0:00:07 > 0:00:10You're watching Beyond 100 Days.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13It was all going to so well - until it wasn't.
0:00:13 > 0:00:18High hopes are dashed in Brussels, as Brexit talks fall apart.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21The problem is still Ireland and what to do about Britain's land
0:00:21 > 0:00:25border with the EU.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28There was an air of optimism here in Brussels,
0:00:28 > 0:00:31until the DUP objected to Mrs May's proposals for the Irish border.
0:00:31 > 0:00:35So, it's back to negotiating.
0:00:35 > 0:00:41We want to move forward together, but on a couple of issues some
0:00:41 > 0:00:42differences do remain, which require further
0:00:42 > 0:00:46negotiation and consultation.
0:00:46 > 0:00:54This is not a failure, this is the start of the very last round,
0:00:54 > 0:00:57I'm very confident that we'll reach an agreement in the
0:00:57 > 0:00:58course of this week.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Theresa May had agreed a form of words with Dublin that maintained
0:01:01 > 0:01:04the status quo in Ireland, but the PM's partners in Belfast
0:01:04 > 0:01:07didn't like what they were hearing.
0:01:07 > 0:01:12We have been very clear - Northern Ireland must leave
0:01:12 > 0:01:16the European Union on the same terms as the rest of the United Kingdom.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23The leaders in Scotland, Wales - even London -
0:01:23 > 0:01:29say if Northern Ireland is to have a deal that keeps them
0:01:29 > 0:01:31close to the single market, then we'd like the same.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33I'll have the latest from Brussels.
0:01:33 > 0:01:34Also on the programme...
0:01:34 > 0:01:37It's done - Trump endorses Roy Moore in the Alabama senate race,
0:01:37 > 0:01:39despite fighting allegations he sexually abused a child.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43A friendly phone call today seals the deal.
0:01:43 > 0:01:51It's some of the most beautiful land in America,
0:01:51 > 0:01:53now the President wants to make this Utah park more commercial.
0:01:53 > 0:01:54His supporters love the idea.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56He believes in rural people.
0:01:56 > 0:01:57He believes in local decision making.
0:01:57 > 0:01:58He believes in states rights.
0:01:58 > 0:02:03He's my kind of guy.
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0:02:14 > 0:02:16Hello and welcome - I'm Katty Kay in Washington
0:02:16 > 0:02:18and Christian Fraser is in Brussels.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22Failed, for now - is never a great political slogan.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25But it is appropriate today, after Theresa May had to leave talks
0:02:25 > 0:02:27in Brussels with no progress on a Brexit deal.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30The sticking point was the Irish border and her failure
0:02:30 > 0:02:36to keep the DUP on board.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38The Northern Irish Unionist party which completes Mrs May's
0:02:38 > 0:02:40government.
0:02:40 > 0:02:46A few hours ago here in Brussels, the EU Commission President
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Jean-Claude Juncker emerged from a three hour meeting
0:02:48 > 0:02:51with the British Prime Minister, without the deal many had expected.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Mr Juncker said there were issues that could not be resolved.
0:02:54 > 0:02:55Particularly the concerns of the DUP.
0:02:55 > 0:03:00So, the work goes on, in the hope an agreement can be
0:03:00 > 0:03:03found in time for a leaders' summit here in Brussels in 10 days' time.
0:03:03 > 0:03:04Our political editor Laura Kuenssberg reports.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09Here to reveal the deal, or was it slipping away?
0:03:09 > 0:03:13The Prime Minister didn't exactly look delighted,
0:03:13 > 0:03:17but after weeks of trying to grip a deal, it seemed it was on.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20She'd only parked up for lunch, but it turned into a long lunch,
0:03:20 > 0:03:23and then later and later.
0:03:23 > 0:03:24By tea-time, look at their faces.
0:03:24 > 0:03:29It was off for today.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32We've been negotiating hard and a lot of progress has been made,
0:03:32 > 0:03:34and on many of the issues there is been a common
0:03:34 > 0:03:38understanding.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41It's clear, crucially, that we want to move forward
0:03:41 > 0:03:43together, but on a couple of issues, some differences do remain,
0:03:43 > 0:03:50which require further negotiation and consultation,
0:03:50 > 0:03:52and those will continue, but we will reconvene before
0:03:52 > 0:03:55the end of the week, and I am also confident
0:03:55 > 0:03:58we will conclude this positively.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01It didn't feel very positive this afternoon.
0:04:01 > 0:04:07Despite our best efforts and significant progress,
0:04:07 > 0:04:10we and our teams have made over the past days on this,
0:04:10 > 0:04:13but there remain some issues.
0:04:13 > 0:04:18It was not possible to reach complete agreement today.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22But listen to this - eager MEPs this morning.
0:04:22 > 0:04:27Saying, "We're the team".
0:04:27 > 0:04:31Sure-ish that the UK Government would give enough to make it work,
0:04:31 > 0:04:33even despite what's been described as a contradiction
0:04:33 > 0:04:39over the Irish border.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42As long as we have the commitment that there will be full alignment,
0:04:42 > 0:04:43it's OK, there will be no border.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46So, as far as you're concerned, sir, the text includes a concession
0:04:46 > 0:04:49from the British government over the Northern Irish border?
