come from. But he

does like talking about it, he has

shifted uncomfortably, you said?

A

bit. My colleague asked him not

about his wife but at least for a

start, why he thought his wife was

such a focus of interest around the

world, what did it about his

marriage? He did not really quite

answer that. But it started him in

an acknowledging as he called it the

unconventional nature of the

marriage and the obligation he fell

to the public to explain going in

what his marriage was, how it came

about, he felt he had an obligation

not to let the public into the

intimate details of his marriage,

and he did not let us in to those

intimate details will stop but you

did see the dog. We did see the dog,

a brief visit with Nemo.

He didn't P

on your camera equipment?

He behaved

himself.

Always a pleasure. Thanks

for coming in. Interesting you know,

he talks about Napoleon. I don't

know about you, that was the first

thing that struck me when I saw the

time cover. Here is a picture of the

great man himself, there is

Napoleon. Now look at this. This is

not a mistake. He puts a lot of

effort into this. He is looking to

be the statesman on the world scene,

very imperialistic and the way he

approaches the job. In a way it has

worked, this first six months,

because when I was in Paris, for

many years, the Franco German

partnership, which is the real

engine of Europe, it was in balanced

and kilted one side towards Germany.

That's one of the bigger because

people say Germany is leading and

taking us in the direction of them,

but he has rebalanced that. On his

way back from Abu Dhabi he drops in

in Riyadh to see the crown prince,

he is someone who rebels in this

role of re-establishing not only the

presidency but this role of France.

-- who revels.

Funny, you thought of

Napoleon when you saw that Time

cover, I thought of a young American

president. It's exactly like, to me,

JFK. You see a lot of similarities

in style. JFK making the White House

this Camelot, right? Providing the

White House and the prestige and

grandeur. A young leader full of

promise as well. Interesting.

The actor Kevin Spacey is to be

edited out of a completed Hollywood

film, six weeks before its release,

following allegations

of sexual assault.

He'll be replaced in the thriller

'All The Money In The World'

by the Canadian actor,

Christopher Plummer.

Our entertainment correspondent

Lizo Mzimba reports.

For an almost unrecognisable

Kevin Spacey, it was meant to be a

potential Academy Awards contender.

How much would you pay to release

your grandson if not $70 million?

Nothing.

Now, Christopher Plummer

is to replace him in an

intense few weeks.

of reshoots following sexual assault

allegations against Spacey.

It's a huge undertaking,

but helped by the

fact that Kevin Spacey only appears

in a relatively small number of

scenes and other performers are

thought to be willing to return to

reshoot their roles in scenes that

originally featured them alongside

the now sidelined actor.

The film's director,

Sir Ridley Scott, may also

take advantage of techniques he used

when Oliver Reed died during the

The making of gladiator

more than 15 years ago.

They allowed him to still feature

the actor in scenes filmed

after his death.

Valentina Violo, who appears

in the movie says the

decision to reshoot must have been

a complex, difficult one.

I think everything

is going a little bit

crazy right now so probably

if they took this

decision, it is good for the movie.

It all underlies the

determination of the studio to

protect a piece of work potentially

worth a significant amount.

Studios are so intent

on their calendar and

finding their huge

product, which are worth

millions of dollars,

so to

remove them would have

cost so much money

that it would have been a financial

disaster to the studio.

Rather than be associated

with the name of Kevin Spacey,

they will do anything to get

something over the line.

It's being seen in Hollywood

as Ridley Scott's turning what

would have been damaging publicity

for the film into a welcome and

positive move.

Saudi Arabia has told its citizens

to leave Lebanon on immediately amid

growing tensions, since the Lebanese

Prime Minister announced his

resignation in a video statement

from the kingdom. In Lebanon,

various political factions have

called for the return of the Prime

Minister who many believe was

pressured into stepping down. Police

in Colombia have seized 12 tonnes of

cocaine, the largest amount in the

country's history. It says the drugs

belong to the leader of the golf

clan, all of the most powerful

criminal organisations in Colombia.

The hall has an estimated street

value of $360 million. Some

incredible pictures to share from

Portugal now. Waves are known to

reach heights of 30 metres or more.

One British server has had a very

lucky, albeit very painful escape,

trying to tame one of these monster

waves. Andrew Cotton from Devon

suffered a total wipe-out, as you

can see here. He broke his back as

he was involved by the wave. He is

now recovering in hospital.

It was all going so well.

Andrew Cotton had been waiting

for this moment, and here it came.

The perfect wave, all

60 feet of it, and...

Wipeout.

