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Beyond One Hundred Days. | 0:00:08 | 0:00:11 | |
A huge earthquake hits
Iran and Iraq, killing | 0:00:11 | 0:00:13 | |
more than 400 people. | 0:00:13 | 0:00:16 | |
6000 more are injured -
the vast majority on the Iranian | 0:00:16 | 0:00:18 | |
side of the border. | 0:00:18 | 0:00:21 | |
The moment the tremor struck. | 0:00:21 | 0:00:23 | |
It's the deadliest quake in Iran
in more than a decade. | 0:00:23 | 0:00:28 | |
President Trump is wrapping
up his trip to Asia with an embrace | 0:00:28 | 0:00:32 | |
with some of the world's most
controversial strongmen. | 0:00:32 | 0:00:36 | |
While at home, the Senate majority
leader says its time for Roy Moore | 0:00:36 | 0:00:40 | |
to quit the Alabama Senate race. | 0:00:41 | 0:00:42 | |
Moore fires back that it's
McConnell who should go. | 0:00:42 | 0:00:44 | |
Also on the programme... | 0:00:44 | 0:00:50 | |
The UK Government makes a concession
on Brexit. Parliament is guaranteed | 0:00:50 | 0:00:54 | |
a vote on the final deal before the
UK leaves the EU. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:58 | |
His creative genius
gave us the Mona Lisa. | 0:00:58 | 0:01:00 | |
Now a new book explores the life
of Leonardo da Vinci - | 0:01:00 | 0:01:02 | |
who brought art and science together
with amazing results. | 0:01:02 | 0:01:05 | |
Get in touch with us using
the hashtag Beyond One Hundred Days | 0:01:05 | 0:01:15 | |
I'm Katty Kay in Washington. | 0:01:15 | 0:01:17 | |
Christian Fraser's in London. | 0:01:17 | 0:01:20 | |
It was 9.20pm on Sunday
when the earth | 0:01:20 | 0:01:22 | |
started to shake. | 0:01:22 | 0:01:24 | |
A time most people in that northern
border region of Iran and Iraq | 0:01:24 | 0:01:27 | |
would have been at home,
perhaps already in bed. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:29 | |
The tremor was huge -
killing more than 400 people, | 0:01:29 | 0:01:32 | |
a toll that's expected to rise. | 0:01:32 | 0:01:35 | |
Now they're trying to pull people
from under the rubble but the rescue | 0:01:35 | 0:01:38 | |
operation is being hampered
by landslides and power cuts. | 0:01:38 | 0:01:41 | |
The epicentre of the quake -
which measured 7.3 - | 0:01:41 | 0:01:45 | |
was about 30 kilometres
south of Halabja. | 0:01:45 | 0:01:48 | |
One of the worst hit
areas was Sarpol-e Zahab, | 0:01:48 | 0:01:51 | |
as James Robbins reports. | 0:01:51 | 0:01:52 | |
The moment the Earth
starts shaking violently. | 0:01:52 | 0:01:55 | |
A man runs for his life
from the control room of this dam, | 0:01:55 | 0:01:59 | |
as massive boulders
are hurled around outside. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:03 | |
The dam wall was not breached
but elsewhere devastation. | 0:02:03 | 0:02:10 | |
In Iran, the border town
of Sarpol-e Zahab was hit hardest. | 0:02:10 | 0:02:13 | |
As entire walls collapsed,
many families did manage | 0:02:13 | 0:02:17 | |
to flee their homes,
but others were crushed or buried. | 0:02:17 | 0:02:23 | |
At a local hospital, there were many
stories of narrow escape. | 0:02:23 | 0:02:26 | |
TRANSLATION: I fell
from the balcony down. | 0:02:26 | 0:02:28 | |
The earthquake was very strong. | 0:02:28 | 0:02:36 | |
TRANSLATION: The earthquake
shattered the window, which fell | 0:02:36 | 0:02:38 | |
on me and it wounded my hand
and my face. | 0:02:38 | 0:02:40 | |
Rescue has been made more difficult
by the mountainous terrain. | 0:02:40 | 0:02:43 | |
Iranian authorities are pouring
resources in but landslides | 0:02:43 | 0:02:47 | |
and power cuts are slowing both
rescue efforts and the task | 0:02:47 | 0:02:50 | |
of establishing the full
extent of casualties. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:56 | |
This quake was 7.3 in magnitude,
and happened in a known danger zone. | 0:02:56 | 0:03:00 | |
The surface of the Earth is made
up of tectonic plates, | 0:03:00 | 0:03:06 | |
and in this case the Arabian plate
has been moving roughly northwards | 0:03:06 | 0:03:09 | |
against the Eurasian plate
at a rate of two centimetres, | 0:03:09 | 0:03:11 | |
just under an inch a year. | 0:03:11 | 0:03:13 | |
Forces build up and eventually
are very suddenly released | 0:03:13 | 0:03:15 | |
with devastating effect. | 0:03:15 | 0:03:19 | |
The destruction in Iran is greater
than in neighbouring Iraq, | 0:03:19 | 0:03:22 | |
where a major rescue operation
is also underway. | 0:03:22 | 0:03:25 | |
The BBC's correspondent is there. | 0:03:25 | 0:03:29 | |
This area is one of the hardest hit
in Iraq by Sunday's earthquake. | 0:03:29 | 0:03:34 | |
We are told seven people were inside
this home when it collapsed. | 0:03:34 | 0:03:37 | |
Two of them were killed
and others were injured. | 0:03:37 | 0:03:40 | |
Several other buildings suffered
similar damage to this one, | 0:03:40 | 0:03:43 | |
but fortunately they seem to be
the exception rather than the rule, | 0:03:43 | 0:03:47 | |
and most of the other homes
in the region managed to withstand | 0:03:47 | 0:03:50 | |
the impact of the earthquake. | 0:03:50 | 0:03:52 | |
For the survivors,
night-time is the toughest. | 0:03:52 | 0:03:55 | |
In rapidly falling temperatures,
families are huddled around fires. | 0:03:55 | 0:03:59 | |
Even where buildings are intact,
fear of after-shocks | 0:03:59 | 0:04:01 | |
will keep people outdoors. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:05 | |
James Robbins, BBC News. | 0:04:05 | 0:04:14 | |
Spare a thought for the families
caught in the aftermath of the | 0:04:14 | 0:04:17 | |
earthquake tonight. | 0:04:17 | 0:04:18 | |
The President of the Philippines
compares himself to Hitler, | 0:04:18 | 0:04:20 | |
and states publicly he would
like to slaughter three million drug | 0:04:20 | 0:04:23 | |
users in his country. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:24 | |
Which makes the sight
of Donald Trump sitting and smiling | 0:04:24 | 0:04:26 | |
next to him quite incongruous. | 0:04:26 | 0:04:29 | |
It certainly gives Rodrigo Duterte
a certain stature at home. | 0:04:29 | 0:04:31 | |
The two met on the last leg
of Mr Trump's Asia trip. | 0:04:31 | 0:04:36 | |
During which Mr Trump faced some
uncomfortable questions - | 0:04:36 | 0:04:38 | |
about his relationship
with Vladimir Putin - | 0:04:38 | 0:04:41 | |
en route to the Philippines he told
reporters that the Russian President | 0:04:41 | 0:04:44 | |
had assured him he,
"Absolutely did not meddle | 0:04:44 | 0:04:49 | |
in our election, he did not do
what they are saying he did. | 0:04:49 | 0:04:52 | |
"Every time he sees me
he says I didn't do that. | 0:04:52 | 0:04:57 | |
And I believe - I really believe -
that when he tells me | 0:04:57 | 0:05:00 | |
that, he means it." | 0:05:00 | 0:05:03 | |
At the same time Mr Trump criticised
several former top US | 0:05:03 | 0:05:05 | |
intelligence officials -
saying they were political hacks. | 0:05:05 | 0:05:09 | |
Even for Mr Trump, appearing to give
President Putin more credence | 0:05:09 | 0:05:13 | |
than US agencies is a problem,
so it's little surprise | 0:05:13 | 0:05:15 | |
that he was forced to quickly
qualify his comments. | 0:05:15 | 0:05:19 | |
What I said, I'm surprised
there is any conflict on this. | 0:05:19 | 0:05:23 | |
What I said there is I believe
he believes that amount is very | 0:05:23 | 0:05:27 | |
What I said there is I believe
he believes that and it is very | 0:05:27 | 0:05:31 | |
important for somebody to believe. | 0:05:31 | 0:05:32 | |
I believe that he feels
that he and Russia did not | 0:05:32 | 0:05:35 | |
meddle in the election. | 0:05:35 | 0:05:36 | |
As to whether I believe it or not,
I'm with our agencies, | 0:05:36 | 0:05:39 | |
especially as currently constituted
with their leadership. | 0:05:39 | 0:05:40 | |
Confused? | 0:05:40 | 0:05:41 | |
Well, it's not entirely clear
what the President believes. | 0:05:41 | 0:05:43 | |
But one of the former US
intelligence chiefs who Mr Trump | 0:05:43 | 0:05:46 | |
dismissed is quite clear
about what he thinks is going on. | 0:05:46 | 0:05:50 | |
It demonstrates to Mr Putin that
Donald Trump can be played by | 0:05:50 | 0:05:56 | |
foreign leaders, who are going to
appeal to his ego and to try to play | 0:05:56 | 0:06:00 | |
upon his insecurities,
which is very, very | 0:06:00 | 0:06:02 | |
worrisome from a national
security standpoint. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:06 | |
For more on the President's trip
we can turn to Bill Richardson | 0:06:06 | 0:06:09 | |