0:04:49 > 0:04:50Right, but is that a surprise to you?
0:04:50 > 0:04:52The British government created for itself a contradiction.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54I'm optimistic that it is possible.
0:04:54 > 0:04:5750-50 to have something.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59But we have to be sure that on citizens rights,
0:04:59 > 0:05:00everything is OK.
0:05:00 > 0:05:05But watch this.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08As suggestions of a deal became the accepted truth, the DUP,
0:05:08 > 0:05:12whose support Theresa May needs, slammed on the brakes.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15We have been very clear.
0:05:15 > 0:05:20Northern Ireland must leave the European Union on the same terms
0:05:20 > 0:05:23as the rest of the United Kingdom, and we will not accept any form
0:05:23 > 0:05:27of regulatory divergence which separates Northern Ireland.
0:05:27 > 0:05:32As time ticked on, 20 minutes later, the Prime Minister broke
0:05:32 > 0:05:40off her meetings in Brussels to phone Mrs Foster.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43I understand the DUP made it plain she could not
0:05:43 > 0:05:44support the proposed deal.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48The precise opposite to the Irish leader who has pushed and pushed,
0:05:48 > 0:05:52who talked of his shock.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54I am surprised and disappointed that the British government now
0:05:54 > 0:05:57appears not to be in a position to conclude what was
0:05:57 > 0:05:58agreed earlier today.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01I accept that the Prime Minister has asked for more time, and I know
0:06:01 > 0:06:03that she faces many challenges.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06I acknowledge that she is negotiating in good faith.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09Despite all the hope, all the anticipation,
0:06:09 > 0:06:14the negotiating teams leave Brussels today without a deal.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Those close to her claim it's not just the reliance on the DUP that
0:06:17 > 0:06:18sunk the deal today.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21She was meant to be home by now, but Theresa May's still talking,
0:06:22 > 0:06:29stuck, no further steps forward.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39You have promised me for months there is going to be progress on
0:06:39 > 0:06:43this first phase. We haven't even got the trade negotiations but you
0:06:43 > 0:06:46said, we will get progress on the first phase. I thought we were going
0:06:46 > 0:06:50to get it today, what happened?This I have been reporting that for most
0:06:50 > 0:06:55of the day. I think in that building the pen was poised on the paper
0:06:55 > 0:06:58ready to sign off what they had negotiated over the weekend. We knew
0:06:58 > 0:07:04last week that the issue was the border in Ireland. Through the
0:07:04 > 0:07:09course of the day we had word from the Taoiseach that he was going to
0:07:09 > 0:07:13give a press conference and he liked the shape of what he was seeing on
0:07:13 > 0:07:17the document that was in front of Jean-Claude Juncker, then the press
0:07:17 > 0:07:20conference didn't happen, and when Theresa May had gone into her lunch,
0:07:20 > 0:07:25it was pretty clear that things weren't going according to plan. It
0:07:25 > 0:07:28went on longer than we expected and we got word from the British team
0:07:28 > 0:07:33that Arlene Foster, the leader of the DUP, had been in a phone
0:07:33 > 0:07:36conversation with Theresa May saying she couldn't sell it to her side and
0:07:36 > 0:07:41very quickly after that they emerged to say no deal. I think it's been a
0:07:41 > 0:07:50huge disappointment, quite honestly, to the European. They really hoped
0:07:50 > 0:07:52something would be agreed today said they could focus on the European
0:07:52 > 0:07:55Council summit in ten days' time. OK, how did Theresa May flight to
0:07:55 > 0:07:59Brussels for this critical day of meetings, with proposals on the
0:07:59 > 0:08:05Irish border that she had failed to run by the Irish, Northern Ireland
0:08:05 > 0:08:09Unionist party on which our government depends? That sounds like
0:08:09 > 0:08:14political negligence.That is a very good question, because you would
0:08:14 > 0:08:17have expected through the course of the weekend not just the government
0:08:17 > 0:08:22in London, but in Dublin as well, would be speaking to the DUP and
0:08:22 > 0:08:25they would have agreed some formal words both sides are happy about,
0:08:25 > 0:08:31but that doesn't seem to have happened. We can speak to the Europe
0:08:31 > 0:08:34editor from RTE either. You were busy editing and have rushed to
0:08:34 > 0:08:39speak to us we just said, how is it the DUP have not been kept in the
0:08:39 > 0:08:47loop on this?I think that is at the heart of this. I was just talking to
0:08:47 > 0:08:51senior officials and there is theory at the way this has unravelled
0:08:51 > 0:08:54because the feeling in Brussels on Dublin was that this text was
0:08:54 > 0:08:58largely brought together on Thursday night. It was too weak to little
0:08:58 > 0:09:02over the weekend and feeling was Theresa May had agreed to it and
0:09:02 > 0:09:06travelled over to have the lunch and give the political sign off.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10Speaking to other officials, it was clear the text was closed by
