0:00:08 > 0:00:09You're watching Beyond 100 Days.
0:00:09 > 0:00:14Donald Trump travels to Congress desperate for a political win.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17But even today his tweets seem to get in the way -
0:00:17 > 0:00:21top Democrats cancel a meeting after he disses them online.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24The President has insulted so many Senators that Capitol Hill isn't
0:00:24 > 0:00:26exactly friendly territory - but he needs them now
0:00:26 > 0:00:29to pass tax reform.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32Why is this Native American princess suddenly part
0:00:32 > 0:00:34of a fierce political debate?
0:00:34 > 0:00:36President Trump calling a US Senator Pocahontas has
0:00:36 > 0:00:46created a firestorm.
0:00:46 > 0:00:56North Korea has fired a missile and it raises tension in the region.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Also on the programme...
0:00:58 > 0:01:01The Pope avoids any mention of the Rohingya on a visit
0:01:01 > 0:01:02to Myanmar despite previously describing their treatment
0:01:02 > 0:01:03as religious persecution.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06And tens of thousands of tourists remain stranded in Bali
0:01:06 > 0:01:07as authorities prepare for the eruption of
0:01:07 > 0:01:13the volcano - Mount Agung.
0:01:18 > 0:01:19Hello and welcome.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22I'm Katty Kay in Washington and Christian Fraser is in London.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Donald Trump has so far had a spectacularly
0:01:24 > 0:01:26uneventful presidency - that is, if you measure it in terms
0:01:26 > 0:01:28of legislative achievements.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31He knows that and his Republican party knows it.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34Which is why they are both racing to get a big tax reform bill passed
0:01:34 > 0:01:37before the end of the year.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40Everyone agrees America's overly complex tax system needs changing.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42It hasn't been reformed since Ronald Reagan
0:01:42 > 0:01:44was in the White House.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47And while there is still disagreement on some of the finer
0:01:47 > 0:01:50point of the proposal - this is the best shot
0:01:50 > 0:01:52the Republicans have this year of getting something done.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Which is why Mr Trump went to Capitol Hill this morning
0:01:55 > 0:01:58to try to persuade members to vote in favour of these reforms.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Republican Senator Rob Portman sits on the finance committee,
0:02:00 > 0:02:03he joined us earlier and I asked him how high the stakes
0:02:03 > 0:02:07are for this bill.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09I think it is really important for the economy
0:02:09 > 0:02:10and families I represent.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Our tax code is broken.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Everybody agrees with that, by the way.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17There is no disagreement that there needs to be reform.
0:02:17 > 0:02:23The thing is how you reform it.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25If we don't do something, we'll continue to lose jobs
0:02:25 > 0:02:26and investment overseas.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29We'll continue to have the situation where middle-class families
0:02:29 > 0:02:32have an excessive burden and wages haven't gone up in the United States
0:02:32 > 0:02:33for the last couple of decades.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35This is an important way to boost middle-class family
0:02:35 > 0:02:37incomes but we need to get this economy moving.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41It will help working families even more.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44In terms of the political states for the Republican Party?
0:02:44 > 0:02:46You know, it's important to get things done.
0:02:46 > 0:02:51I believe voters decide not based on one issue
0:02:51 > 0:02:57or another but they decide on whether you are accomplishing
0:02:57 > 0:02:58them that affects them and their families.
0:02:58 > 0:02:59This one does.
0:02:59 > 0:03:00You are deficit hawk.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03You spent a lot of your career trying to bring down
0:03:03 > 0:03:04the American deficit.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06There are economists out there who see this plan adds
0:03:06 > 0:03:08something like $2 trillion to the American deficit.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11How will you supporting it?
0:03:11 > 0:03:14I support the other economists who say this is going to decrease
0:03:14 > 0:03:17the deficit for the reason that the only way you get this debt,
0:03:17 > 0:03:19$20 trillion, which doubled in the last eight years,
0:03:19 > 0:03:21and the deficit down, you have to grow the economy
0:03:21 > 0:03:25and you have to constrain spending.
0:03:25 > 0:03:30It's a combination of things.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32You met President Trump yesterday at the White House and you described
0:03:32 > 0:03:34that as a good meeting.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36His relations with some of your colleagues haven't been
0:03:36 > 0:03:38particularly friendly recently.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Is it a problem for the Republican party in trying to get legislation
0:03:41 > 0:03:43passed when the President is openly critical of senior
0:03:43 > 0:03:48members of the party?
0:03:48 > 0:03:52It doesn't help but in this case it is interesting.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55People don't view this as a tax cut from the White House.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58They view this as a tax reform and a separate proposal that
0:03:58 > 0:03:59comes out of Congress.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02On the other hand, we are working together
0:04:02 > 0:04:05with the Treasury Department, the White House to come up
0:04:05 > 0:04:07with something that really works in terms of getting the economy
0:04:07 > 0:04:11moving and providing middle-class tax relief.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14It is different then some proposals that are viewed as coming
0:04:14 > 0:04:18from the Administration.
0:04:18 > 0:04:28Let me ask you about another issue facing your party which is the race
0:04:32 > 0:04:34in Alabama and the judge Roy Moore continued to deny allegations
0:04:34 > 0:04:35against him of sexual abuse.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37The President seems to have accepted his denials.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Where do you stand on that?
0:04:39 > 0:04:42Do you think the women who have accused boy Moore
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Do you think the women who have accused Roy Moore
0:04:44 > 0:04:46of sexually abusing them, or teenagers, one was 14
0:04:46 > 0:04:49at the time, or credible or do you believe Judge Moore?
0:04:49 > 0:04:52No one knows all of the facts but I have found these women come
0:04:52 > 0:04:54forward on the record and found their accounts
0:04:54 > 0:04:55to be credible.
0:04:55 > 0:04:56There has been some cooperation.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58I think there is substantial credibility behind
0:04:58 > 0:05:06these allegations.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10That's why for a long time I did not endorse Roy Moore,
0:05:10 > 0:05:12I endorsed the Republican who ran in the primary.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16I have said it will be best if he would step aside and have not
0:05:16 > 0:05:18found his responses to be as credible as the women
0:05:18 > 0:05:19who have come forward.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21The voters of Alabama will decide this.
0:05:21 > 0:05:22Not you, not me.
0:05:22 > 0:05:23We'll see what happens.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26Senator, you've always been a sober voice in your party reflecting
0:05:26 > 0:05:32on the state of the party.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34Are you concerned that if Roy Moore is elected the next
0:05:34 > 0:05:35Republican Senator of Alabama,
0:05:35 > 0:05:38the perception will be that the Republican Party has become
0:05:38 > 0:05:41a party that in the interests of political expedients and getting
0:05:41 > 0:05:43tax reform passed is prepared to elect somebody who has
0:05:43 > 0:05:45been accused of sexually molesting a child?
0:05:45 > 0:05:48I don't think so.