who formerly served as US Ambassador
to the UN and joins us today | 0:06:09 | 0:06:12 | |
from Santa Fe, New Mexico. | 0:06:12 | 0:06:19 | |
Do you agree with Mr Brennan when he
says he thinks Mr Trump can be | 0:06:19 | 0:06:24 | |
played and foreign leaders know
that? Yes, I agree with Director | 0:06:24 | 0:06:33 | |
Brennan Amber two other directors
that are career officers, they are | 0:06:33 | 0:06:38 | |
intelligence officers, not political
hacks, which is what the president | 0:06:38 | 0:06:41 | |
called them. It is clear the
president sided with Vladimir Putin, | 0:06:41 | 0:06:47 | |
just Putin saying I was not
involved, I did not meddle, against | 0:06:47 | 0:06:52 | |
a billions of dollars we spend on
intelligence and conclusive proof | 0:06:52 | 0:06:57 | |
there was Russian meddling. This is
disturbing. Cabinet level officers | 0:06:57 | 0:07:03 | |
being dismissed by the president of
the United States. For the record, | 0:07:03 | 0:07:08 | |
you are a Democrat and served a
Democratic president but how unusual | 0:07:08 | 0:07:12 | |
is it for an American president to
appear to give more credibility to a | 0:07:12 | 0:07:19 | |
foreign adversary than his own
intelligence services? It is | 0:07:19 | 0:07:24 | |
nonexistent. I do not think it has
happened before. I have been around | 0:07:24 | 0:07:28 | |
a long time and do not recall
Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Barack | 0:07:28 | 0:07:34 | |
Obama, President Clinton, the two
Bushes questioning the intelligence | 0:07:34 | 0:07:44 | |
community. Yes questioning them on
conclusions but not at the expense | 0:07:44 | 0:07:49 | |
of a country many consider not just
a strategic competitor, but in | 0:07:49 | 0:07:54 | |
occasional areas Russia is our
enemy. We have vast differences on | 0:07:54 | 0:08:01 | |
Iran, Syria and vast differences on
Ukraine, or many fundamental issues, | 0:08:01 | 0:08:06 | |
arms control, right now. This is not
just unusual, it has never happened. | 0:08:06 | 0:08:12 | |
That is what is disturbing. You will
have spent time at the UN talking | 0:08:12 | 0:08:17 | |
about North Korea and we were told
ahead of the trip north Korea was | 0:08:17 | 0:08:22 | |
the priority for the president so
how do you square rich with the idea | 0:08:22 | 0:08:26 | |
he wants to bring them back to the
table with this to eat over the | 0:08:26 | 0:08:30 | |
weekend? He says the North Korean
leader keeps calling him old. He | 0:08:30 | 0:08:37 | |
says that, I would never call him
short and fat. He says... | 0:08:37 | 0:08:43 | |
How will that insulting tweet bring
North Korea back to the table? It is | 0:08:48 | 0:08:52 | |
not. North Korea, I have dealt with
them many years and been there eight | 0:08:52 | 0:08:58 | |
times and personal insults, they
react negatively. They are a country | 0:08:58 | 0:09:03 | |
like many Asians who want to save
face and personal relationships are | 0:09:03 | 0:09:07 | |
important. I do not like the
president of the United States | 0:09:07 | 0:09:11 | |
insulted and he has been insulted by
the North Koreans, though | 0:09:11 | 0:09:15 | |
questioning whether saying you are
old as an insult... I am old. My | 0:09:15 | 0:09:21 | |
worry is that he had a reasonably
good effort on North Korea on this | 0:09:21 | 0:09:29 | |
trip. He was uniting countries
against North Korea and he has | 0:09:29 | 0:09:33 | |
patched up a little bit the
relationship with South Korea and | 0:09:33 | 0:09:36 | |
with Japan it is good. China did not
work. China is not willing to put | 0:09:36 | 0:09:42 | |
maximum pressure on North Korea,
although they have a bit. This Tweet | 0:09:42 | 0:09:52 | |
makes everything fall apart at the
end. It is like no progress has been | 0:09:52 | 0:09:57 | |
made in a potential diplomatic
solution, which I think is the only | 0:09:57 | 0:09:59 | |
way out on this. OK, Ambassador,
thank you. Always good to see you. | 0:09:59 | 0:10:07 | |
There has been a lot of business
done on the trip but do you think in | 0:10:07 | 0:10:12 | |
the process of what is it, 12 days
on the trip, he has done anything to | 0:10:12 | 0:10:17 | |
enhance America's role in Southeast
Asia? | 0:10:17 | 0:10:23 | |
It was interesting, Christian, I was
getting in touch with Asia experts | 0:10:23 | 0:10:27 | |
and they said at the moment we are
talking about the Tweet and the old | 0:10:27 | 0:10:34 | |
and the fat and shorten fat and
Vladimir Putin but historians will | 0:10:34 | 0:10:37 | |
look back at this trip to Asia, the
longest and a quarter of a sentry by | 0:10:37 | 0:10:43 | |
an American president and see
something different, they will see | 0:10:43 | 0:10:46 | |
it as a shift, the moment America
did not go to Asia and act as a | 0:10:46 | 0:10:51 | |
world leader and it was president
she -- president Xi. It is not clear | 0:10:51 | 0:11:02 | |
what America got out of this trip
and if you had to say who was the | 0:11:02 | 0:11:07 | |
most important player over the 12
days, it was not Washington, it was | 0:11:07 | 0:11:13 | |
Beijing and other countries in Asia
are looking to Beijing. Not so much | 0:11:13 | 0:11:19 | |
looking to the United States and
that is a big shift. | 0:11:19 | 0:11:22 | |
How often on this programme do we
talk about photo opportunities that | 0:11:22 | 0:11:28 | |
go wrong that these big events? This
is the Asia conference in the | 0:11:28 | 0:11:33 | |
Philippines. They start... They are
standing not knowing what is going | 0:11:33 | 0:11:38 | |
on and then they have the crossover
handshake. I have sympathy with a | 0:11:38 | 0:11:42 | |
president here, but then I look and
see what has gone wrong. A schoolboy | 0:11:42 | 0:11:47 | |
error. He is standing too close to
the neighbour on the right and then | 0:11:47 | 0:11:52 | |
you have to reach over. A schoolboy
error. Look at that. The grimmest | 0:11:52 | 0:11:58 | |
tells you he knows it, as well. Yes,
stand in the middle -- the grimace | 0:11:58 | 0:12:09 | |
tells you. And next are taller
people. You have to get tactics | 0:12:09 | 0:12:13 | |
right in a crossover handshake!
The moment I saw the photograph I | 0:12:13 | 0:12:17 | |
knew you would bring it up on the
programme. | 0:12:17 | 0:12:19 | |
Ever since the Brexit vote,
MPs on all sides of the Commons have | 0:12:19 | 0:12:23 | |
been demanding a vote
on the final agreement. | 0:12:23 | 0:12:24 | |
Today the government appears to have
offered a major concession. | 0:12:24 | 0:12:28 | |
The Brexit Secretary David Davis
says a vote on the deal | 0:12:28 | 0:12:31 | |
will be guaranteed by
a new piece of legislation. | 0:12:31 | 0:12:33 | |
Labour has called it a climbdown. | 0:12:33 | 0:12:34 | |
Leila Nathoo joins us
now from Westminster. | 0:12:34 | 0:12:37 | |
I suppose it comes down to what
constitutes a meaningful vote and | 0:12:38 | 0:12:46 | |
piece of legislation. There has been
much debate over the term meaningful | 0:12:46 | 0:12:51 | |
and the opposition, Labour, calling
for a meaningful vote for sometime | 0:12:51 | 0:12:56 | |
but the government had always
promised there would be some | 0:12:56 | 0:13:00 | |
Parliamentary say on the final
Brexit deal, there would be a moment | 0:13:00 | 0:13:04 | |
after the deal was agreed between
the UK and Brussels where Parliament | 0:13:04 | 0:13:09 | |
can have its say. That vote would
always be a kind of seal of approval | 0:13:09 | 0:13:14 | |
or rejection and if it was rejected,
it was not clear what would happen | 0:13:14 | 0:13:18 | |
because there was no facility the
government said to sense the UK | 0:13:18 | 0:13:23 | |
Government back to the negotiating
table. Now, the government have | 0:13:23 | 0:13:27 | |
offered another vote over and above
the initial vote in principle, to | 0:13:27 | 0:13:32 | |
say there is going to be a piece of
legislation that can be scrutinised, | 0:13:32 | 0:13:40 | |
including all the terms of the deal,
so EU citizens' right, the financial | 0:13:40 | 0:13:46 | |
settlement, the transitional period,
that Parliaments, the Commons and | 0:13:46 | 0:13:51 | |
the Lords, can scrutinise but not
answer still on what would happen if | 0:13:51 | 0:13:55 | |
Parliament rejected the deal. They
would be no opportunity to really | 0:13:55 | 0:14:00 | |
send back Theresa May, David Davis
to the negotiating table in Brussels | 0:14:00 | 0:14:04 | |
and so the risk is anyone voting
against the deal at that time would | 0:14:04 | 0:14:08 | |
affect of the vote for no deal.