0:09:10 > 0:09:15officials on all sides, they were happy with it and it just needed the
0:09:15 > 0:09:20political sign off, which everyone expected to happen at lunch. Then,
0:09:20 > 0:09:22for her own reasons, Theresa May felt the need to speak to the DUP
0:09:22 > 0:09:27and that's when it fell apart.It doesn't change what has to happen
0:09:27 > 0:09:31here, does it? The Irish government has the backing of the other 27
0:09:31 > 0:09:35leaders. So effectively the wording on the document is the only wedding
0:09:35 > 0:09:41they are going to sign up to? And they have a veto.It leaves very
0:09:41 > 0:09:45narrow room for manoeuvre for people because they can't put up the same
0:09:45 > 0:09:49text again. They will have to tweak it a little bit to bring the DUP
0:09:49 > 0:09:54somehow on board, but not to alienate the Irish government, who
0:09:54 > 0:09:58have lobbied very, very strongly on this for a long time. My
0:09:58 > 0:10:01understanding of the text was that it was essentially opening an avenue
0:10:01 > 0:10:08into phase two, especially the whole question of regulations and
0:10:08 > 0:10:11regulatory alignment and convergence. That could be worked
0:10:11 > 0:10:15out in phase two between the EU and UK, because the UK will want to
0:10:15 > 0:10:19align its regulations with the EU, in order to trade. That will be part
0:10:19 > 0:10:24of the free trade agreement. In a sense, this was an avenue that could
0:10:24 > 0:10:30get everybody into that phase, and in the event it may not be that
0:10:30 > 0:10:32Northern Ireland is that much different from a regulatory point of
0:10:32 > 0:10:36view to the rest of the UK, but there is absolute fury in Dublin as
0:10:36 > 0:10:41well.That has not been sold in London yet and you can't put the
0:10:41 > 0:10:46cart before the horse.The bottom line is Brussels and Dublin feel
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Theresa May didn't get her ducks in a row and should have got the DUP on
0:10:49 > 0:10:53board before this crucial meeting today and she shouldn't have
0:10:53 > 0:10:57permitted a phone call to Arlene Foster to derail the whole process.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00Tony, thank you very much for being with us.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02For the very latest reaction I'm joined now by our
0:11:02 > 0:11:03Europe Editor Katya Adler.
0:11:03 > 0:11:08What do you call abrasive editors who appear from their commitments?
0:11:08 > 0:11:12Very lucky!LAUGHTER Thank you, I know you were busy.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15What do you think went wrong in their today? Why did the UK
0:11:15 > 0:11:20Government really not understand where the DUP were coming from?I
0:11:20 > 0:11:23think on all sides there was an underestimation of the DUP,
0:11:23 > 0:11:28actually. I was talking to people involved on the UK side lastly,
0:11:28 > 0:11:31Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and here, the EU. Leaving
0:11:31 > 0:11:37the EU out for a moment, the other three groups, if you like, seemed to
0:11:37 > 0:11:40save the DUP was very happy to be in a position of such influence in
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Westminster. They are a very small party, they are not going to throw
0:11:43 > 0:11:50all that awaits and brisk that. Obviously this was a misjudgement.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53There are those who are suggesting to nights that maybe this is a
0:11:53 > 0:11:55little bit of choreography so everyone gets to save face. They had
0:11:55 > 0:11:59to be seen to be angry and to protest, just like Theresa May has
0:11:59 > 0:12:03to be seen to be firm and to be seen to be listening to everybody, and
0:12:03 > 0:12:10the EU has to be seen to do it it's part and an observer. This may be.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Certainly, speaking to summon up there in the European Commission
0:12:13 > 0:12:16building while Theresa May was having her power lunch and then had
0:12:16 > 0:12:20this phone call from the leader of the DUP, they described her as
0:12:20 > 0:12:24having suddenly two guns to her head. On one side, the DUP say no
0:12:24 > 0:12:27way can we accept Northern Ireland having different regulations to the
0:12:27 > 0:12:32rest of the United Kingdom. On the other side, another UK coming from
0:12:32 > 0:12:35Scotland, Wales and London, saying we want different rules to the rest
0:12:35 > 0:12:45of the UK
0:12:45 > 0:12:48when it. This two governments to Theresa May's head, none of them to
0:12:48 > 0:12:51do with us here at the EU this, so what can we do? What I think has
0:12:51 > 0:12:54changed is that the EU and UK are more aligned now. This is domestic
0:12:54 > 0:12:57problems for Theresa May. But I think what has shipped it is the EU
0:12:57 > 0:13:01feels that Theresa May is now more committed in the Brexit process.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05There has been a mood change there. Tonight, everyone here saying
0:13:05 > 0:13:08despite the brave noises about we will pick up where we left off, they
0:13:08 > 0:13:11are not sure what will happen next stop here thank you very much for
0:13:11 > 0:13:15coming down to be with us.In Scotland, Wales and London saying we
0:13:15 > 0:13:20would like a bit of that. How do you think that would work? A border in
0:13:20 > 0:13:24Kent or Maidstone? I don't know... You think it is a mess at the
0:13:24 > 0:13:28moment, just wait if that were to happen.