0:05:48 > 0:05:53I think the proposal will be done before he is sworn
0:05:53 > 0:05:56in if he wins his election or hey if his opponent wins the election
0:05:56 > 0:05:58when he is sworn in.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00The election is not until December 12.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04We are on track to get the proposal from the Senate in the next week
0:06:04 > 0:06:07and have a short conference with the house and then final vote.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09I don't think that will affect tax reform.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11I think it is important that we as Republicans
0:06:11 > 0:06:16focus on the issues and I mentioned that earlier.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19One is tax reform and the other is health care.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21You know Democrats will use this against you in
0:06:21 > 0:06:24the mid-term elections.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26I suppose although a lot of Republicans in the Senate
0:06:26 > 0:06:29at least have been asked about this issue and have a similar
0:06:29 > 0:06:31view to mine.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34I don't know it will be effective.
0:06:34 > 0:06:40What I do think is we have to get away from the distractions
0:06:40 > 0:06:42and focus on delivering for the people we represent.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45If we do that, I think the politics tends to fall in place.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Senator, thank you very much for joining me.
0:06:47 > 0:06:55Thank you.
0:06:55 > 0:06:56There are so many distractions.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59And Christian, I mentioned in that interview the president's tendency
0:06:59 > 0:07:02to insult members of his own party and it doesn't stop there.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04We've come up with this small montage of those he has
0:07:04 > 0:07:09personally taken aim at.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12For the record he has focused his ire on 20% of Republican
0:07:12 > 0:07:22senators and the list goes on from there.
0:07:29 > 0:07:35We have a tweet about a meeting today.
0:07:48 > 0:07:54No surprise when he sent that out. They don't see any point meeting
0:07:54 > 0:07:59when the President doesn't think there is a chance of making a deal.
0:07:59 > 0:08:11At some point the adults will return to Washington.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15The trouble is - every time Republicans want to focus on serious
0:08:15 > 0:08:16issues like tax reform, Mr Trump says something
0:08:16 > 0:08:18which creates a distraction.
0:08:18 > 0:08:19He did it again yesterday.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21At a ceremony in the Oval Office with Native Americans,
0:08:21 > 0:08:24veterans of the Second World War, Mr Trump started talking
0:08:24 > 0:08:25about Pocahontas, his nickname for Democratic senator,
0:08:25 > 0:08:26Elizabeth Warren.
0:08:26 > 0:08:27Very, very special people.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30You were here long before any of us were here
0:08:30 > 0:08:33although we have a representative in Congress who they say was here a
0:08:33 > 0:08:34long time ago.
0:08:34 > 0:08:35They call her Pocahontas.
0:08:35 > 0:08:36But you know what?
0:08:36 > 0:08:37I like you.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40The President has been asked many times by Native Americans to stop
0:08:40 > 0:08:42using the name Pocahontas as an insult.
0:08:42 > 0:08:43For those who don't know.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45She was the daughter of a 17th century chief kidnapped
0:08:45 > 0:08:49by the English army, who later converted to Christianity.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52When the opportunity arose for her to return to her people,
0:08:52 > 0:08:56she chose to remain with her captors.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58The story has been widely documented, most famously
0:08:58 > 0:09:03in a Walt Disney film.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05When Mr Trump uses the term to mock his political
0:09:05 > 0:09:08rival, Elizabeth Warren, it's in the context
0:09:08 > 0:09:13of a claim she made in a job application in 2012.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15The Democratic Senator said she had Native American ancestry -
0:09:15 > 0:09:25but was unable to support the claim with any paperwork.
0:09:25 > 0:09:33This is classic Donald Trump. He goes off script and engages mouth
0:09:33 > 0:09:38before brain, critics say. There are these racial undertones. There is no
0:09:38 > 0:09:44way he would have said that when he not standing next to Native
0:09:44 > 0:09:48Americans.I don't think you would have had us learn about Pocahontas
0:09:48 > 0:09:54in a room of war veterans that white. A pollster said one of the
0:09:54 > 0:09:59things that supports him and finds most appealing about Donald Trump is
0:09:59 > 0:10:05when he is not politically correct and calls people out there being too
0:10:05 > 0:10:10political correct. The White House operation has got into a discussion
0:10:10 > 0:10:17about Pocahontas and whether it is a racial slur. He feels for the 33% of
0:10:17 > 0:10:22Americans that support him, this is the kind of thing they want to be
0:10:22 > 0:10:30able to hear. It has forced them to respond. Trying to get tax forms
0:10:30 > 0:10:35through, they are talking about this and not about other issues. It
0:10:35 > 0:10:38doesn't help in getting legislation through.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41In the last half an hour, we're getting reports that
0:10:41 > 0:10:45North Korea has fired a ballistic missle.
0:10:45 > 0:10:50That's coming from the Reuters News agency.
0:10:50 > 0:10:57It has said to have flown East. Japan detected radio signals that
0:10:57 > 0:11:03they have been preparing for another missile launch. These are pictures
0:11:03 > 0:11:10from August when North Korea test fired other missiles including the
0:11:10 > 0:11:16Intercontinental ballistic missiles as tensions increased over the
0:11:16 > 0:11:28breaking stories. Have you heard any more about this?I haven't heard any
0:11:28 > 0:11:33more than what has been released to the press. It doesn't surprise me.