Can I ask the question a lot of | 0:14:08 | 0:14:15 | |
viewers would ask that is in the
end, does this vote mean there is a | 0:14:15 | 0:14:20 | |
chance the result of the Brexit
referendum could be reversed? It | 0:14:20 | 0:14:24 | |
does not sound like it. No. The
government has been cleared it is | 0:14:24 | 0:14:30 | |
not a vehicle, mechanism to try to
stop Brexit. What it is is an | 0:14:30 | 0:14:38 | |
overture to Conservative
backbenchers, who are uneasy about | 0:14:38 | 0:14:44 | |
certain parts of Brexit, about the
process. There is a piece of | 0:14:44 | 0:14:49 | |
legislation going through Parliament
now which MPs are using to try to | 0:14:49 | 0:14:54 | |
tinker with the process of Brexit,
with the government approach. This | 0:14:54 | 0:14:58 | |
offer of more legislation down the
line, the final say over the | 0:14:58 | 0:15:01 | |
agreement is a gesture, to get the
potential rebels on side, who had | 0:15:01 | 0:15:08 | |
been demanding there would be a
separate piece of legislation, among | 0:15:08 | 0:15:12 | |
other things. I do not think this is
opening the door to Brexit not | 0:15:12 | 0:15:18 | |
happening and it certainly does not
look like the end of the story in | 0:15:18 | 0:15:22 | |
terms of Parliamentary arguments
over how Brexit take shape. Thank | 0:15:22 | 0:15:24 | |
you. Tensions in the Cabinet 's
surface this weekend with a letter. | 0:15:24 | 0:15:43 | |
It was leaked from within number 10
urged the Prime Minister | 0:15:43 | 0:15:46 | |
to remain faithful to
the referendum vote. | 0:15:46 | 0:15:48 | |
The letter published this weekend
called on Mrs May to act | 0:15:48 | 0:15:50 | |
with pragmatism without diluting
the ambition of the UK to be | 0:15:50 | 0:15:53 | |
a "fully independent self-governing
country by the time of the next | 0:15:53 | 0:15:55 | |
election". | 0:15:56 | 0:15:56 | |
The letter goes on... | 0:15:56 | 0:15:58 | |
"We are profoundly worried that
in some parts of government | 0:15:58 | 0:16:00 | |
the current preparations are not
proceeding with anything | 0:16:00 | 0:16:02 | |
like sufficient energy. | 0:16:02 | 0:16:03 | |
We have heard it argued by some
that we cannot start preparations | 0:16:03 | 0:16:06 | |
on the basis of no deal -
a not too subtle dig | 0:16:06 | 0:16:09 | |
at the Chancellor Phillip Hammond. | 0:16:09 | 0:16:10 | |
And it finishes... | 0:16:10 | 0:16:11 | |
We all want you to push your agenda
forward with confidence. | 0:16:11 | 0:16:14 | |
It's now reported that 40 MPs
from Theresa May's own party | 0:16:14 | 0:16:16 | |
are ready to sign a letter of no
confidence in her leadership. | 0:16:16 | 0:16:19 | |
Only 48 would be needed
to trigger a vote. | 0:16:19 | 0:16:21 | |
And so earlier today,
I talked to Graham Brady - | 0:16:21 | 0:16:24 | |
chairman of the powerful 1922
Committee of Tory backbenchers - | 0:16:24 | 0:16:26 | |
whose job it would be to deliver
that letter of no confidence | 0:16:26 | 0:16:29 | |
were it written. | 0:16:29 | 0:16:33 | |
The claim that there are 40
colleagues ready to call | 0:16:33 | 0:16:38 | |
for a no confidence vote,
wasn't, as far as I could tell, | 0:16:38 | 0:16:41 | |
supported by any source | 0:16:41 | 0:16:42 | |
that was quoted, so I would treat it
with considerable caution, | 0:16:42 | 0:16:45 | |
but in terms of the process,
if we were ever to reach a point | 0:16:45 | 0:16:50 | |
where 15% of the parliamentary
Conservative Party, currently 48 | 0:16:50 | 0:16:54 | |
Members of Parliament,
wrote to me asking for a confidence | 0:16:54 | 0:16:56 | |
vote to be held, it would be
incumbent upon me to arrange such | 0:16:56 | 0:17:02 | |
a vote as soon as could be
reasonably managed. | 0:17:02 | 0:17:04 | |
The other letter that was in
the newspapers this weekend | 0:17:04 | 0:17:08 | |
was from Boris Johnson
and Michael Gove, which we are led | 0:17:08 | 0:17:11 | |
to believe was then trying to direct
the Prime Minister towards a hard | 0:17:11 | 0:17:15 | |
Brexit, or that was the way
it was interpreted. | 0:17:15 | 0:17:18 | |
Could it also be seen another way,
that they felt it necessary to write | 0:17:18 | 0:17:21 | |
a letter asking her to lead? | 0:17:21 | 0:17:25 | |
I would say in that regard
there is nothing unusual in Cabinet | 0:17:25 | 0:17:27 | |
ministers sending memos to the Prime
Minister. | 0:17:27 | 0:17:32 | |
This is part of the normal flow
of business within government. | 0:17:32 | 0:17:35 | |
What should not happen is for such
a confidential memo to be put | 0:17:35 | 0:17:38 | |
in the public domain. | 0:17:38 | 0:17:42 | |
I do not think that was done
by the Prime Minister, | 0:17:42 | 0:17:44 | |
I do not think it was done
by the Foreign Secretary | 0:17:44 | 0:17:47 | |
or Mr Gove, either. | 0:17:47 | 0:17:51 | |
So I think clearly somebody has
leaked a piece of private | 0:17:51 | 0:17:58 | |
correspondence in order
to create mischief. | 0:17:58 | 0:18:00 | |
But if she was leading
and in leading had chosen a cabinet | 0:18:00 | 0:18:03 | |
that was cohesive are not divided
over the aims of Brexit, | 0:18:03 | 0:18:06 | |
then first of all Boris Johnson
and Michael Gove would not have seen | 0:18:06 | 0:18:09 | |
reason to send the letter
and secondly it wouldn't be leaked | 0:18:09 | 0:18:11 | |
by someone within number 10,
presumably trying to undermine them. | 0:18:11 | 0:18:19 | |
Ultimately the Prime Minister leads
the government and she set that | 0:18:19 | 0:18:24 | |
clear vision of an outward looking,
free trading Britain that engages | 0:18:24 | 0:18:26 | |
closely with our European friends. | 0:18:26 | 0:18:28 | |
When you look at this cabinet, two
resignations in little over a week. | 0:18:28 | 0:18:31 | |
Damien Green, the Deputy Prime
Minister, still under investigation, | 0:18:31 | 0:18:33 | |
and Boris Johnson under pressure
for his comments about | 0:18:33 | 0:18:35 | |
Nazanin Zaghair-Ratcliffe. | 0:18:36 | 0:18:38 | |
There are lots of people who say,
why doesn't the Prime Minister | 0:18:38 | 0:18:41 | |
lead from the front,
clear out the cabinet | 0:18:41 | 0:18:43 | |
and have a new start? | 0:18:43 | 0:18:48 | |
I would like to have a quiet couple
of weeks in British politics. | 0:18:48 | 0:18:52 | |
It would make a welcome
change at the moment. | 0:18:52 | 0:18:55 | |
There have been a lot of things that
have happened over recent weeks, | 0:18:55 | 0:18:58 | |
many of them completely unexpected,
things which are not | 0:18:58 | 0:19:04 | |
within the power of this
Prime Minister or any | 0:19:04 | 0:19:06 | |
Prime Minister to control. | 0:19:07 | 0:19:12 | |
It would be a bad time in my view,
when you have had some necessary | 0:19:12 | 0:19:16 | |
changes that have been forced
by events, it would be a bad time | 0:19:16 | 0:19:22 | |
to just plunge into still greater,
more far reaching changes. | 0:19:22 | 0:19:25 | |
Would you agree it is good always
to have a Foreign Secretary | 0:19:25 | 0:19:28 | |
who reads his briefs? | 0:19:28 | 0:19:29 | |
Of course, but Boris Johnson
is somebody who is immensely able, | 0:19:29 | 0:19:34 | |
who has a great personality,
projects to lots of people | 0:19:34 | 0:19:38 | |
and I'm sure has projected
to a lot of people around | 0:19:38 | 0:19:40 | |
the world, as well. | 0:19:40 | 0:19:45 | |
I don't think he would say that
episode was the finest moment. | 0:19:45 | 0:19:54 | |
Christian, I told you I was in
England visiting family and I read | 0:19:54 | 0:19:58 | |
the papers and came away confused
about the status of Boris Johnson | 0:19:58 | 0:20:02 | |
because last week we spoke about the
mess up he made about Iran and he | 0:20:02 | 0:20:08 | |
has apologised, if he said anything
that put in jeopardy the British | 0:20:08 | 0:20:12 | |
prisoner in Iran. And yet, he is
issuing what seems to be an | 0:20:12 | 0:20:17 | |
ultimatum to the Prime Minister. Are
the fortunes of the Foreign | 0:20:17 | 0:20:22 | |
Secretary up or down?