0:13:28 > 0:13:35Talking of mess... Let's move on to American politics.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37President Trump has officially endorsed Roy Moore for the US
0:13:37 > 0:13:38Senate race in Alabama.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Both men have been accused of sexually harassing women,
0:13:40 > 0:13:43though in the case of Mr Moore, one of the accusers says
0:13:43 > 0:13:45she was a minor at the time.
0:13:45 > 0:13:46It's a charge he denies.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Mr Trump held off on the endorsement, but today
0:13:48 > 0:13:51the two had a good phone call and the President
0:13:51 > 0:13:53is now fully on board.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56And then Mr Moore tweeted this...
0:14:03 > 0:14:08Joining me from New York is our political analyst
0:14:08 > 0:14:14Ron Christie, former advisor to President George W Bush.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18There you have it. The President of the United States endorsing a man
0:14:18 > 0:14:22who has been accused by eight women of sexually harassing them, one was
0:14:22 > 0:14:27only 14 years old at the time. How does that look for the President?It
0:14:27 > 0:14:31looks good for the President and President's supporters in Alabama.
0:14:31 > 0:14:35The political optics of this I think are breathtaking. These are very
0:14:35 > 0:14:39credible allegations of these women had and have brought forth against
0:14:39 > 0:14:44Mr Moore. This is also a man who is the Chief Justice of the Alabama
0:14:44 > 0:14:48Supreme Court 's, who was rebuked seven removed from office twice. The
0:14:48 > 0:14:51president of the US would endorse the candidacy of this individual,
0:14:51 > 0:14:56who I think lacks the moral conviction to hold public office...
0:14:56 > 0:14:59I would pounce on this and start using that to make political ads for
0:14:59 > 0:15:04days and weeks and months to come. I'm sure a few Democrats have had
0:15:04 > 0:15:08that idea as they run into the mid-term elections next year. In the
0:15:08 > 0:15:12shorter term, you and I will be down in Alabama next week covering this
0:15:12 > 0:15:17race. Do you think it helps Mr Moore? Will it help tip him over the
0:15:17 > 0:15:23line? It is a tight race.I think this helps Mr Moore. I think he will
0:15:23 > 0:15:26win this race more handsomely than people believe. He will go to
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Washington and says he will make America a great against us what I
0:15:29 > 0:15:33have my eye on and I look forward to what's going down and talking to
0:15:33 > 0:15:37people in Alabama, this is what would happen if Mr Moore wins? Would
0:15:37 > 0:15:41they vote to expel him, even before he gets a chance to become a United
0:15:41 > 0:15:45States senator? This is something that we haven't seen in the United
0:15:45 > 0:15:50States political scene for quite some time.Say this endorsement has
0:15:50 > 0:15:55now made it more likely that Mr Moore becomes the next Republican
0:15:55 > 0:16:00senator from Alabama, what kind of reception would you get when he gets
0:16:00 > 0:16:05to the Senate?A frothy one. Most of the Washington political
0:16:05 > 0:16:08establishment, if you will, doesn't want him in this race. They don't
0:16:08 > 0:16:12wanting to be elected and they don't want to serve side by side with this
0:16:12 > 0:16:16person. I think if he does get elected this and he does get seated
0:16:16 > 0:16:27in the United States Senate, I think he will be an island of one with 99
0:16:27 > 0:16:29of his other colleagues shunning him, not wanting to work with, not
0:16:29 > 0:16:31wanting to associate with him, given these very salacious allegations
0:16:31 > 0:16:33about his past, of pursuing allegedly teenage girls when he was
0:16:33 > 0:16:39a 32-year-old prosecutor.How things have just did. I hear you are going
0:16:39 > 0:16:46to Alabama with Cathy and she's off to California. Much warmer than that
0:16:46 > 0:16:50might! My phone has been jumping off the bedside table the last few
0:16:50 > 0:16:54nights, because the president is just tweeting so much. He is
0:16:54 > 0:16:58tweeting angry. What is going on in this head?
0:16:58 > 0:17:04If I only knew, Christian! I think he is still really to gated Nasr's
0:17:04 > 0:17:09election. He is still saying crooked Hillary Clinton and wide and they
0:17:09 > 0:17:15investigate her? You have won and being president and in office for
0:17:15 > 0:17:19over a year. It's time to let bygones be bygones, but he cannot
0:17:19 > 0:17:24let it go. What outlet does he take two? His favourite, Twitter, which
0:17:24 > 0:17:28prides your family crazy and my family crazy, because of course my
0:17:28 > 0:17:32wife is like, oh my goodness, are you looking at another Donald Trump
0:17:32 > 0:17:38tweet? And I'm like yes, guilty as charged!How to ruin a perfectly
0:17:38 > 0:17:42nice weekend. Thank you so much for joining us, I will sue you in
0:17:42 > 0:17:46Alabama next week, my friend. Donald Trump might be happy with Roy
0:17:46 > 0:17:51more but less happy with Bob Moller. The special prosecuting
0:17:51 > 0:17:56investigating Donald Trump's ties to Russia in the election.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58The President's former national security advisor Michael Flynn
0:17:58 > 0:18:00agreed to cooperate with that investigation on Friday
0:18:00 > 0:18:02and the question is what exactly is he telling Mr Mueller?