0:11:33 > 0:11:38Kim Jong UN will continue to do what he has been doing unless he is
0:11:38 > 0:11:43stopped. The only way he can be stopped without a military solution
0:11:43 > 0:11:48is if the Chinese government shuts down his ability to survive
0:11:48 > 0:11:54economically. The willingness to do that will continue to see him test
0:11:54 > 0:11:59and test until he is satisfied he has the capability of breach of the
0:11:59 > 0:12:04United States with a nuclear warheads where we are now. Nothing
0:12:04 > 0:12:13much has changed and the President went and visited and got the red
0:12:13 > 0:12:16carpet laid out for him but little in the way of substance has come out
0:12:16 > 0:12:21of that in terms of getting control and sending the signal to the North
0:12:21 > 0:12:26Koreans that their testing is no longer going to be accepted by the
0:12:26 > 0:12:30Chinese. I don't think we are willing to do that and we will see
0:12:30 > 0:12:37more and more testing by the North Koreans.The Pentagon has said there
0:12:37 > 0:12:42is a probable missile launch from North Korea. The White House had
0:12:42 > 0:12:49been pleased to see we haven't had a missile launch for a reasonably long
0:12:49 > 0:12:52period of time since the summer and they were saying that was because
0:12:52 > 0:12:56the President has been speaking tough about North Korea. This seems
0:12:56 > 0:13:04to have broken that streak. What are the options now?The White House
0:13:04 > 0:13:08doesn't have any options in terms of looking for a military solution
0:13:08 > 0:13:17unless there is a last resort. I think you will find them saying
0:13:17 > 0:13:23diplomacy is not over. Ultimately, it is only the Chinese with the help
0:13:23 > 0:13:25of the Russians but principally be Chinese who can shut down the
0:13:25 > 0:13:33lifeblood going into North Korea. Namely the economic assistance they
0:13:33 > 0:13:37provide, the trade they provide that allows him to continue to test
0:13:37 > 0:13:41missile after missile while depriving his people of much-needed
0:13:41 > 0:13:48elements for their survival. He is able to do this with the help of the
0:13:48 > 0:13:51Chinese and others. Unless we are able to shut that down, lest the
0:13:51 > 0:13:56Chinese are willing to shut that down, we will continue to see him
0:13:56 > 0:14:02doing what he has been doing.The Japanese Prime Minister has ordered
0:14:02 > 0:14:07an emergency meeting of Cabinet ministers over that launch. It is
0:14:07 > 0:14:12difficult for North Korea's neighbours. Donald Trump was there
0:14:12 > 0:14:19during his trip of Asia. What do they do in response?Japan should
0:14:19 > 0:14:25consider deploying the missile system on Japanese territory. The
0:14:25 > 0:14:32system will move from navel to ground-based but I would go further.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36I would say to the Japanese people, they need to have a greater
0:14:36 > 0:14:40capability of defending themselves. That would emphasise that the South
0:14:40 > 0:14:48Korea. That combined with China doing what it has to do, it has a
0:14:48 > 0:14:53chance of bringing about a peaceful solution. Absent that, we will
0:14:53 > 0:14:59continue to be on edge in terms of Kim Jong UN firing missile after
0:14:59 > 0:15:03missile. The Japanese people have reason to worry. One might be armed
0:15:03 > 0:15:14with a nuclear warhead and it might not fly over the country. It might
0:15:14 > 0:15:19go awry and kill people. They have a lot to be concerned about. Not too
0:15:19 > 0:15:23long ago a group of parliamentarians from South Korea approached me and
0:15:23 > 0:15:29wanted me to endorse their desire to reintroduce tactical nuclear weapons
0:15:29 > 0:15:33on South Korea territory. There are a number of reasons why that is not
0:15:33 > 0:15:39a great idea but I think the rationale behind it is they no
0:15:39 > 0:15:43longer feel confident the United States would defend their interests
0:15:43 > 0:15:49if it came to defending San Francisco or Seattle or anywhere in
0:15:49 > 0:15:54the United States. They are losing confidence in the United States and
0:15:54 > 0:15:59I think there was going to be a greater portion for the South
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Koreans to develop their own capability and if that happens,
0:16:02 > 0:16:08Japan will not be too far behind. This is something that is very
0:16:08 > 0:16:12serious. We fought hard to prevent proliferation of nuclear weapons in
0:16:12 > 0:16:20that region and I think if the North continue to do what it is doing, it
0:16:20 > 0:16:25will put up its own development of weapons systems and it will start to
0:16:25 > 0:16:32erode. That is not good for those countries and the world. That is
0:16:32 > 0:16:37something the Chinese have to take into account.For the moment, thank
0:16:37 > 0:16:43you for that. To confirm another missile has been confirmed.
0:16:43 > 0:16:50Confirmation from the Pentagon at 18:30pm, we detected a missile
0:16:50 > 0:16:55launch. We are in the process of assessing the situation and will
0:16:55 > 0:16:57provide additional details.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59A political crisis in Ireland which threatened to bring down
0:16:59 > 0:17:01the country's minority government seems to have been averted.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03The controversy centred around what Deputy Prime Minister,
0:17:03 > 0:17:06Frances Fitzgerald, knew of a plan to discredit a police
0:17:06 > 0:17:07whistle-blower.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10There was due to be a vote of no confidence this
0:17:10 > 0:17:12evening, which could have forced a snap election at a crucial
0:17:12 > 0:17:15time in the run up to next month's EU summit.
0:17:15 > 0:17:16But she has now resigned.
0:17:16 > 0:17:21Our correspondent, Chris Page is in Dublin for us.
0:17:21 > 0:17:31A crisis averted but critical things coming up in the Brexit discussions.
0:17:31 > 0:17:37This is a very important window for the teashop to press their case.
0:17:37 > 0:17:43There has been a major political crisis in Dublin as Ireland is
0:17:43 > 0:17:47playing a prominent role in the EU's negotiations with Britain on the
0:17:47 > 0:17:53subject of the UK's departure from the European Union. This is the only
0:17:53 > 0:17:57EU states with a land border with the United Kingdom and what will
0:17:57 > 0:18:01happen on that land border after Brexit has become huge issues in
0:18:01 > 0:18:09these negotiations. They say they want to keep friction as low as
0:18:09 > 0:18:13possible about how that can be achieved in the context of Brexit is
0:18:13 > 0:18:17unclear. Many times over the last few days, a tad looks like the Irish
0:18:17 > 0:18:21Prime Minister was going to be heading to that important EU summit
0:18:21 > 0:18:27next month while fighting election campaigns here in his own country.
0:18:27 > 0:18:32The background to this crisis was around the Deputy Prime Minister,
0:18:32 > 0:18:37Frances Fitzgerald. It was about how much she knew about a planned by
0:18:37 > 0:18:44lawyers to discredit a whistle-blower during and inquiry.
0:18:44 > 0:18:49The main opposition party who sustained the minority government by
0:18:49 > 0:18:55not opposing them in important votes like the budget, they have set the
0:18:55 > 0:18:58Deputy Prime Minister have their stand -- had to stand down or else
0:18:58 > 0:19:08they would bring down the government and table no vote. The leading part
0:19:08 > 0:19:11in the coalition of which the Prime Minister leads, said they didn't
0:19:11 > 0:19:18want an election close to Christmas. Frances Fitzgerald has resigned and
0:19:18 > 0:19:21government has been damaged and many in Dublin wouldn't be surprised if
0:19:21 > 0:19:25there is a general election in this country early next year.Thank you
0:19:25 > 0:19:26very much.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Pope Francis has urged the leaders of Myanmar to respect human rights
0:19:29 > 0:19:34and justice but he made no reference to the country's Rohingya muslims,
0:19:34 > 0:19:37who've been forced to flee in their hundreds of thousands.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39His failure to use the term and to avoid any criticism
0:19:39 > 0:19:42of the Myanmar government is being criticised by aid groups.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Since the end of August - more than 620,000 Rohingyas have
0:19:44 > 0:19:47escaped what the UN calls 'ethnic cleansing' and have crossed
0:19:47 > 0:19:49into neighbouring Bangladesh.
0:19:49 > 0:19:59Martin Bashir has the details.