I think they are down today because | 0:20:22 | 0:20:25 | |
he has been forced into an apology
of sorts in the Commons. | 0:20:25 | 0:20:34 | |
How does he think he has the power
to issue ultimatums to the Prime | 0:20:34 | 0:20:37 | |
Minister? Probably he and Michael
Gove, since they campaigned hard for | 0:20:37 | 0:20:40 | |
Brexit, it is incumbent on them to
make the argument for the Brexit | 0:20:40 | 0:20:44 | |
side and if it goes downhill it
reflects badly on them and | 0:20:44 | 0:20:50 | |
presumably their future in Cabinet
are linked to that and there are | 0:20:50 | 0:20:54 | |
people who feel the Prime Minister
has not grasped the nettle and is | 0:20:54 | 0:20:58 | |
trying to keep all sides in the
Cabinet together and at the expense | 0:20:58 | 0:21:02 | |
of the negotiations so that might be
the reason they wrote the letter | 0:21:02 | 0:21:05 | |
that the fact it was leaked from
number 10, presumably by somebody | 0:21:05 | 0:21:09 | |
who wanted to undermine them proves
how divisive it is the divisions | 0:21:09 | 0:21:14 | |
that are within Canada.
Almost -- within the Cabinet. | 0:21:14 | 0:21:20 | |
Global carbon dioxide emissions
are projected to rise | 0:21:20 | 0:21:23 | |
for the first time in four years. | 0:21:23 | 0:21:26 | |
Scientists at a United Nations
climate conference in Germany say | 0:21:26 | 0:21:28 | |
the main cause of the expected
growth has been greater use of coal | 0:21:28 | 0:21:31 | |
in China as its economy expanded. | 0:21:31 | 0:21:33 | |
They're warning that levels of CO2
need to be reduced before 2020 | 0:21:33 | 0:21:36 | |
if we are to limit dangerous global
warming this century. | 0:21:36 | 0:21:38 | |
Here's our science
editor David Shukman. | 0:21:38 | 0:21:43 | |
For more than a week now,
the people of Delhi have | 0:21:43 | 0:21:46 | |
been suffering in air
that has become toxic. | 0:21:46 | 0:21:48 | |
Smog created by countless
engines burning fossil | 0:21:48 | 0:21:49 | |
fuels, including coal. | 0:21:49 | 0:21:53 | |
Coal is one of the biggest sources
of pollution worldwide. | 0:21:53 | 0:21:55 | |
Power stations such as this one
in Poland belch out gases | 0:21:55 | 0:22:01 | |
including carbon dioxide,
and despite promises to clean up, | 0:22:01 | 0:22:03 | |
emissions are actually increasing. | 0:22:03 | 0:22:07 | |
For countries in the path
of devastating hurricanes, | 0:22:07 | 0:22:10 | |
like the ones that struck
the Caribbean earlier this year, | 0:22:10 | 0:22:12 | |
this is depressing. | 0:22:12 | 0:22:17 | |
Because global warming may bring
more extreme weather. | 0:22:17 | 0:22:21 | |
And it seems to them that little
is being done to stop it. | 0:22:21 | 0:22:24 | |
This is very worrying for us. | 0:22:24 | 0:22:26 | |
I would hate to say that it
sounds a death knell, | 0:22:26 | 0:22:29 | |
but it translates into that,
given this summer we have had such | 0:22:29 | 0:22:32 | |
an active hurricane season. | 0:22:32 | 0:22:33 | |
We know what Irma and Maria
did to the region. | 0:22:33 | 0:22:36 | |
This new research finds that more
and more carbon dioxide | 0:22:36 | 0:22:39 | |
is being released from power
stations, factories and different | 0:22:39 | 0:22:41 | |
forms of transport. | 0:22:41 | 0:22:43 | |
And this matters because the gas
traps heat in the atmosphere. | 0:22:43 | 0:22:48 | |
This graph shows how emissions
of carbon dioxide have risen over | 0:22:48 | 0:22:50 | |
almost three decades. | 0:22:50 | 0:22:53 | |
In the last few years,
they have been levelling off, | 0:22:53 | 0:22:56 | |
which was seen as a positive sign. | 0:22:56 | 0:22:58 | |
But this year, there has suddenly
been an increase of 2%. | 0:22:58 | 0:23:02 | |
So what is happening and who is to
blame around the world? | 0:23:02 | 0:23:06 | |
In America, emissions of carbon
dioxide have fallen slightly | 0:23:06 | 0:23:09 | |
and that is despite President Trump
wanting to leave | 0:23:09 | 0:23:11 | |
the Paris agreement. | 0:23:11 | 0:23:13 | |
In Europe, | 0:23:13 | 0:23:14 | |
they are on course
to be down as well. | 0:23:14 | 0:23:17 | |
But in China they are up,
as the economy picks up | 0:23:17 | 0:23:19 | |
and more coal is burned. | 0:23:19 | 0:23:22 | |
Climate scientists say it is vital
that less coal is used | 0:23:22 | 0:23:24 | |
if we are to have any chance
of heading off the worst | 0:23:24 | 0:23:27 | |
of global warming. | 0:23:27 | 0:23:29 | |
But President Trump is promoting
the coal industry and he wants | 0:23:29 | 0:23:34 | |
America to help other countries
to use it. | 0:23:34 | 0:23:36 | |
There are countries that have said
that coal is going to be | 0:23:36 | 0:23:42 | |
part of our energy mix
for the foreseeable future, many | 0:23:42 | 0:23:45 | |
in Asia and some in Africa as well. | 0:23:45 | 0:23:46 | |
And they have been clear that
because coal is going to be part | 0:23:46 | 0:23:50 | |
of their energy mix in the future,
they want support for | 0:23:50 | 0:23:52 | |
cleaner coal technology. | 0:23:52 | 0:23:55 | |
There is now a battle over a fuel
that many economies rely on. | 0:23:55 | 0:23:58 | |
There are plans to make
coal cleaner, to use it | 0:23:58 | 0:24:00 | |
without releasing carbon dioxide. | 0:24:00 | 0:24:05 | |
But this is not much of a reality
so far and, in the meantime, | 0:24:05 | 0:24:09 | |
there are warnings that emissions
need to fall rapidly, | 0:24:09 | 0:24:11 | |
not rise, as they are now. | 0:24:11 | 0:24:21 | |
Donald Trump only sent a fledgling
group to the climate conference in | 0:24:22 | 0:24:27 | |
Germany, smaller than they would
normally send, but there has been | 0:24:27 | 0:24:31 | |
representation from the White House
about clean coal, a cleaner fossil | 0:24:31 | 0:24:34 | |
fuel that they say must be part of
the global warming solution. But it | 0:24:34 | 0:24:41 | |
was interrupted. We have pictures of
protesters who went to the | 0:24:41 | 0:24:46 | |
presentation. I understand it was
quite noisy. Let's have a look. Oil, | 0:24:46 | 0:24:56 | |
34, natural gas, 35. SINGING. I was
told noisy, not tuneful. | 0:24:56 | 0:25:12 | |
That is quite a protest. And quite
coordinated. You think nothing is | 0:25:12 | 0:25:18 | |
going to happen and suddenly the
room stands up. There are people who | 0:25:18 | 0:25:22 | |
are mayors, people from states
represented, but the White House in | 0:25:22 | 0:25:27 | |
particular sent a smaller group and
looks -- look at what happened when | 0:25:27 | 0:25:35 | |
they did try to make a presentation.
A roomful of protesters. They will | 0:25:35 | 0:25:41 | |
have to vet the invitations. | 0:25:41 | 0:25:45 | |
This is Beyond 100
Days from the BBC. | 0:25:45 | 0:25:49 | |
Coming up for viewers on the BBC
News Channel and BBC World News - | 0:25:49 | 0:25:52 | |
the warning from European business
leaders to the British Prime | 0:25:52 | 0:25:54 | |
Minister - what they say is at stake
if progress isn't made on reaching | 0:25:54 | 0:25:58 | |
a deal, and fast. | 0:25:58 | 0:25:59 | |
And what does the Last Supper
tell us about Davinci? | 0:25:59 | 0:26:01 | |
We speak to the author who's just
written about the life | 0:26:01 | 0:26:05 | |
of Leonardo. | 0:26:05 | 0:26:06 | |
That's still to come. | 0:26:06 | 0:26:07 | |
That's still to come. | 0:26:07 | 0:26:10 | |
It is being cold across the UK with
frost around and mountain snow. A | 0:26:10 | 0:26:17 | |
nice picture from the Highlands.