0:18:02 > 0:18:04The President spent the weekend tweeting about the dishonesty
0:18:04 > 0:18:07of the FBI, the injustice of Hillary Clinton not
0:18:07 > 0:18:09being investigated and the virtue of Mr Flynn himself.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Added to which, in one tweet, the President admitted he knew that
0:18:12 > 0:18:16Flynn lied to the FBI even before he fired him - that puts him, legal
0:18:16 > 0:18:22experts say, in a tricky position.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25I had to fire General Flynn - he tweeted - because he lied
0:18:25 > 0:18:29to the Vice President and the FBI.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39Then today, the President had this to say.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Well, I feel badly for General Flynn, I feel badly.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44He's lead a very strong life and I feel very badly, John.
0:18:44 > 0:18:49I will say this - Hillary Clinton lied many times to the FBI,
0:18:49 > 0:18:52nothing happened to her.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54Flynn lied and they destroyed his life -
0:18:54 > 0:18:57I think it's a shame.
0:18:57 > 0:19:03Joining me from Atlanta is the former US Attorney Michael Moore.
0:19:04 > 0:19:10Mr Moore, thank you very much for joining us. How much closer is this
0:19:10 > 0:19:14Russia investigation getting to the White House and the President?
0:19:14 > 0:19:22I think in the last few weeks you've seen the moves starting to tight
0:19:22 > 0:19:26around the president and his administration. Bob Mueller, not
0:19:26 > 0:19:30necessarily doing anything innovative but using that classic
0:19:30 > 0:19:34prosecutor style, working his way up the line, and he has done that. He
0:19:34 > 0:19:38is the kung fu master of prosecutors, guests. No sweat about
0:19:38 > 0:19:47the pressure to his foes. We have seen it with Mike Flynn and I think
0:19:47 > 0:19:51he will exert pressure on Jared Kushner, as he gets closer to the
0:19:51 > 0:19:54president. I'm sure that would make for interesting dinner conversation!
0:19:54 > 0:19:57Certainly the people at the White House are starting to feel the
0:19:57 > 0:20:01pressure. I'm sure the president is. I think that's why you are seeing
0:20:01 > 0:20:06these crazy tweets from Donald Trump. Bob Mueller probably
0:20:06 > 0:20:12recognises, it's like Newton's law, what action creates an equal and
0:20:12 > 0:20:15opposite reaction? He has figured that out. He knows when he puts the
0:20:15 > 0:20:18pressure on he can go out on Donald Trump are now permeates Donald
0:20:18 > 0:20:22Trump's lawyers, if we are to believe that, comes back with some
0:20:22 > 0:20:25tweet which gives him more ammunition to use in the
0:20:25 > 0:20:29investigation as he goes forward. It's what you make of the fact
0:20:29 > 0:20:33Michael Flynn those undersides to, plead guilty and cooperates with the
0:20:33 > 0:20:38investigation and gets a relatively light charge compared to what he
0:20:38 > 0:20:43could have been charged with? What does that tell you about what Mr
0:20:43 > 0:20:48Mueller might have got from Mr Flynn in return?My guess is Mike Flynn
0:20:48 > 0:20:53has been talking for some time with Bob Mueller and esteem. What we
0:20:53 > 0:20:56usually think about from a prosecution side is the better the
0:20:56 > 0:21:00deal, the bigger the fish. Clearly what's happened is they are using
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Michael Flynn to move on up the ladder to what someone else. I want
0:21:03 > 0:21:09to just tell you what is tactically smart about Bob Mueller to handle
0:21:09 > 0:21:16this in way he did. He did a plea agreement, he didn't have to lay his
0:21:16 > 0:21:19cards on the table during the court hearing, he only had to explain to
0:21:19 > 0:21:24the judge what the charge was, what specific acts took place in order to
0:21:24 > 0:21:28support the charge. But it also leaves open the possibility there
0:21:28 > 0:21:31could be additional state charges against Mike Flynn, to which the
0:21:31 > 0:21:37president has no power to pardon. So there is additional pressure he can
0:21:37 > 0:21:41exert on Mike Flynn as the case moves forward, if it needs to.Can I
0:21:41 > 0:21:45ask you one thing? We have had one of Mr Trump's lawyers come out and
0:21:45 > 0:21:48make the argument the president can never obstruct justice. Is that
0:21:48 > 0:21:56true?Well, I don't think it's accurate and I would simply suggest
0:21:56 > 0:22:01if people look at the US Constitution, he takes the brute,
0:22:01 > 0:22:06the argument that we have a king here and we don't. The idea that the
0:22:06 > 0:22:13team that can do no crime, those days are long over and as we talk
0:22:13 > 0:22:18about the impeachment process of the president, that a president can be
0:22:18 > 0:22:20impeached for crimes and misdemeanours, high crimes and
0:22:20 > 0:22:22misdemeanours. I suggest you they wouldn't have used the word crimes
0:22:22 > 0:22:29if in fact a president could not commit a crime. Richard Nixon tried
0:22:29 > 0:22:33this tactile years back and it didn't work out so well for him. I
0:22:33 > 0:22:38don't think we have a system that allows the president to be above the
0:22:38 > 0:22:43law completely. Even if you take the presidential oath, when a president