0:20:04 > 0:20:09A military band announces the arrival of Pope Francis. The rich
0:20:09 > 0:20:17pageantry, a world away from the terror felt by more than 600,000
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Rohingyas who have fled into Bangladesh in what the United
0:20:20 > 0:20:26Nations has called textbook ethnic cleansing. Today, Pope Francis met
0:20:26 > 0:20:38with Myanmar's defective leader, and Sang Suu Kyi to name them Rohingyas
0:20:38 > 0:20:43as victims. The civilian leader who shares power with the army spoke
0:20:43 > 0:20:50first acknowledging the focus where Rohingyas have lived for
0:20:50 > 0:20:53generations.As we address long-standing issues, the support of
0:20:53 > 0:21:01our people and of good friends who only wish to see us succeed in our
0:21:01 > 0:21:06endeavours has been invaluable.She chose to speak little about the
0:21:06 > 0:21:12crisis. Expectations shifted to Pope Francis.TRANSLATION: The future of
0:21:12 > 0:21:17Myanmar must be peace based on respect for the dignity of each
0:21:17 > 0:21:26right of the member of society. No one excluded.Pope Francis praised
0:21:26 > 0:21:31the UN but did not referred to the accusation that to has engaged in
0:21:31 > 0:21:36ethnic cleansing. While he said the future of this nation must include
0:21:36 > 0:21:43all people regardless of their race and religion, he did not use the
0:21:43 > 0:21:49word, Rohingyas. Those working with Rohingyas see the Pope surrendered
0:21:49 > 0:21:56his moral authority by not offering an explicit criticism. Many in a
0:21:56 > 0:22:00country that 75% Buddhist were relieved he didn't mention the
0:22:00 > 0:22:07Rohingyas by name.TRANSLATION: It was wise to not use the word. The
0:22:07 > 0:22:13world is having the wrong message. The Pope may have been mindful about
0:22:13 > 0:22:17repercussions for another religious minority. Christians make up 6% of
0:22:17 > 0:22:22the population here and many have travelled to take part in a special
0:22:22 > 0:22:28Mass where Pope Francis will preside tomorrow.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Before the Pope left for Myanmar many raised concerns
0:22:30 > 0:22:33about whether this visit was a good idea, including Father Thomas Reese,
0:22:33 > 0:22:36a jesuit priest who writes a column for the Religion News Service.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39He said..
0:22:48 > 0:22:52For more on why - Father Reese joins us now.
0:22:52 > 0:22:59Why shouldn't he have gotten?He was put in a difficult situation. His
0:22:59 > 0:23:12heart is always with refugees and the people who are suffering. If he
0:23:12 > 0:23:17used the term, Rohingyas, there would be a backlash. The radical
0:23:17 > 0:23:21Buddhist monks would rise up and lead people in attacking the
0:23:21 > 0:23:27Christians. It is very hard to be diplomatic and prophetic at the same
0:23:27 > 0:23:33time.You are a historian of the Catholic Church. If you support one
0:23:33 > 0:23:36religion, you would lead to the persecution of another religion and
0:23:36 > 0:23:43it was the argument that Pope Pius faced in the Second World War and it
0:23:43 > 0:23:49didn't end well for him.It was a tragedy. Pope Francis did a really
0:23:49 > 0:23:54good job of balancing the two things because he spoke out about peace
0:23:54 > 0:23:59based on respect for the dignity and rights of everybody. Everybody knows
0:23:59 > 0:24:03what he was talking about. Nobody in the press corps missed what he was
0:24:03 > 0:24:11saying. They also talked about the hostility and conflict that Myanmar
0:24:11 > 0:24:15has suffered. He was talking about the need for reconciliation, the
0:24:15 > 0:24:20need the piece, the need for the respect human rights. Everybody
0:24:20 > 0:24:26knows he was talking about the Rohingyas and other ethnic groups
0:24:26 > 0:24:34that are discriminated against in to .I know the nuncio is play a very
0:24:34 > 0:24:38important role in terms of quiet diplomacy and I would imagine the
0:24:38 > 0:24:47Pope at the same ballast that if you are too strident, you -- lose that
0:24:47 > 0:24:53leveraged. If you are too soft, you are accused of appeasement.This is
0:24:53 > 0:24:59the challenge he faced in going to the country. Trying to balance those
0:24:59 > 0:25:04things, being prophetic and protecting your own people. It is
0:25:04 > 0:25:13very difficult. He did a pretty good job. We have to remember he is not a
0:25:13 > 0:25:20miracle worker. If he goes there and says you shouldn't do that, they got
0:25:20 > 0:25:31the guides. It is a situation where the Christians are such a small
0:25:31 > 0:25:36minority and have been suffering persecution themselves. This makes
0:25:36 > 0:25:45it difficult for him.Thank you very much for coming in to join us.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47This is Beyond 100 Days from the BBC.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Coming up for viewers on the BBC News Channel
0:25:49 > 0:25:52and BBC World News - they are the diplomatic posts that
0:25:52 > 0:25:54sell the US to the world and many remain vacant in key
0:25:55 > 0:25:56countries - we'll be asking why?
0:25:56 > 0:25:59And the airline pledging to put more women in the cockpit -
0:25:59 > 0:26:01we speak to the Qantas chief about how intends.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03That's still to come.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15If you thought it was called today come the next few days will get
0:26:15 > 0:26:20colder still. We have more showers coming in for eastern areas into
0:26:20 > 0:26:24parts of Yorkshire and it added to the chill. A subtle change in wind
0:26:24 > 0:26:32direction will blow those showers away from Wales and the south-west.
0:26:32 > 0:26:41With the air getting colder, though showers are turning wintry. Enough
0:26:41 > 0:26:44wind to prevent widespread frost. Northern Scotland, those wintry
0:26:44 > 0:26:49showers keep going although not as many as today by the morning
0:26:49 > 0:26:54tomorrow. Frosty start across most of Scotland and sunshine through the
0:26:54 > 0:27:00sunshine -- central belt. New showers and a mix of rain, sleet and
0:27:00 > 0:27:06snow. Yorkshire and Lincolnshire and into the East Midlands. Still dry in
0:27:06 > 0:27:10the south-east and colder and brighter start across Wales and the
0:27:10 > 0:27:14south-west of England. We are seeing more showers down the eastern side
0:27:14 > 0:27:18of the UK. This is where we have the coldest and strongest winds. Many
0:27:18 > 0:27:23other areas getting away with a dry day. Still will be called but
0:27:23 > 0:27:27doesn't feel quite so bad. Temperatures similar to those of
0:27:27 > 0:27:35today. We have high pressure to the west of the UK. No pressure to the
0:27:35 > 0:27:40east and all our areas come down from the north. We have colder air
0:27:40 > 0:27:45and it will get colder. More widespread frost on Sunday morning.