Tomorrow, a little milder will stop | 0:26:17 | 0:26:22 | |
not a lot. Some of us will have a
cold start to the day but overall, | 0:26:22 | 0:26:27 | |
what will happen is cold air sitting
on top of us will be pushed away and | 0:26:27 | 0:26:35 | |
milder and Atlantic air will come
in. There is a lot of cloud, | 0:26:35 | 0:26:39 | |
outbreaks of rain across the North.
In the south this coming night, | 0:26:39 | 0:26:44 | |
relatively dry and temperatures
dipping down to single figures. In | 0:26:44 | 0:26:52 | |
Scotland in the morning, we are
expecting sunshine and this is where | 0:26:52 | 0:26:56 | |
the best of the weather will be on
Tuesday, certainly from the lowlands | 0:26:56 | 0:27:00 | |
northwards. Colder in the Glens. The
central part of the UK, where we | 0:27:00 | 0:27:09 | |
have a weather front, cloud and the
light outbreaks of rain, around 10 | 0:27:09 | 0:27:13 | |
degrees. In the south, perhaps
brightness first thing but overall, | 0:27:13 | 0:27:18 | |
it will be a pretty grey day across
England, Wales and to an extent | 0:27:18 | 0:27:25 | |
Northern Ireland. The weather front
across the UK during Tuesday. A fair | 0:27:25 | 0:27:31 | |
bit of cloud, apart from Scotland
and maybe the far north of England. | 0:27:31 | 0:27:35 | |
I expect Newcastle will have
sunshine. Temperatures a little bit | 0:27:35 | 0:27:39 | |
higher than the last few days when
they have been into single figures | 0:27:39 | 0:27:44 | |
across the country. Tuesday night,
we are in for a foggy night. | 0:27:44 | 0:27:50 | |
Potentially. The early hours of
Wednesday could be murky with | 0:27:50 | 0:27:54 | |
reduced visibility almost anywhere
across the UK. Particularly across | 0:27:54 | 0:27:59 | |
the southern half of the country. Mr
and Fogg could be a problem for | 0:27:59 | 0:28:05 | |
early-morning commuters on Wednesday
and fog might linger. | 0:28:05 | 0:28:13 | |
We are holding on to temperatures of
12-13d. On Thursday, rain in western | 0:28:18 | 0:28:26 | |
areas and in the south, temperatures
getting up to 13 degrees. | 0:28:26 | 0:28:29 | |
This is Beyond One Hundred Days,
with me, Katty Kay in Washington. | 0:30:08 | 0:30:11 | |
Christian Fraser's in London. | 0:30:11 | 0:30:17 | |
Our top stories: | 0:30:17 | 0:30:19 | |
More than 400 people are dead
and thousands injured | 0:30:19 | 0:30:21 | |
after a powerful earthquake strikes
near the border | 0:30:21 | 0:30:23 | |
between Iran and Iraq. | 0:30:23 | 0:30:33 | |
Coming up in the next half hour:
Roy Moore should quit | 0:30:33 | 0:30:36 | |
the Alabama Senate race -
that's the call of Senate Majority | 0:30:36 | 0:30:38 | |
leader Mitch McConnell after
allegations of sexual misconduct. | 0:30:38 | 0:30:48 | |
The Church of England says kids
should be able to wear what they | 0:30:49 | 0:30:52 | |
want without judgment. | 0:30:52 | 0:30:54 | |
Let us know your thoughts
by using the hashtag | 0:30:54 | 0:30:56 | |
Beyond One Hundred Days. | 0:30:56 | 0:31:06 | |
As time passes with no
concrete progress in | 0:31:09 | 0:31:11 | |
the Brexit negotiations -
yet, business leaders appear to be | 0:31:11 | 0:31:13 | |
getting more and more nervous. | 0:31:13 | 0:31:15 | |
The tensions in Theresa May's
government are intensifying this | 0:31:15 | 0:31:17 | |
week ahead of a vital vote
on the Brexit Bill, and after two | 0:31:17 | 0:31:20 | |
of her cabinet ministers -
Boris Johnson and Michael Gove - | 0:31:20 | 0:31:23 | |
sent her a forthright letter
demanding that she shape up a bit | 0:31:23 | 0:31:26 | |
when it somes to Brexit. | 0:31:26 | 0:31:27 | |
They've called for a transitional
deal that preserves the status quo, | 0:31:27 | 0:31:30 | |
after Britain leaves the EU
in March 2019. | 0:31:30 | 0:31:32 | |
I am joined in the studio
by Miriam Gonzalez, a lawyer | 0:31:32 | 0:31:34 | |
and former EU trade negotiator. | 0:31:34 | 0:31:39 | |
The major complaint from business
leaders is that they want more | 0:31:39 | 0:31:43 | |
certainty and clarity in the next
few weeks, but the point is this | 0:31:43 | 0:31:50 | |
still got to go to a vote in the EU
Parliament, 27 countries have to | 0:31:50 | 0:31:55 | |
agree, there has to be agreement in
the UK Parliament. Should you not | 0:31:55 | 0:31:58 | |
just robbed prepare for the worst
and hope for the best? Preparing for | 0:31:58 | 0:32:04 | |
the worst is always a good thing. In
terms of hoping for the best, the | 0:32:04 | 0:32:10 | |
businesspeople want the government
to do something which is more than | 0:32:10 | 0:32:13 | |
just hoping and it does its real
technical negotiating homework. They | 0:32:13 | 0:32:20 | |
are asking for two things, one of
them is certainty and clarity. The | 0:32:20 | 0:32:25 | |
other thing they are asking for is
more energy, more progress. Very | 0:32:25 | 0:32:31 | |
little has happened in one year, and
they just want to see more | 0:32:31 | 0:32:36 | |
indication from the government of
what it is exactly they will be | 0:32:36 | 0:32:39 | |
asking for. I say the worst-case
scenario. That be how remained | 0:32:39 | 0:32:46 | |
sealed. Brexiteers might say, if we
walk and there is no deal, that is | 0:32:46 | 0:32:51 | |
the best scenario. Listen to Sir
James Dyson, who was speaking to the | 0:32:51 | 0:32:56 | |
BBC this weekend. He says going to
the WTO rules and walking away from | 0:32:56 | 0:33:01 | |
Europe might be a good thing. 80% is
percent of our growth are stewards | 0:33:01 | 0:33:06 | |
outside the EU. But we have already
fallen off a cliff as company | 0:33:06 | 0:33:11 | |
because we already pay a tariff into
Europe. Yet we are one of the | 0:33:11 | 0:33:18 | |
fastest-growing companies in Europe.
One of the fastest-growing | 0:33:18 | 0:33:22 | |
manufacturing companies in Europe
outside the EU, the single market, | 0:33:22 | 0:33:29 | |
the customs union, trading under WTO
rules. That is very much a minority | 0:33:29 | 0:33:33 | |
view and not the view of most of
businesspeople who are represented | 0:33:33 | 0:33:38 | |
at the meeting with the Prime
Minister today. It makes the news | 0:33:38 | 0:33:45 | |
when he says something like that! I
do not think this is a matter of | 0:33:45 | 0:33:50 | |
confidence. Royals will be very
different and so were tariffs. It is | 0:33:50 | 0:33:55 | |
very easy to calculate company by
company what the difference between | 0:33:55 | 0:34:00 | |
operating within the single market
and the customs union is an | 0:34:00 | 0:34:03 | |
operating not only outside that but
operating with WTO only rules. | 0:34:03 | 0:34:08 | |
Everyone can calculate that and that
is why many businesses are anxious. | 0:34:08 | 0:34:12 | |
The level of anxiety has risen a lot
over the last few weeks. That is | 0:34:12 | 0:34:20 | |
taking into account the biggest
issue we still have on the table, | 0:34:20 | 0:34:24 | |
which is the transition period.
There is a lot of misunderstanding | 0:34:24 | 0:34:28 | |
as to what the transition period is.