0:22:43 > 0:22:46takes office there and raise their hand in front of the American people
0:22:46 > 0:22:51and say, I pledge to support and defend the Constitution. Certainly,
0:22:51 > 0:22:55committing a federal crime or a crime against the United States, is
0:22:55 > 0:23:00not in not in fact in support of the Constitution. I disagree with his
0:23:00 > 0:23:04lawyer. I can understand why he wants to say that, because in truth
0:23:04 > 0:23:08the tweet that went out and told us more about this investigation. We've
0:23:08 > 0:23:11been wondering for months, what did the president know and when did he
0:23:11 > 0:23:16know it? If we are to believe what is now in this tweet, the president
0:23:16 > 0:23:19or the President's lawyers who have conveyed it to the President knew at
0:23:19 > 0:23:24the time the Donald Trump knew that Mike Flynn had lied to the FBI. He
0:23:24 > 0:23:36knew that prior to the time he
0:23:44 > 0:23:47asked Jim the investigation. If that's the case, that's the intense
0:23:47 > 0:23:49-- intend for obstruction.We have to leave it there but thank you for
0:23:49 > 0:23:51joining us. This Christian, the president it seems is not entirely
0:23:51 > 0:23:54above the law.Fascinating listening to Michael more, a lot of those
0:23:54 > 0:23:56questions I had myself. Listening to commentary from the United States
0:23:56 > 0:23:59over the weekend. Good to get some answers. What about the idea the
0:23:59 > 0:24:01lawyer wrote the tweet for him, does your lawyer right to your tweets for
0:24:01 > 0:24:03you?LAUGHTER I think my lawyer helps me make sure
0:24:03 > 0:24:06I've bought my house properly or signed my mortgage papers, but
0:24:06 > 0:24:09certainly does not vet my tweets. It seemed there was a certain amount of
0:24:09 > 0:24:11incredulity when the White House first put that out. It maybe he
0:24:11 > 0:24:13didn't write that tweet but it still comes from the President's Twitter
0:24:13 > 0:24:17handle with his name on it so they will study looking at that. Everyone
0:24:17 > 0:24:25here in Washington, web saying, the last three days in the investigation
0:24:25 > 0:24:27has been the most critical for the White House, with Michael Flynn
0:24:27 > 0:24:29pleading guilty on Friday and then everything that happened over the
0:24:29 > 0:24:32weekend with the tweets, it seems this is causing a certain amount of
0:24:32 > 0:24:38stress, shall we say, in the administration?I was just going to
0:24:38 > 0:24:41say, it amuses me that everybody leaks and everyone talks in
0:24:41 > 0:24:47Washington. The only man not talking is a man right at the centre of it,
0:24:47 > 0:24:51Mr Mueller.Bob Mueller, it's his town.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53With Christmas fast approaching how about this present
0:24:53 > 0:24:54for that special someone?
0:24:54 > 0:24:59Some media outlets in Russia are claiming that a 2018 calendar
0:24:59 > 0:25:02showing President Vladimir Putin in various poses, quote "sold out
0:25:02 > 0:25:10in a few hours" when it was put on sale in the United Kingdom.
0:25:10 > 0:25:15We put our team on London -- in London on this today.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18But we've been unable to find any shop in the UK
0:25:18 > 0:25:20stocking the calendar, while sales online -
0:25:20 > 0:25:22as you can see here - have been limited...
0:25:22 > 0:25:25Which is a shame, because who wouldn't want a 12-month display
0:25:25 > 0:25:27of Russia's undisputed strongman hanging on their wall?
0:25:27 > 0:25:33This calendar we are about to bring up now has been selling like hot
0:25:33 > 0:25:37cakes. The Christian calendar!Oh yes, get that in the Christmas
0:25:37 > 0:25:41stocking!We are running out of time, we should have showed
0:25:41 > 0:25:52Christian. This is Beyond 100 Days. Coming up for viewers on BBC News
0:25:52 > 0:25:55Channel and BBC World News:
0:25:55 > 0:25:58Close but not close enough - this was meant to be the day that
0:25:58 > 0:26:00opened the way to the next stage of Brexit talks.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03We'll go back to Brussels to ask, can a deal be salvaged?
0:26:03 > 0:26:05And the stunning red-sandstone that is Utah -
0:26:05 > 0:26:11Donald Trump has this American state in his sights today.
0:26:11 > 0:26:12Donald Trump has this American state in his sights today.
0:26:15 > 0:26:20hello, thanks for joining me. A pretty decent day, blue skies widely
0:26:20 > 0:26:23available not just in Essex but East Anglia. Further north, on the
0:26:23 > 0:26:29eastern side of Scotland and Angus, that was a very pleasant day indeed.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33Out west there was always more cloud and had enough about it to produce
0:26:33 > 0:26:37the odd shower. I think as we get on through the evening and overnight,
0:26:37 > 0:26:40so again if the rain may fill in across the North of Scotland, the
0:26:40 > 0:26:44wind more noticeable, but further south it could be that with the not
0:26:44 > 0:26:49too much in the way of breeze, there could be some mist and fog and cloud
0:26:49 > 0:26:54breaks but he we go again on Tuesday. A lot of settled weather.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Quite a lot of cloud but hints of brightness here and there.