Andrew was thrown off his board

and crushed by the water.

This footage captured

by a documentary team.

The 38-year-old from Devon

was treated by Portuguese

rescue teams and found

to have a broken spine.

It was a storm from a long way away

and the waves were really...

This afternoon he spoke to us

from his hospital bed

and described what had happened.

It was a different

sort of wave, really.

It was a lot heavier and I...

I sort of just faded a bit deep

and sort of mistimed it, really.

Yeah, it was just

one of those things.

It could have been like the best

wave of my life or the worst

wipeout and, unfortunately,

it was the worst wipeout.

This latest wipeout comes three

years after Andrew was hit

by another massive wave off

the coast of Portugal.

He says he's not been put off

and wants to be back in the water

as soon as possible,

but will his wife and children

back in Devon let him?

Yeah!

No.

No, obviously they're

concerned and, you know,

the kids make a joke about it,

really, like I've managed

to make a career out

of surfing, like falling off.

So they think it's hilarious.

Andrew might owe his life

to a special vest he was wearing

over his wetsuit to protect

him from impact.

As a former plumber, he's used

to being up to his neck in it,

but he hopes he'll never get

a soaking like this again.

Jon Kay, BBC News.

If that was Lawrie, Kristian, what

would you tell him?

Don't go. Stay.

Stay on the beach.

Aren't you

supposed to duck dive underneath

them? I would have been straight

underneath that.

I think neither of

us have any idea what you're meant

to do in that circumstance! This is

Beyond 100 Days. Still to come, and

election are baffled pollsters and

pundits a year on. These women are

standing by their president, but

what would they change?

Carwyn Jones, the First Minister of

Wales has defended his decision to

sack Carl Sargeant, the government

minister facing misconduct

allegations was found dead on

Tuesday. It's believed he took his

own life. His family say he was

denied natural justice because he

was not given details of the

allegations against him. Carwyn

Jones insists he acted by the book.

Anything to say about

Carl Sargeant, first Minster?

Carwyn Jones was not giving any

one thing away leaving

home this morning, he was going

to face fellow Labour assembly

members for the first time

since the death

of their colleague,

Carl Sargeant, who he

sacked and suspended

from the

Labour Party on Friday,

amid claims of harassment.

Facing criticism from Mr Sargeant's

family and from within

his own party, there were questions

over Carwyn Jones's position.

He promised a statement

but it wasn't

the time for him to resign.

We were all very shocked

by what happened last week.

There is great hurt,

anger, and bewilderment.

Carl was my friend,

in all of the years that I

knew him, I never had

a crossword with him.

But he defended his conduct

in how he responded to the

allegations against Carl Sargeant.

Carl Sargeant's body

was found at his

home on Deeside on Tuesday.

Today, a family friend

gave an insight into

what Mr Sargeant and his family

had been going through.

Messages were put out

to the media, interviews

were given, where he did not know

they were about to happen.

The additional details

will be placed

into the public domain.

It is, umm...

It broke him.

And Carwyn Jones's

statement tonight is

unlikely to appease

Carl Sargeant's family.

You are watching Beyond 100 Days.

This time last year we were talking

about the billionaire businessman

who won the White House in the US

election none of us will forget.

Donald Trump defeated Hillary

Clinton and confounded his many

critics, in particular because he

won the majority of white women and

a third of Hispanic voters. A year

on, do they feel they back right

candidate? The BBC's correspondent

has returned to Florida to speak to

some of the voters she met on the

campaign trail. Florida, a place

Donald Trump calls his second home.

Round Trump looms large share, but

do any voters have remorse? A year

ago I met three women who supported

Mr Trump.

I voted for Trump because

he represented all that I know, I

wanted.

12 months on, and Sandra

Wong is still delighted with Donald

Trump.

He is a great president.

A

military man with a son serving in

South Korea, Sandra thinks the

biggest obstacle for her

commander-in-chief is politicians in

Congress.

I don't regret voting for

Donald Trump, I'm very happy with my

choice. I am very pleased that he is

keeping his promises, there is a lot

of battles going on in Congress but

we that placed him there, we are

more angry and more determined to

stand with him, to see that what we

voted for what happens.

I think he

needed to be smacked, the tapes are

deplorable, I think he was ignorant

in saying things like that.

Even the

this artist was not happy with the

language Donald Trump used about

women on take more than a decade

ago, she backed him in the election.

She still does now, even with the

same reservations.