Businesses calling for a standstill. | 0:34:28 | 0:34:35 | |
But the government has put on the
table is not a standstill. It is the | 0:34:35 | 0:34:41 | |
wind down process that is within
Article 50 which is very different | 0:34:41 | 0:34:48 | |
to a standstill. Business needs to
understand is a bag gap. We keep | 0:34:48 | 0:34:55 | |
hearing Europe has moved on from the
whole Brexit process, they are not | 0:34:55 | 0:34:58 | |
thinking about Britain any more. To
what extent is that not the case for | 0:34:58 | 0:35:04 | |
European businesses? The genuinely
concerned at the moment? European | 0:35:04 | 0:35:09 | |
businesses and politicians would all
hope to have an agreement with the | 0:35:09 | 0:35:12 | |
UK. They did want any of this! This
has happened to them, and they are | 0:35:12 | 0:35:18 | |
simply reacting to what has happened
in the UK. There is will to try to | 0:35:18 | 0:35:23 | |
get to an agreement, but the ball is
in the UK Government's court. We | 0:35:23 | 0:35:31 | |
just need to know what the UK
Government once. So what are the | 0:35:31 | 0:35:36 | |
chances of turning this from what
some business leaders are calling a | 0:35:36 | 0:35:39 | |
lose lose into a win-win for both
sides? The very first thing we need | 0:35:39 | 0:35:44 | |
is to understand exactly what the
plan is, what the trade framework is | 0:35:44 | 0:35:50 | |
that the government wants to put on
the table for negotiations, and that | 0:35:50 | 0:35:53 | |
is the very first step. We still do
not know. More than one year after | 0:35:53 | 0:35:59 | |
the Brexit referendum, we still do
not know exactly what type of | 0:35:59 | 0:36:03 | |
agreement the UK Government once.
Once they put that on the table, | 0:36:03 | 0:36:07 | |
negotiations can start, and I am
sure it would be with goodwill. | 0:36:07 | 0:36:10 | |
Everybody has to lose if we do not
have an agreement. Thank you very | 0:36:10 | 0:36:15 | |
much for coming, do come back and
talk to us more. There will be | 0:36:15 | 0:36:19 | |
plenty to talk about! Here is
something I do not understand. | 0:36:19 | 0:36:22 | |
Businesses say they want clarity but
in this instance, even if they get | 0:36:22 | 0:36:35 | |
clarity from London and the British
side, the then still have to go | 0:36:35 | 0:36:37 | |
through the whole European side
where you've got 27 countries | 0:36:37 | 0:36:39 | |
involved, and that could still be
changed, potentially. That was the | 0:36:39 | 0:36:42 | |
experience of the Canadians. They
negotiated for many years to get | 0:36:42 | 0:36:44 | |
this deal. It is not the sort of
deal the UK has now within the | 0:36:44 | 0:36:47 | |
single market and Customs union, but
when that went to the vote of the 27 | 0:36:47 | 0:36:53 | |
countries, I think Belgium voted
against it, the smallest part of the | 0:36:53 | 0:36:56 | |
European Union. You have to face
facts are that, when this goes | 0:36:56 | 0:37:01 | |
through the process in October if
they get there and as soon as | 0:37:01 | 0:37:04 | |
October, there may be some countries
who do not like the deal, and there | 0:37:04 | 0:37:09 | |
will certainly be dissenting voices
within the European Parliament, and | 0:37:09 | 0:37:11 | |
both have to agree to it. Let's not
look other news now. Boris Johnson | 0:37:11 | 0:37:23 | |
has said the MPs that Nazanin
Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been training | 0:37:23 | 0:37:27 | |
journalists but now the government
admits she was visiting family and | 0:37:27 | 0:37:32 | |
has called on Iraq to release on
humanitarian grounds. | 0:37:32 | 0:37:49 | |
Today marks two years
since the terrorist attacks | 0:37:49 | 0:37:51 | |
by Islamist militants in Paris,
in which 130 people | 0:37:51 | 0:37:53 | |
lost their lives. | 0:37:53 | 0:37:54 | |
The French President Emmanuel Macron
heard tributes at each site. | 0:37:54 | 0:37:56 | |
His visit took him to Bataclan
nightclub, where 89 people | 0:37:56 | 0:37:59 | |
were killed when gunmen stormed
a rock concert just after the Eagles | 0:37:59 | 0:38:01 | |
of Death Metal had begun performing. | 0:38:02 | 0:38:03 | |
The band returned to Paris to take
part in today's commemoration. | 0:38:03 | 0:38:06 | |
The solution for Catalonia may be
something for other than | 0:38:06 | 0:38:08 | |
independence. The Spanish Prime
Minister has been campaigning. He | 0:38:08 | 0:38:09 | |
says regional elections next month
will help end what he called the | 0:38:09 | 0:38:12 | |
havoc. Bob Geldof says he is handing
back the freedom of the city in | 0:38:12 | 0:38:16 | |
Dublin because the same honour was
given to Aung San Suu Kyi. The Irish | 0:38:16 | 0:38:22 | |
musician and humanitarian activist
described the treatment of the | 0:38:22 | 0:38:26 | |
revenger Muslims matter ethnic
cleansing. | 0:38:26 | 0:38:38 | |
The Majority Leader of the US
Senate Mitch McConnell has become | 0:38:38 | 0:38:40 | |
the latest to say it is time
for Roy Moore to step | 0:38:40 | 0:38:43 | |
aside as a candidate
for an Alabama Senate seat. | 0:38:43 | 0:38:49 | |
It comes after allegations
in the Washington Post that Moore | 0:38:49 | 0:38:51 | |
initiated sexual contact with a 14
year old when he was in his 30s. | 0:38:51 | 0:38:55 | |
Today another woman is coming
forward to say she was assaulted | 0:38:55 | 0:38:57 | |
by Moore as a minor. | 0:38:57 | 0:38:58 | |
But the firebrand judge denies
the allegations and is threatening | 0:38:58 | 0:39:02 | |
to sue the Washington Post. | 0:39:03 | 0:39:04 | |
With us now is the BBC's
North America Editor Jon Sopel. | 0:39:04 | 0:39:08 | |
This is some fairly obscure or
special election in Alabama but it | 0:39:08 | 0:39:11 | |
is suddenly getting an awful lot of
attention because sex? It is about | 0:39:11 | 0:39:17 | |
sex and the battle between the
establishment Republican party, who | 0:39:17 | 0:39:21 | |
do not like Roy Moore one little
bit, and firebrands who are keen and | 0:39:21 | 0:39:26 | |
pushing Roy Moore to be the standard
bearer for a new type of | 0:39:26 | 0:39:31 | |
republicanism in Washington. We had
Mitch McConnell coming out today, | 0:39:31 | 0:39:36 | |
saying he should step aside. Till
now people have been saying, if it | 0:39:36 | 0:39:43 | |
is the women's allegations proved
correct, who will prove or disprove | 0:39:43 | 0:39:47 | |
it? Why would you disbelieve the
women? And you have had Roy Moore | 0:39:47 | 0:39:54 | |
firing back, the person who should
step aside is Mitch McConnell! He | 0:39:54 | 0:39:59 | |
has failed Conservatives and must be
replaced. Beyond Earth row, this | 0:39:59 | 0:40:06 | |
also says something about the leaves
of paedophilia on Alabama because | 0:40:06 | 0:40:12 | |
Republican leaders have been saying
even if he did do this, I would | 0:40:12 | 0:40:17 | |
still vote for him because he's not
Democrat. People commit | 0:40:17 | 0:40:20 | |
transgressions and they may be
apologetic. The abuse of a | 0:40:20 | 0:40:28 | |
14-year-old, I wonder what they
think it was the own daughter who | 0:40:28 | 0:40:33 | |
was the subject of such attention?