0:27:45 > 0:27:50Frosty out there in the countryside. Call data, Thursday. Though showers
0:27:50 > 0:27:59coming back into Northern Ireland and West Wales and the four West
0:27:59 > 0:28:03Wales -- far West Wales. The area is cold enough temperatures for many of
0:28:03 > 0:28:10us are struggling around three Celsius. Maximum temperature in the
0:28:10 > 0:28:13afternoon. Slight changes towards the end of the week. High pressured
0:28:13 > 0:28:19to the west of us and we will draw in some milder Atlantic air. Slowly
0:28:19 > 0:28:24but surely from the north-west, we will see cloud increasing and little
0:28:24 > 0:28:34rain or drizzle. Sunshine for England and Wales will stop --.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11This is Beyond One Hundred Days, with me Katty Kay in Washington -
0:30:11 > 0:30:12Christian Fraser's in London.
0:30:12 > 0:30:19Our top stories.
0:30:19 > 0:30:23North Korea launches another ballistic missile tests.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25President Trump heads to Capitol Hill to push for tax reform.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28A leading Republican tells us it's time to get things done
0:30:28 > 0:30:34for the American public.
0:30:34 > 0:30:40I do think as a party we need to try to get away from the distractions
0:30:40 > 0:30:47and focusing on delivering for the people we represent.Coming up, is
0:30:47 > 0:30:57there a brain drain at the US State Department? Watching and waiting in
0:30:57 > 0:31:00Bali, thousands of visitors now stranded after a volcano threatens
0:31:00 > 0:31:02to blow.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05Let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag
0:31:05 > 0:31:12'Beyond-One-Hundred-Days'.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14Today US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson addressed
0:31:14 > 0:31:16strengthening western alliances - what he didn't mention
0:31:16 > 0:31:19was the growing concern in America about the brain drain
0:31:19 > 0:31:22at his own state department.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25When Trump took over in January there were 39 people in the state
0:31:25 > 0:31:28department's top two most senior ranks.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31There were 431 in the next level down.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34Now look at the picture today.
0:31:34 > 0:31:40There are just 19 left in that first group and only 369 in the second.
0:31:40 > 0:31:46More have said they will leave soon.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48There are still no US ambassadors in critical
0:31:48 > 0:31:50places like South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Jordan -
0:31:50 > 0:31:52that's just to name a few.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55For more on the consequences I'm joined now by former US defense
0:31:55 > 0:32:01secretary William Cohen.
0:32:01 > 0:32:06If you believe the state department, 8000 odd people is a bloated
0:32:06 > 0:32:10bureaucracy then surely it is a good idea to get rid of some people.I
0:32:10 > 0:32:15think any institution is subject to being reviewed in terms of its size
0:32:15 > 0:32:20and efficiencies with that is something every agency should go
0:32:20 > 0:32:25through. What is taking place in the State Department however seems to be
0:32:25 > 0:32:29a decimation of that department itself, are hollowing out of key
0:32:29 > 0:32:34tell the people. Now in full disclosure, I have been the
0:32:34 > 0:32:38beneficiary of that, in the past six months I've had four top diplomats
0:32:38 > 0:32:45coming to my firm. So that loss has been my game but I wish it had not
0:32:45 > 0:32:51been the case, I would rather these individuals stayed in the state of
0:32:51 > 0:32:53department and continued to represent the American people. But
0:32:53 > 0:32:59they decided to leave. I'm blessed they decided to come with me but
0:32:59 > 0:33:03nonetheless a great loss to the country.Why does this
0:33:03 > 0:33:08administration appeared to want to downsize the American diplomatic
0:33:08 > 0:33:12infrastructure?I really cannot fathom the thinking of the president
0:33:12 > 0:33:17in this but it appears he resents the State Department and seems to
0:33:17 > 0:33:24blame it, whether it is too bloated or simply is existence, responsible
0:33:24 > 0:33:27for negotiating all these so-called bad deals that he feels he should be
0:33:27 > 0:33:33negotiated each of these deals on an individual basis, as a transaction
0:33:33 > 0:33:38that only he should carry out. And so one way to get at this problem is
0:33:38 > 0:33:42simply to start getting rid of the people who have been there. These
0:33:42 > 0:33:45are people who have years of experience and have been responsible
0:33:45 > 0:33:49for being on the front lines, they're warriors and they at risk
0:33:49 > 0:33:53physically as well as psychologically in being in these
0:33:53 > 0:33:58places throughout the world, that are very dangerous. Rosol how
0:33:58 > 0:34:03dangerous Benghazi was and we put people out there and we need our
0:34:03 > 0:34:05best people there who are dedicated to helping solve problems through
0:34:05 > 0:34:15diplomacy.Not so much the way it is perceived from outside of the
0:34:15 > 0:34:19country, but it is how it is perceived in the country as well. I
0:34:19 > 0:34:24read today that new applicants to the State Department fell by one
0:34:24 > 0:34:30third in the year to October which is incredible. At what point does
0:34:30 > 0:34:37Congress get involved and stop this? I think the point is now, the point
0:34:37 > 0:34:41is to have Congress intervened and say what is the role of the State
0:34:41 > 0:34:46Department, what missions need to be carried out and do we have the right
0:34:46 > 0:34:49people and amount of people necessary to accomplish that. I
0:34:49 > 0:34:55recall going to Capitol Hill with my colleague, Secretary Madeleine
0:34:55 > 0:34:59Albright and testifying on behalf of getting more money into the State
0:34:59 > 0:35:03Department. Bobby Gates who served in the Bush administration and Obama
0:35:03 > 0:35:07administration called for more money for the State Department and Jim
0:35:07 > 0:35:10matters currently the Secretary of Defence saying we need more
0:35:10 > 0:35:14resources for the State Department rather than less. So if you look
0:35:14 > 0:35:25back and say Henry Kissinger, Dean Baker, Doctor Schultz, and John
0:35:25 > 0:35:28Kerry and others including Madeline Albright said that they have worked
0:35:28 > 0:35:33all their lives to build an institution which seeks to promote
0:35:33 > 0:35:36peace and diplomacy rather than getting us into war is. So you need
0:35:36 > 0:35:40a strong military but you have to have the negotiators out there are
0:35:40 > 0:35:44behalf and that is not being done to the degree it needs to be. So now is
0:35:44 > 0:35:49the time for Congress to take action.Thank you for coming in to
0:35:49 > 0:35:53join us. Just some breaking news on that missile that North Korea has
0:35:53 > 0:35:58fired in the last hour or so, the Japanese government estimates it
0:35:58 > 0:36:04flew from -- for 15 minutes and landed in the exclusive economic
0:36:04 > 0:36:08zone in Japan. I think that is the area in the sea, not talking about
0:36:08 > 0:36:14Atlantic actually in Japan but actually in the sea. What they
0:36:14 > 0:36:18regard as the exclusive economic zone of Japan. So we will try to get
0:36:18 > 0:36:21some that.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23There's been another extraordinary twist in the Alabama Senate race.