0:26:57 > 0:27:02Temperatures on the part of why we have been through Monday. And again,
0:27:02 > 0:27:05the wettest of weather in the North of Scotland. The plan for the week
0:27:05 > 0:27:08was always to see Monday and Tuesday is the settled days and then the
0:27:08 > 0:27:11middle part of the week things turn increasingly wet and windy from the
0:27:11 > 0:27:18West. By the end of the week, look at something cold. This is
0:27:18 > 0:27:21Wednesday, and for the greater part of the day it will be northern and
0:27:21 > 0:27:25western parts that will see the bulk of the wind and rain. Further to the
0:27:25 > 0:27:28east, it is a bit like Monday and Tuesday of the truth were known but
0:27:28 > 0:27:32perhaps a little milder than either of those days. Temperatures in
0:27:32 > 0:27:35double figures. That is the last time I will be saying this week,
0:27:35 > 0:27:39because through the evening and overnight, we squeeze up those
0:27:39 > 0:27:49isobars. Turning very wet and windy in all British Isles. Once that area
0:27:49 > 0:27:52of low pressure moves off towards Scandinavia, it will eventually
0:27:52 > 0:27:54allow this cold air to plunge right down and across all parts of the
0:27:54 > 0:27:57British Isles. There will be no escape. So there is a spell of wet
0:27:57 > 0:27:59and windy weather for everybody. Once that has moved away, no longer
0:27:59 > 0:28:08those bad south westerly, here comes the North westerlies. Wintry showers
0:28:08 > 0:28:11in Scotland and Northern Ireland, but as we change from Thursday to
0:28:11 > 0:28:15Friday, so that risk of wintry showers moves ever further towards
0:28:15 > 0:28:21the south. Forget all about ten, 11 and 12 degrees, because we will be
0:28:21 > 0:28:25well on down into single figures, and when you add in the strength of
0:28:25 > 0:28:29the wind, it will feel closer to freezing if not minus four.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12This is Beyond 100 Days - I'm Katty Kay in Washington.
0:30:12 > 0:30:22Christian Fraser is in Brussels.
0:30:23 > 0:30:27High hopes were dashed today with confusion about the Irish border.
0:30:27 > 0:30:31There is pressure to find a workable solution before trade talks begin
0:30:31 > 0:30:33next week.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35President Trump officially endorses the Republican candidate Roy Moore
0:30:35 > 0:30:36for the US Senate race in Alabama.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39Coming up in the next half hour - Rolling back restrictions
0:30:39 > 0:30:45on this land in Utah.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47Currently a national monument, President Trump is poised
0:30:47 > 0:30:48to make some major changes.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50Battling post-traumatic stress disorder in America's inner cities.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53Far from the battlefield some children are feeling the impact
0:30:53 > 0:30:54of violence on their streets.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56Let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag
0:30:56 > 0:30:57#Beyond-One-Hundred-Days.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09Let's get more on our top story - there's been no agreement
0:31:09 > 0:31:12between the UK and Europe on how to move to the next stage
0:31:12 > 0:31:16of Brexit negotiations.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18The British Prime Minister Theresa May is in Brussels where,
0:31:18 > 0:31:22earlier in the day, there was some talk of a deal being reached.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24That was until Mrs May's Northern Irish partner -
0:31:24 > 0:31:26the Democratic Unionist Party - dismissed the deal.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29The DUP doesn't like the proposals for the Irish border -
0:31:29 > 0:31:30as our Ireland Correspondent, Chris Buckler reports.
0:31:34 > 0:31:38The journey to a Brexit deal is proving far from easy.
0:31:38 > 0:31:41The UK and the EU still have to find a way through the many problems
0:31:41 > 0:31:45posed by these border roads.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48The Irish government are insisting that there should be no change along
0:31:48 > 0:31:50the 310 miles that connect Northern Ireland and the Republic,
0:31:50 > 0:31:55that this should remain an invisible border.
0:31:55 > 0:32:00South of the dividing line in Dundalk, which will stay a part
0:32:00 > 0:32:02of the European Union, people started the day believing
0:32:02 > 0:32:05there was a prospect of a December deal and for owners of shops
0:32:05 > 0:32:08like this, keeping trading rules and regulations the same across this
0:32:08 > 0:32:11island would be quite a gift.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13There's no restrictions at all.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16If you take stuff down, you can take it with you in the morning,
0:32:16 > 0:32:18you don't have to go through the customs.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21I remember what it was like, you lost a day going the customs
0:32:21 > 0:32:23in Newry and Dundalk.