Maybe they would take a rather | 0:40:33 | 0:40:36 | |
different view on it. But it shows
just how polarised politics are you | 0:40:36 | 0:40:43 | |
would say, there was a bit of an
indiscretion with a 14-year-old, but | 0:40:43 | 0:40:47 | |
more important we get a Republican
in the Senate than we do someone who | 0:40:47 | 0:40:51 | |
may have an unsavoury past. The big
stick that the Roy Moorside is | 0:40:51 | 0:40:57 | |
wielding, he has been elected to
various offices within Alabama, this | 0:40:57 | 0:41:01 | |
is just come out now? They are
trying to play that. But what is | 0:41:01 | 0:41:08 | |
fascinating as well as the various
scenarios that have been sketched | 0:41:08 | 0:41:11 | |
out for what might unfold next,
which is fascinating. You could have | 0:41:11 | 0:41:17 | |
a writing candidate, you could agree
that Republican eggs would be a | 0:41:17 | 0:41:22 | |
better person, the you write their
name on the ballot, and a senator | 0:41:22 | 0:41:26 | |
wins a seat by that way. The other
way suggested is that the Senate, he | 0:41:26 | 0:41:32 | |
gets appointed, wins the election,
goes to the Senate, the modern | 0:41:32 | 0:41:37 | |
inquiry, say, not the person, start
again, and the process goes back to | 0:41:37 | 0:41:42 | |
zero. The more intriguing one, the
Machiavellian mind, is that the seat | 0:41:42 | 0:41:47 | |
is available because Jeff Sessions,
the Attorney General who Donald | 0:41:47 | 0:41:51 | |
Trump has described as we can not
good at doing his job, goes back to | 0:41:51 | 0:41:54 | |
being the senator for Alabama and
hey, presto! You have both | 0:41:54 | 0:42:03 | |
created... Solve the problem of Roy
Moore and got rid of the guy you do | 0:42:03 | 0:42:06 | |
not like as Attorney General! It is
the house of cards on steroids | 0:42:06 | 0:42:10 | |
option! Never heard that before! And
that is why we have the programme! | 0:42:10 | 0:42:16 | |
That is quite a scenario, that is
brilliant. You heard it here first! | 0:42:16 | 0:42:24 | |
Exactly. I was going to ask you
whether Roy Moore was the best | 0:42:24 | 0:42:29 | |
option, but clearly not! I think it
would be tricky. Who else has | 0:42:29 | 0:42:35 | |
recognition? You would have to be
pushed to find another Republican. | 0:42:35 | 0:42:39 | |
Roy Moore is still ten points ahead,
and that is in a poll taken since | 0:42:39 | 0:42:45 | |
these allegations surfaced. 40% of
Alabama Christian evangelicals say | 0:42:45 | 0:42:49 | |
they were still vote for him despite
these allegations. We do do have | 0:42:49 | 0:42:54 | |
some religious figures coming out
and saying, this business of 40 | 0:42:54 | 0:42:58 | |
years ago, total red herring, what
did we learn from the Catholic abuse | 0:42:58 | 0:43:02 | |
crisis? It it's a very long time for
the victims of harassment and abuse | 0:43:02 | 0:43:06 | |
to come forward. They seem to be
saying, give these women the benefit | 0:43:06 | 0:43:10 | |
of the doubt. Good news, we will go
down to Alabama to cover this | 0:43:10 | 0:43:14 | |
election, so that should be a fun
programme. | 0:43:14 | 0:43:17 | |
This is Beyond One Hundred Days. | 0:43:18 | 0:43:21 | |
Still to come: | 0:43:21 | 0:43:24 | |
The biographer who gives new details
on da Vinci and his works. | 0:43:24 | 0:43:35 | |
From "Four Weddings and a Funeral",
to "Love Actually" and "Bridget | 0:43:35 | 0:43:38 | |
Jones's Diary" he's played
many leading roles. | 0:43:38 | 0:43:39 | |
But in his latest film,
Hugh Grant has been cast | 0:43:39 | 0:43:42 | |
as a self-obsessed, washed up actor. | 0:43:42 | 0:43:43 | |
How did he feel about
being offered the role | 0:43:43 | 0:43:45 | |
of the villain in Paddington 2 -
and the prospect of being | 0:43:45 | 0:43:48 | |
overshadowed by a much loved bear? | 0:43:48 | 0:43:52 | |
What is so special about that bear? | 0:43:52 | 0:43:54 | |
He's a wonderful
character, isn't he? | 0:43:54 | 0:43:56 | |
Well, it's funny, number one,
and it's moving, number two. | 0:43:56 | 0:43:58 | |
And it manages not to be
schmaltzy, which is, | 0:43:58 | 0:44:00 | |
I think, really difficult. | 0:44:00 | 0:44:03 | |
Especially when the whole philosophy
of the film is "be nice to everyone, | 0:44:03 | 0:44:06 | |
be tolerant," you know. | 0:44:06 | 0:44:07 | |
It would be really easy to go yucky. | 0:44:07 | 0:44:12 | |
Just putting you on hold. | 0:44:12 | 0:44:14 | |
Whoa! | 0:44:14 | 0:44:16 | |
But I don't want to. | 0:44:16 | 0:44:17 | |
It's only a haircut, Nelson. | 0:44:18 | 0:44:19 | |
There's nothing to be afraid of. | 0:44:19 | 0:44:22 | |
Come in, take a seat. | 0:44:22 | 0:44:25 | |
We'll go somewhere else. | 0:44:25 | 0:44:29 | |
And an actor playing an actor -
did you enjoy that? | 0:44:29 | 0:44:32 | |
Yes, well, I loved that. | 0:44:33 | 0:44:36 | |
I was able to dip into the dim,
distant past of my career, | 0:44:36 | 0:44:39 | |
when I did do theatre | 0:44:39 | 0:44:40 | |
and met characters not entirely
unlike Phoenix Buchanan, | 0:44:40 | 0:44:42 | |
the guy I play in this film. | 0:44:42 | 0:44:47 | |
He was a big West End star,
and became such a narcissist | 0:44:47 | 0:44:50 | |
that he couldn't bear
working with anyone else. | 0:44:50 | 0:45:00 | |
He's Phoenix Buchanan. | 0:45:28 | 0:45:29 | |
Dad's celebrity client. | 0:45:29 | 0:45:30 | |
I suppose you know who I am? | 0:45:30 | 0:45:32 | |
Oh, yes. | 0:45:32 | 0:45:33 | |
You're a very famous actor. | 0:45:33 | 0:45:34 | |
VIP, celebrity... | 0:45:34 | 0:45:35 | |
Or used to be. | 0:45:35 | 0:45:36 | |
Now you do dog food commercials. | 0:45:36 | 0:45:37 | |
This will be me, in ten years' time. | 0:45:37 | 0:45:39 | |
You think it will? | 0:45:39 | 0:45:40 | |
What about the dog food adverts? | 0:45:40 | 0:45:42 | |
That is his big gig, at the moment. | 0:45:42 | 0:45:44 | |
Yeah. | 0:45:44 | 0:45:45 | |
Hugh, really, dog food adverts? | 0:45:45 | 0:45:46 | |
Well, you never know,
you never know. | 0:45:46 | 0:45:48 | |
I started with adverts. | 0:45:48 | 0:45:49 | |
My career in the '80s was writing
and acting in radio commercials, | 0:45:49 | 0:45:52 | |
including dog food. | 0:45:52 | 0:45:53 | |
Actually, no - we did spoof dog food
- for Red Stripe lager. | 0:45:53 | 0:45:56 | |
The Church of England is saying that
people should be able to dress | 0:45:56 | 0:45:58 | |
however they like. | 0:45:58 | 0:45:59 | |
Dressing up is not just a favourite
activity for the reception class | 0:45:59 | 0:46:02 | |
at this London church primary
school, it's also part | 0:46:02 | 0:46:04 | |
of the curriculum designed
to encourage individuality | 0:46:04 | 0:46:06 | |
and discourage bullying. | 0:46:06 | 0:46:12 | |
The Church of England has
updated its advice for its 4700 | 0:46:12 | 0:46:15 | |
schools to protect children who may
be considering transition | 0:46:15 | 0:46:17 | |
from one gender to another. | 0:46:17 | 0:46:24 | |
Being an individual is very
important and respecting everybody's | 0:46:24 | 0:46:26 | |
right to be an individual is very
important to us. | 0:46:26 | 0:46:30 | |
So if children aren't themselves
then they cannot be free | 0:46:30 | 0:46:32 | |
to learn and that's key. | 0:46:32 | 0:46:37 | |
The new guidelines say children
should be allowed to try many cloaks | 0:46:37 | 0:46:40 | |
of identity without being labelled
and that a child may choose | 0:46:40 | 0:46:43 | |
the tutu, princess's tiara,
or a fireman's helmet | 0:46:43 | 0:46:45 | |
without expectation or comment. | 0:46:45 | 0:46:53 | |
Today's guidance is designed
to prevent bullying in schools | 0:46:53 | 0:46:59 | |
like this but, on the issue of human
sexuality, there is deep division | 0:46:59 | 0:47:04 | |
within the Church of England
and some Evangelical Christians see | 0:47:04 | 0:47:07 | |
today's announcement as an attempt
to erode the authority | 0:47:07 | 0:47:09 | |
of the Bible and embrace
an ever-changing culture. | 0:47:09 | 0:47:13 | |
What people expect the Church
of England to do is to set forth | 0:47:13 | 0:47:16 | |
the framework for living as set out
in the Bible. | 0:47:16 | 0:47:25 | |
That we're all made wonderfully
in the image of God, | 0:47:25 | 0:47:27 | |
male and female, and the Church
of England today seems | 0:47:27 | 0:47:29 | |
to have failed in its duty
to say that to the nation. | 0:47:29 | 0:47:32 | |
But the Archbishop of Canterbury,
who expressed his support | 0:47:32 | 0:47:34 | |
for the new guidance in writing
and on social media, | 0:47:34 | 0:47:37 | |
rejects this criticism,
saying no child should be diminished | 0:47:37 | 0:47:41 | |
by being reduced to
a stereotype or a problem. | 0:47:41 | 0:47:50 | |
Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein
and Benjamin Franklin - | 0:47:52 | 0:47:54 | |
they are a few of the towering
figures that author | 0:47:54 | 0:47:58 | |
Walter Isaacson has captured
in his acclaimed biographies. | 0:47:58 | 0:48:00 | |
Now he has set his sights
on Leonardo da Vinci. | 0:48:00 | 0:48:07 | |
Using Leonardo's notebooks
and drawings he shows how | 0:48:07 | 0:48:10 | |
the intersection of art and science
led to a new world of innovation. | 0:48:10 | 0:48:13 | |
For more on this creative genius
and the works which have been | 0:48:13 | 0:48:17 | |
enjoyed by millions, Mr
Isaacson joins us now from New York. | 0:48:17 | 0:48:23 | |
I knew of course that da Vinci had
such a broad reach but I did not | 0:48:23 | 0:48:29 | |
realise how broad until I picked up
your book, astronomy, astrology, | 0:48:29 | 0:48:35 | |
music, military, it was almost as if
the paintings is an afterthought for | 0:48:35 | 0:48:38 | |
him. He wants to learn about
everything. He sees the patterns of | 0:48:38 | 0:48:46 | |
nature. When he turned that
unnerving master of becoming 30 | 0:48:46 | 0:48:52 | |
years old, he writes a job
application to the Duke of Malang, | 0:48:52 | 0:48:55 | |
and it is 11 paragraphs long. The
first ten paragraphs all about | 0:48:55 | 0:49:00 | |
engineering, I can build great
buildings and make weapons of war | 0:49:00 | 0:49:04 | |
and divert rivers. Only in the 11th
paragraph does he say you can paint | 0:49:04 | 0:49:08 | |
as well as anyone. I think it
enjoyed trying to do everything, and | 0:49:08 | 0:49:12 | |
that is what made him the
Renaissance man. Then he did also | 0:49:12 | 0:49:18 | |
merge the two. I loved the story in
the book about the process he went | 0:49:18 | 0:49:22 | |
through to produce perhaps the most
famous painting ever painted and the | 0:49:22 | 0:49:25 | |
most famous smile ever painted, that
of the Mona Lisa. When I looked at | 0:49:25 | 0:49:33 | |
his notebooks, I realised he is
curious about everything and wants | 0:49:33 | 0:49:36 | |
to know every muscle that touches
the lips and which nerves control | 0:49:36 | 0:49:41 | |
those muscles. He dissects the human
eye to show that when you look at | 0:49:41 | 0:49:45 | |
something directly, you see the
black-and-white detail, but on the | 0:49:45 | 0:49:49 | |
edges of your retina, you see
colours and shadows. He is able to | 0:49:49 | 0:49:52 | |
make that smile of the no Mona Lisa
interactive. If you stare at the | 0:49:52 | 0:49:57 | |
tiniest black-and-white details on
the corner of her lips, they are | 0:49:57 | 0:50:02 | |
straight, but the shadows and
colours go up, and over 16 years he | 0:50:02 | 0:50:07 | |
is doing the tiniest of brush
strokes so that it becomes an | 0:50:07 | 0:50:11 | |
emotional painting that interacts
with us. That is why you have to | 0:50:11 | 0:50:15 | |
love both his science and his
anatomy and his optics as well as | 0:50:15 | 0:50:20 | |
his eye to see why he was so
creative and innovative. Are you | 0:50:20 | 0:50:25 | |
saying that, when he dissected
faces, he was actually looking at | 0:50:25 | 0:50:29 | |
how the muscles were working? Is
that the secret as to why this | 0:50:29 | 0:50:36 | |
painting flirts with us? It is one
of the many secrets. Also the way | 0:50:36 | 0:50:41 | |
the optics work. But there are 16
pages in this notebook where he | 0:50:41 | 0:50:45 | |
dissects every muscle of the face
and how it works. He even discovers | 0:50:45 | 0:50:50 | |
things you a night could discover if
we were more observant, like all | 0:50:50 | 0:50:55 | |
bottom lip is a muscle which is why
you out on your own, but your top | 0:50:55 | 0:50:59 | |
lip is not an independent muscle, it
so you cannot pout out, don't try | 0:50:59 | 0:51:07 | |
this now, you will look silly on
television, but it is why Leonardo | 0:51:07 | 0:51:12 | |
loved every aspect of science and
anatomy. We were just looking at | 0:51:12 | 0:51:17 | |
pictures of a man which is on the
back of the book, but you also had a | 0:51:17 | 0:51:21 | |
chance to come over here to Windsor
to look at the Royal collection and | 0:51:21 | 0:51:24 | |
the drawings and the Royal
collection. How did you get there | 0:51:24 | 0:51:28 | |
and what did you find when you
looked at the drawings? Windsor | 0:51:28 | 0:51:33 | |
Castle has the greatest collection
of the notebook pages from Leonardo | 0:51:33 | 0:51:37 | |
on anatomy, the foetus in the womb,
for example, that beautiful drawing. | 0:51:37 | 0:51:42 | |
They showed how he made most
distinction between art and science. | 0:51:42 | 0:51:48 | |
I was very lucky to meet some of the
people involved in the duration, | 0:51:48 | 0:51:55 | |
Martin Clayton is a great expert on
Leonardo, so I was able to see some | 0:51:55 | 0:52:01 | |
of his drawings, and in other places
study other notebook drawings. But | 0:52:01 | 0:52:05 | |
England is very lucky. It probably
has the greatest collection of | 0:52:05 | 0:52:12 | |
Leonardo's drawings and the virgin
of the locks in the National | 0:52:12 | 0:52:15 | |
Gallery. You are writing a book
that, if Leonardo da Vinci had been | 0:52:15 | 0:52:22 | |
alive today, he probably would have
been diagnosed with a DD! We would | 0:52:22 | 0:52:28 | |
not be able to comprehend or contain
his creativity. Leonardo was always | 0:52:28 | 0:52:35 | |
very distracted. He was obsessively
focused at times. He had depression | 0:52:35 | 0:52:43 | |
and anxiety, but also very elated at
times. When people ask me, did he | 0:52:43 | 0:52:47 | |
have a DD or OCD? I say, you are not
supposed to pull down the diagnostic | 0:52:47 | 0:52:55 | |
manual and think, how would we have
treated him or what regiment would | 0:52:55 | 0:52:59 | |
we have put on? Maybe we would have
done that but I doubt we would have | 0:52:59 | 0:53:03 | |
had the Mona Lisa if so. It was good
he was able to deal with his angels | 0:53:03 | 0:53:09 | |
and dragons without his life.
Clearly he would still be | 0:53:09 | 0:53:13 | |
appreciated. I think Sotheby's has a
painting of his going on sale today | 0:53:13 | 0:53:19 | |
that is expected to fetch even more
than you can afford! The's give | 0:53:19 | 0:53:23 | |
credit to Christies. It will
probably go for 115 million dollars. | 0:53:23 | 0:53:36 | |
It is the last Leonardo in private
hands. In Salvador Monday, you see | 0:53:36 | 0:53:42 | |
this beautiful crystal orb and you
see the imagination use it him | 0:53:42 | 0:53:47 | |
getting the crystal right but not
distort Jesus' robes because he's | 0:53:47 | 0:53:53 | |
showing the miraculous quality of
Jesus' stewardess of this world. And | 0:53:53 | 0:53:58 | |
the hand being very sharp because
Leonardo knows that the sharpness | 0:53:58 | 0:54:02 | |
makes it look like the hand is
coming out to you. This is why he's | 0:54:02 | 0:54:06 | |
so creative and why we learn from
him. Love it! Brilliant. It is | 0:54:06 | 0:54:10 | |
always good to talk to you, thank
you very much indeed for coming on | 0:54:10 | 0:54:15 | |
the programme. Fabulous! They were
enormously tolerant of da Vinci, you | 0:54:15 | 0:54:20 | |
was gay, left-handed, born out of
wedlock and still manage to an | 0:54:20 | 0:54:24 | |
engineering job. Amazing. An amazing
that today he is just as appreciated | 0:54:24 | 0:54:30 | |
and valuable as he was back then. We
will try the experiment, which is | 0:54:30 | 0:54:35 | |
worthy of Leonardo da Vinci. It is a
time space experiment and it is to | 0:54:35 | 0:54:41 | |
with whether you can blow out a
candle on your birthday cake or the | 0:54:41 | 0:54:47 | |
way from London. You blow, and we
will see what happens! Go on. Blow | 0:54:47 | 0:54:52 | |
to my right, I have been told. You
didn't even have two! It went out! | 0:54:52 | 0:55:01 | |
Happy birthday, Christian. I will
eat a bit and you will tell me how | 0:55:01 | 0:55:04 | |
delicious it is! 25, never been
kissed today. I did get a chocolate | 0:55:04 | 0:55:11 | |
cake like that from the team this
morning to have my copy. And I have | 0:55:11 | 0:55:16 | |
had very nice messages from our view
was. I hope you enjoy the cake! We | 0:55:16 | 0:55:26 | |
have to admit the Christian is still
ridiculously young, talented, not | 0:55:26 | 0:55:34 | |
quite da Vinci -esque, but if we
give him a few more years, he will | 0:55:34 | 0:55:37 | |
be up there selling something for
$100 billion at Christie 's, not | 0:55:37 | 0:55:43 | |
Sotheby's. Kristian, my friend,
happy birthday, it is so much fun | 0:55:43 | 0:55:46 | |
working with you. And stay young! Do
you is this tomorrow? Yours, and we | 0:55:46 | 0:55:54 | |
will celebrate it tomorrow! I want a
really big cake! | 0:55:54 | 0:56:01 |