0:36:23 > 0:36:25If you don't already know, the Republican candidate
0:36:25 > 0:36:28for the seat Roy Moore has been accused of sexual
0:36:28 > 0:36:29harassment by 8 women.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32Well yesterday the Washington Post reported that a woman had approached
0:36:32 > 0:36:34them claiming she'd had a sexual relationship with Moore in 1992,
0:36:34 > 0:36:40that led to an abortion when she was just 15.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43Except it wasn't true.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46A false story that appears to be the work of a conservative
0:36:46 > 0:36:48organisation here that uses deceptive tactics to embarrass
0:36:48 > 0:36:50its liberal targets.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53The Post did its due diligence and began to suspect
0:36:53 > 0:36:54the story wasn't true.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57It didn't print the report.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00The paper HAS now released a video of their journalist
0:37:00 > 0:37:07interviewing the woman and catching her inconsistencies.
0:37:07 > 0:37:19I am also frankly wanting to know who you might be working for now.I
0:37:19 > 0:37:23still do work.There is a bit of an issue there. I just want to ask you
0:37:23 > 0:37:27to explain that because we call the company you that you work for and
0:37:27 > 0:37:37they said you did not work there. Do you still have an interest? In
0:37:37 > 0:37:45combating the lies of the liberal MSM?So this is Project Veritas
0:37:45 > 0:37:48paying someone to pretend that she was raped.Well they will not
0:37:48 > 0:37:55answer, they suspect it might be that they saw her going into the
0:37:55 > 0:37:58office of Project Veritas but they have not confirmed she works for
0:37:58 > 0:38:02them.But someone claiming she was raped to discredit women who made
0:38:02 > 0:38:09allegations against Roy Moore. I cannot help thinking that this
0:38:09 > 0:38:12backfires on more and more because the Washington Post would say we did
0:38:12 > 0:38:16due diligence shown the other eight women we have reported on must
0:38:16 > 0:38:18therefore be telling the truth because we found the one where she
0:38:18 > 0:38:26was not telling the truth.Take that thinking which is logical and
0:38:26 > 0:38:30perhaps rational thinking and flip it on its head and put it in a very
0:38:30 > 0:38:36tribal context where people who already believe what are effectively
0:38:36 > 0:38:39fake news organisations like this will just carry on believing it.
0:38:39 > 0:38:45Social scientists have a phrase for this, how people become embedded in
0:38:45 > 0:38:49their own beliefs when presented with contrary evidence. For the
0:38:49 > 0:38:53people who are believers of Project Veritas and everything they do to
0:38:53 > 0:38:56discredit the liberal media, the fact that the Washington Post comes
0:38:56 > 0:39:00out with this looking like an organisation that does due diligence
0:39:00 > 0:39:05will not change their minds. They will carry on believing Project
0:39:05 > 0:39:09Veritas and even probably believing that this woman and what she said,
0:39:09 > 0:39:15believe everything the organisation does. We're living in such a tribal
0:39:15 > 0:39:18world where being confronted with evidence that challenges your
0:39:18 > 0:39:24beliefs does not change your beliefs makes them actually more hardened.
0:39:24 > 0:39:28You have the Washington Post with enormous resources but for those
0:39:28 > 0:39:34local papers, maybe they do not report it in the future to the
0:39:34 > 0:39:36detriment of that system.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38President Trump is actively considering ''when and how'' to move
0:39:38 > 0:39:40the US Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, according
0:39:40 > 0:39:41to Vice President Pence.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44Moving the embassy to the Israeli capital was one of the President's
0:39:44 > 0:39:50campaign promises.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52The move would strengthen US ties with Israel,
0:39:52 > 0:39:53but Palestinian authorities warn the US could derail
0:39:53 > 0:39:58the peace process.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01Details of the last conversations with the crew of a missing Argentine
0:40:01 > 0:40:02submarine have been revealed.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05The Argentina Navy says the San Juan reported that water had
0:40:05 > 0:40:06entered the sub's snorkel causing its battery
0:40:06 > 0:40:07to short-circuit.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10The battery had been isolated and a second one used to continue
0:40:10 > 0:40:12the journey underwater back towards base.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14A huge international search for the vessel is underway
0:40:14 > 0:40:16in the South Atlantic.
0:40:16 > 0:40:2344 crew members are on board.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26In the next hour Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will issue
0:40:26 > 0:40:28a formal apology to the LGBTQ community for historical
0:40:28 > 0:40:29legislation, policies and practices that led
0:40:29 > 0:40:31to their oppression and discrimination.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33It's the second major apology issued by the prime minister
0:40:33 > 0:40:37as part of the country's 'history week' celebrations.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40Last week Mr Trudeau formally apologised to thousands
0:40:40 > 0:40:42of aboriginals who were removed from their families decades ago
0:40:42 > 0:40:52in the so-called 'sixties Scoop'.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55Thousands of visitors are stranded on the Indonesian island of Bali
0:40:55 > 0:40:57after aircraft were stopped from using its only airport -
0:40:57 > 0:41:02for a second day - over fears a local volcano may erupt.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04Mount Agung is sending gas, ash and smoke thousands
0:41:04 > 0:41:07of meters into the air.
0:41:07 > 0:41:17From Bali - Hywel Griffiths sent this report.
0:41:17 > 0:41:21With ash billowing overhead and tremors growing underground mount a
0:41:21 > 0:41:27going shows no sign of slowing interruption. Thick muddy flows
0:41:27 > 0:41:31already spilling from the surface, they are dangerous but not as
0:41:31 > 0:41:37devastating as the red-hot lava which could follow. In the mountains
0:41:37 > 0:41:43shadow they have been preparing for months, everyone knows the drill,
0:41:43 > 0:41:46these children have been reassured there will be safe as long as the
0:41:46 > 0:41:51evacuation plan is followed. For the thousands forced from their homes,
0:41:51 > 0:41:55two months ago, when the tremor started, the wait has been
0:41:55 > 0:42:00unbearable. And there's no way of knowing when it will end.
0:42:00 > 0:42:07TRANSLATION:I have two young children, what will we do.The
0:42:07 > 0:42:12impact at the eruption is already spreading, more than 800 flights
0:42:12 > 0:42:17have been cancelled and the only way in and out is by boat. It feels like
0:42:17 > 0:42:23a good time to leave.It is quite scary, it seems pretty close at the
0:42:23 > 0:42:30minute. Not sure if it is due to corrupt or in the middle of it.But
0:42:30 > 0:42:35some here are determined to stick to everyday life. Whatever the risks.
0:42:35 > 0:42:39This flower seller lives within the exclusion zone but is refusing to
0:42:39 > 0:42:49leave. She will run if the lava comes, she laughs. To the day the
0:42:49 > 0:42:53island has been hit by tropical storms and blackouts, just adding to
0:42:53 > 0:42:58the sense of destruction. As everyone here waits to see how the
0:42:58 > 0:43:06eruption will end. Extraordinary pictures, it reminded
0:43:06 > 0:43:14me of one that I reported on about 15 years ago and it was spitting out
0:43:14 > 0:43:18enormous amounts of sulphur dioxide which of course turns into acid
0:43:18 > 0:43:22rain. And carbon dioxide also coming from the ground into these pockets
0:43:22 > 0:43:27and when the wind does not blow and it is cold in the morning it settles
0:43:27 > 0:43:31in these pockets called elephant graveyard and the children would
0:43:31 > 0:43:36walk out from their villages and walk through these pockets and die.