I don't like the

way he talks. I wish she would get

off tweeting on Twitter, he's not a

teenager, a millennial. He could

make a total mass of the presidency,

or he could end up being a real help

to the country. I'm going to give

him a chance, I think a lot of

people have not given him a fair

shot.

Trump is really good with

money, he understands that. There's

been so much problems and things

Hillary has said and done, she's

just not trustworthy. I'm not on the

Trump train, 100%, no I'm not.

The

many voters like this student,

Donald Trump represented the least

worst candidate. But she has not

been pleased with his presidential

performance. What is your biggest

concern about the man you voted for?

Honestly, America's reputation in

the world. I think it's important we

keep and establish our allies. If he

continues to say things, making fun

of women's face-lifts on live

television, we are going to not have

a very good reputation for the

world.

But Donald Trump's reputation

with many who backed him is still

strong. They may have concerns about

his style, but even so, none of

these women regret voting for him.

So, even Mr Trump 's supporters

would like him to stop all the

tweeting, but he does have an ally

on that front, Boris Johnson, who in

America at the moment and has been

speaking to Fox and friends.

Take a

listen. You have to realise, the

American president is just one of

the huge, great global brands. He is

penetrating corners of the global

consciousness that I think you other

presidents have never done. His

method of tweeting, early in the

morning, no matter how rambunctious

those tweets may be, they are

communicating with people, and yes,

a lot of people don't like it but a

lot of people relate to it.

Ron

Christie is still with us. I will

move on from the tweets and ask you,

it's been a year since President

Trump one that amazing election.

What a surprise to most about his

presidency?

What surprised me the

most thus far is the polarisation

you see in American politics. It

seems people either really like him,

or they really don't. You do not see

too many folks who are ambivalent or

middle-of-the-road. You are either

on the Trump train, as we heard in

that package, all you are not on the

Trump train at all.

Those divisions

have hardened since the election?

Yes, lots of people have taken their

measure of the president and said,

keep going, keep tweeting, keep

being the ball in the China store

you have people like me you say,

goodness gracious Mr President, act

presidential, recognise the role and

the significance of the job you

hold. All 300 million of us are

expecting you to be a better leader.

Question, you have something for us?

A little something?

I know Ron

thought this was a bad week for this

establishment Republicans, but we

are bringing into this programme as

a pundit, and some of our viewers

are taking issues with some of his

predictions. Here is a tweet that

came out this week.

What are you saying today?

I am

saying the same thing I have said

all week. I distinctly remember

saying to Katty but I thought he had

a sliver of a chance of winning...

Oh!

Being the lawyer and a pundit I

am, I am not backing down one

minute, my friend.

LAUGHTER

That's

what Ron Christie has to say today.

It's a sign of how much we love you

that we're bringing you in to our

Twitter family on Beyond 100 Days.

I

will take whatever I can get!

In

mind of what happened in Virginia,

seriously, what are Republicans

thinking? I would think

establishment Republicans in swing

states do not know what to think

right now.

That's right. The state

that is right next to us here in

Washington, DC is merriment. If I am

the governor of merriment Willett

Maryland, and very blue state, I am

thinking, oh no, even though I might

be in the most top ten popularity of

governors, the wave crashed over

Virginia might be coming across the

Potomac River into Maryland and

Vince Sweeney out of office. You

notice I am still using this surfing

analogy from the earlier bit of the

show. Continuity is a good thing.

But that's what lots of Republicans

are looking at. Does this have any

resonance beyond Virginia, beyond

New Jersey, and is the speak to a

greater discontent with a president

that can really sweep many more

Republicans out of office?

Thanks

very much for coming in. I'm glad to

see our listeners listen very

carefully to what you have to say to

us. Now there is a certain celebrity

status to the US presidency, we can

all agree the commander-in-chief is

one of the most recognisable people

in the world. When it comes to the

Trumps, that star status knows no

bounds. Except in the case of South

Korea. Nvidia has urged fans going

wild at an event earlier this week,

attended by the first Lady Mullaney

Trump. But when a wild for her? --

eight video has emerged of fans

going wild.

I love that. My daughter would react

in exactly the same way, but I love

that video because you get a real

sense of Mullaney's personality. She

took it so well.

It's interesting,

some of the South Korean press have

laid a robotic Velani during the

trip because she was so poised in

heaven did not give much away. They

all loved it when she actually broke

into that spontaneous smile. I have

no idea if she knew who the K pop

singer was. Christian, would you

have recognised him?

You know me and

show business. I had to ask the team

what they were talking about.

You

had to ask the team what K pop was.

At least I know what that is! Mother

of an 11-year-old daughter.

Loving

it.