0:43:36 > 0:43:40Because they cannot breathe. So the UN had to put up signs around these
0:43:40 > 0:43:44villages to remind people not to walk in low-lying ground. It was
0:43:44 > 0:43:50quite extraordinary.Amazing, you think of it just as a spectacle but
0:43:50 > 0:43:56then you realise how destructive it can be for people living there.
0:43:56 > 0:44:01Still to come, how many pilots in the world are women. The figure
0:44:01 > 0:44:06could surprise you. We asked the boss of Quantas how he intends to
0:44:06 > 0:44:12get more females involved.
0:44:12 > 0:44:15The UK has some of the highest levels of stillbirth
0:44:15 > 0:44:16in western Europe.
0:44:16 > 0:44:18Now for the first time, parents of stillborn babies
0:44:18 > 0:44:20are to be routinely offered an independent investigation
0:44:20 > 0:44:21into what went wrong.
0:44:21 > 0:44:24Here's our Health Correspondent, Dominic Hughes.
0:44:24 > 0:44:28Amanda is a busy mum, but she lives with a terrible loss.
0:44:28 > 0:44:29Hi, Riley-moo.
0:44:29 > 0:44:30Hi, mummy.
0:44:30 > 0:44:32She enjoyed a normal pregnancy and labour
0:44:32 > 0:44:34with her second baby, but shortly after the birth her
0:44:35 > 0:44:36daughter, Tallulah, died.
0:44:36 > 0:44:39The response from the hospital didn't help.
0:44:39 > 0:44:42They said, you know, often there aren't any answers.
0:44:42 > 0:44:45It was the first thing I was told, not to get my hopes up
0:44:45 > 0:44:47that there would be answers.
0:44:47 > 0:44:50That many babies just die in labour and no-one really knows why.
0:44:50 > 0:44:57Unfortunately, by the time the inquest came around, the hospital
0:44:57 > 0:45:00had lost all the blood results, the cord results, so we had
0:45:00 > 0:45:01nothing really to go on.
0:45:01 > 0:45:03But the histologist at the inquest said,
0:45:03 > 0:45:04looking at her and doing the post-mortem, there
0:45:05 > 0:45:07was no explanation.
0:45:07 > 0:45:11It's this kind of situation Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt wants to end.
0:45:11 > 0:45:14Among the measures announced today is an independent review of every
0:45:14 > 0:45:15unexplained death during labour, rather than hospitals
0:45:15 > 0:45:19conducting their own investigations.
0:45:19 > 0:45:22When I talk to parents whose heart has been broken
0:45:22 > 0:45:26by something that's gone wrong, in those very small numbers
0:45:26 > 0:45:31of cases, what they say is, it's not about the money,
0:45:31 > 0:45:34they just want to know that the NHS has learned from what went wrong,
0:45:34 > 0:45:38so that that same mistake isn't ever going to happen again.
0:45:38 > 0:45:41Without doubt there has been some real progress over the last decade
0:45:41 > 0:45:44when it comes to reducing the number of stillbirths and neonatal deaths,
0:45:44 > 0:45:47which is when a baby dies within four weeks of being born,
0:45:47 > 0:45:49but the UK still lags some way behind other European countries.
0:45:49 > 0:45:52The vast majority of 700,000 births a year pass off without incident,
0:45:52 > 0:45:54but each day there are around nine stillborn babies.
0:45:54 > 0:45:57Roughly 50 women die in England each year from issues related
0:45:57 > 0:46:01to pregnancy and around 50,000 babies are born prematurely.
0:46:01 > 0:46:03Too many families are being left to deal with
0:46:03 > 0:46:05the devastating loss of a baby.
0:46:05 > 0:46:07Care is improving, but there are concerns that
0:46:07 > 0:46:08progress is still too slow.
0:46:08 > 0:46:16Dominic Hughes, BBC News.
0:46:16 > 0:46:18You're watching Beyond One Hundred Days.
0:46:18 > 0:46:22He is the highest paid airline chief in the Asia-Pacific region -
0:46:22 > 0:46:25he's looking to mustard seeds to help power his planes,
0:46:25 > 0:46:27he wants more women in cockpits and he put a million dollars
0:46:27 > 0:46:30of his own money into supporting same-sex marriage in Australia -
0:46:30 > 0:46:35we are talking about the Qantas CEO, Alan Joyce.
0:46:35 > 0:46:37He was paid 19-million-US-dollars last year after turning
0:46:37 > 0:46:39the airline's fortunes around through painful cost-cutting
0:46:39 > 0:46:43and restructures.
0:46:43 > 0:46:46Not bad for the boy from suburban Dublin who now calls Sydney home.
0:46:46 > 0:46:49I've been speaking to Mr Joyce from Qantas's London headquarters -
0:46:49 > 0:46:51from where the first direct service to Australia will be
0:46:51 > 0:46:59launched next March.
0:46:59 > 0:47:04This is a game changer, the first time Australia and Europe have been
0:47:04 > 0:47:07connected nonstop. The only two continents in the world but do not
0:47:07 > 0:47:11have it and when you put in direct services nonstop you get people
0:47:11 > 0:47:16travelling for the first time, more business, people really seeking out
0:47:16 > 0:47:22our services. And this will no doubt be a great success.You are thinking
0:47:22 > 0:47:27about using mustard seeds to fire plane.We're looking into the
0:47:27 > 0:47:31potential of growing mustard seed crops in Australia which do not
0:47:31 > 0:47:37impact on the food supply, which we do not want, they do not take much
0:47:37 > 0:47:40water so they will not impact the water supply and they can be
0:47:40 > 0:47:48converted into aviation fuel.Here at Heathrow, this big new lounge is
0:47:48 > 0:47:52a big investments you must have confidence in Brexit.We have some
0:47:52 > 0:47:56confidence between the links between Australia and the UK, they are
0:47:56 > 0:48:01strong links going back a long time. Economic links are huge.As a Dublin
0:48:01 > 0:48:07boy do you worry about Brexit and the row there is at the moment about
0:48:07 > 0:48:11the border?Being back in Ireland the issue around the border is
0:48:11 > 0:48:15concerning everyone and Irishman abroad, one of the great things in
0:48:15 > 0:48:20the past 20 years has been the peace process and the increase in trade
0:48:20 > 0:48:22between Northern Ireland and the Republic and I think anything that
0:48:22 > 0:48:28endangers that, no one wins. I think it is a concern in Ireland and I can
0:48:28 > 0:48:34understand why.If they had to choose, let's hope they do not, but
0:48:34 > 0:48:39if they had to choose other better aligned with the UK then Europe?I
0:48:39 > 0:48:48think that is a difficult choice. You're in a position, Ireland has
0:48:48 > 0:48:51benefited significantly from the EU and there is big support in Ireland
0:48:51 > 0:48:57for being part of it and hopefully some option will come out that
0:48:57 > 0:49:01allows Ireland to be part of the EU and have the important links with
0:49:01 > 0:49:06the UK which we've had for a long time.It is a very delineated
0:49:06 > 0:49:11industry in terms of where men and women work. Traditionally women in
0:49:11 > 0:49:16the cabin and men in the cockpit. How do you get more women flying
0:49:16 > 0:49:21planes and fixing planes, engineers? Good question, the statistics are
0:49:21 > 0:49:28terrible worldwide, 3% of pilots are female. Qantas actually has 5% so I
0:49:28 > 0:49:33could say we are almost twice the world average but still a terrible
0:49:33 > 0:49:37statistic. What we're doing, we have recently signed a 10-year commitment
0:49:37 > 0:49:45which means we will get to parity within ten years.You are an openly
0:49:45 > 0:49:49gay man, some might say you took a gamble in the recent referendum in
0:49:49 > 0:49:52Australia, putting $1 million of your own money into the referendum
0:49:52 > 0:49:57campaign. It was successful. But I read that you took some personal
0:49:57 > 0:50:02flak for that.Yes and I think when you take a leadership you about
0:50:02 > 0:50:06anything you always get people criticising you for that. You got a
0:50:06 > 0:50:12pie in the face. I did, one guy was very worked up and threw a party at
0:50:12 > 0:50:22me. I might take a break for a second and just clean-up. There was
0:50:22 > 0:50:27a lot of criticism but the overwhelming support I got from the
0:50:27 > 0:50:33general public walking around terminals, and from staff, and from
0:50:33 > 0:50:38people in the general community that just thought it was fantastic. And
0:50:38 > 0:50:43that showed up in the numbers. When you look at the business case it is
0:50:43 > 0:50:47really strong for businesses, shareholders will invest in
0:50:47 > 0:50:50companies that have social responsibility as a key part of
0:50:50 > 0:50:55their strategy. You also have employees who will seek out
0:50:55 > 0:51:02companies now that they believe represent themselves. For example,
0:51:02 > 0:51:0680% in recent surveys want to work for a company that has a social
0:51:06 > 0:51:12conscience. And we're now starting to appear as the number one employer
0:51:12 > 0:51:19of choice in Australia as a consequence of this stance. And
0:51:19 > 0:51:24customers, the LGBT community are five times more likely to buy a
0:51:24 > 0:51:28product or service they believe represent them. And some members
0:51:28 > 0:51:33have said in Australia there will be 40, 50,000 gay couples getting
0:51:33 > 0:51:39married in the next year or two.And with the CEO of Qantas like to get
0:51:39 > 0:51:44married?I'm still waiting for my partner to ask me! But hopefully
0:51:44 > 0:51:50that will happen.An impressive character, very forward-thinking
0:51:50 > 0:51:58boss. He took over, the share price was $1 and went up to $6 after the
0:51:58 > 0:52:04restructuring. 17 hours on a flight to Perth, would you last that long?
0:52:04 > 0:52:12No, far too long. $19 million, you think is worth it?We are in the
0:52:12 > 0:52:22wrong business!And 3% of pilots worldwide are women.You could make
0:52:22 > 0:52:27the argument being a pilot is difficult and you need to go away
0:52:27 > 0:52:31from home and travel a lot and if you have kids it is difficult. But
0:52:31 > 0:52:37many women work on planes, so I do not think that argument holds water.
0:52:37 > 0:52:43No reason we should not have more women flying planes. I think that is
0:52:43 > 0:52:51outrageous that is just 3%. We could retrain!
0:52:51 > 0:52:53If you're hanging out for more details on next year's
0:52:53 > 0:52:55most anticipated wedding between Prince Harry and US actress
0:52:55 > 0:52:59Meghan Markle, you're in luck.
0:52:59 > 0:53:02It's now been revealed Harry and Meghan will marry at St George's
0:53:02 > 0:53:04chapel in Windsor in May - and the Royal family
0:53:04 > 0:53:10will foot the bill.
0:53:10 > 0:53:13Kensington Palace says Ms Markle, a Protestant, will be baptised
0:53:13 > 0:53:19into the Church of England and confirmed in the coming months.
0:53:19 > 0:53:29Ms Markle also intends to take UK citizenship.
0:53:30 > 0:53:37She went to a catholic girls school. If she was raised a Catholic of
0:53:37 > 0:53:40course it might have disqualified her I guess in the past.They
0:53:40 > 0:53:45changed the law two years ago.
0:53:45 > 0:53:51Their first royal engagement will take place in Nottingham on Friday.
0:53:51 > 0:53:56We are going to send Christian up there, he is so keen! One other
0:53:56 > 0:54:05little fact that interested me, she has two dogs and Prince Parry said
0:54:05 > 0:54:09the corgis loved her. One is a Labrador called Bogart and another
0:54:09 > 0:54:13is a beagle called guy but she has got to leave the Labrador at home
0:54:13 > 0:54:20because he's too old to fly to the UK. She's leaving him at home to go
0:54:20 > 0:54:26off and married Prince Charming. When she has been married ten years
0:54:26 > 0:54:33she will not do that! In our house I come behind the rabbits!They would
0:54:33 > 0:54:37have been leaving you behind and taking the rabbits with them, I
0:54:37 > 0:54:45reckon!I know my role!So poor old Bogart staying because he's too old
0:54:45 > 0:54:49to travel. I have a dog now and I think I would find that very
0:54:49 > 0:54:57difficult. Not the kind of thing you want to say to your spouse! We're
0:54:57 > 0:55:01being told that President Trump is going to speak in the next ten
0:55:01 > 0:55:10minutes or so about that missile launch in North Korea. And also in
0:55:10 > 0:55:15Japan they have had emergency ministerial meetings, the missile
0:55:15 > 0:55:22landing in their economic zone in Japan. So now we have had another,
0:55:22 > 0:55:27the first since September and the implications course quite serious.
0:55:27 > 0:55:31And we had the former US Defence Secretary talked about that on the
0:55:31 > 0:55:33programme and saying this was an alarming development because there
0:55:33 > 0:55:38had been this hiatus but now they're back at it.
0:55:38 > 0:55:41A look ahead to tomorrow's show - We'll be speaking to
0:55:41 > 0:55:44the Chief Minister of Gibraltar - that idiosyncratic rock perched
0:55:44 > 0:55:47on the southern tip of Europe that is however part of the UK.
0:55:47 > 0:55:49He's worried about what Brexit'll mean for his people,
0:55:49 > 0:55:51hemmed in as they are, by Spain.
0:55:51 > 0:56:00Get in touch with us using the hashtag, #Beyond100Days.