0:32:23 > 0:32:24After a while, it's like everything else,
0:32:24 > 0:32:28when it's gone a while, you forget how bad it was, you know.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31But the DUP hold quite a few cards in what is proving to be
0:32:31 > 0:32:34a grown-up game of poker.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36They worry that the trade-off for ensuring customs posts don't
0:32:36 > 0:32:39return to this island's roads could be new divisions and trading
0:32:39 > 0:32:41differences within the UK.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43Potentially new checks at ports for ships travelling
0:32:43 > 0:32:45between Northern Ireland and Britain, what has been called
0:32:46 > 0:32:51a border in the Irish Sea.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54And north of the border in Newry, many felt the Conservatives had no
0:32:54 > 0:32:56choice but to listen to the Democratic Unionists,
0:32:56 > 0:32:59because they hold the balance of power at Westminster.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02May needs the DUP at the moment.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04Could that scupper this deal?
0:33:04 > 0:33:07I think it might because if they pull the plug,
0:33:07 > 0:33:10it will be a general election.
0:33:10 > 0:33:16Still part of the UK, so that's the way it will work.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19But these are towns which rely on your euros as well as pounds,
0:33:19 > 0:33:21and they worry that any border could put off visitors
0:33:21 > 0:33:25and their cash.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28You see, if they put a hard border, it would more or less destroy towns
0:33:28 > 0:33:30like Newry and Enniskillen, the border towns.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33Currently, it seems difficult to see a way out of the negotiations that
0:33:33 > 0:33:35will satisfy everyone, but the government needs
0:33:35 > 0:33:37to come up with solutions for this border and fast.
0:33:37 > 0:33:46Chris Buckler, BBC News, Newry.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49That is the situation in Ireland.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51With me now is our Brussels reporter Adam Fleming who's been
0:33:52 > 0:33:54following the day's events.
0:33:54 > 0:33:59He is so across Brexit that he's brought with him his trusty
0:33:59 > 0:34:04companion, his Brexit ring file.It has all the documents inside.Tell
0:34:04 > 0:34:11love them. This is only one of two. This open it up and let people feel.
0:34:11 > 0:34:16This is my Brexit binder, UK edition. This is all the papers the
0:34:16 > 0:34:20UK has published throughout the whole Brexit.What oldies post-it
0:34:20 > 0:34:29notes?Just my little tabs to tell it is. This is where the Prime
0:34:29 > 0:34:33Minister set out the red lines in January. Then a white paper with
0:34:33 > 0:34:36more detail, then the famous Article 50 letter. Then another thousand
0:34:36 > 0:34:43pages to go.We get it! But no document added today.That's what
0:34:43 > 0:34:46I'm sad about. We were looking forward to this joint report written
0:34:46 > 0:34:56by the EU and the UK. The holiday of the lunch today between May and the
0:34:56 > 0:35:01president was to rubber-stamp the document and it would then be
0:35:01 > 0:35:05published this afternoon to set out all the commitments or concessions
0:35:05 > 0:35:10depending on how you look at it, that will be made by either side, to
0:35:10 > 0:35:14allow those to be banked so they can move to phase two, trade and
0:35:14 > 0:35:18transition. But the document never came. I was excited about seeing it
0:35:18 > 0:35:23because it was going to be the holy Grail, phase one of the Brexit talk.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26Every single thing, every compromise, every problem solve,
0:35:26 > 0:35:31every problem is postponed, it was going to be full of details and were
0:35:31 > 0:35:38Wilding. -- still waiting.Please tell me you don't talk like this in
0:35:38 > 0:35:44the bars of Brussels could not grow where do you think I get them from?
0:35:44 > 0:35:51In the building behind me, are they as an courage as they were trying to
0:35:51 > 0:35:54make out of the conference or are they disappointed?I've talked to
0:35:54 > 0:35:58officials from the member states because in theory, the action should
0:35:58 > 0:36:01have moved from here, the action and the technocrats to the political
0:36:01 > 0:36:05level of the member states. They are the ones who will decide of
0:36:05 > 0:36:07sufficient progress had been made when the leaders meet next week.
0:36:07 > 0:36:11They are quite surprised that this has happened, proof of that, they
0:36:11 > 0:36:18were all sitting there in 2:30pm Brussels time, because they have
0:36:18 > 0:36:21been summoned that the lunch was going to end, they were going to
0:36:21 > 0:36:24look at the joint report to plan the next steps, they were sat their
0:36:24 > 0:36:29fatigue and a half hours waiting for the lunch the end. People were
0:36:29 > 0:36:36leaving to pick up their kids, some people had a dinner in Luxembourg.
0:36:36 > 0:36:40They were in the dark about what was happening then they found that the
0:36:40 > 0:36:45knees, universally be blase Ireland was the stumbling block. Others say
0:36:45 > 0:36:53don't forget the role of the European Court of Justice, a
0:36:53 > 0:37:01problem. And the ECJ as well.I have no sympathy with people in the EU
0:37:01 > 0:37:07waiting for two and a half hours, I have done that most of my career.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09Let's bring in our chief political correspondent Vicki Young who joins
0:37:10 > 0:37:11us now from Westminster.
0:37:11 > 0:37:17Now leader of any country comes to bustle and doesn't get to a deal. Is
0:37:17 > 0:37:24it embarrassing for the Prime Minister? -- comes to Brussels.Her
0:37:24 > 0:37:27MPs had a meeting in Downing Street and several asked, did you not run
0:37:27 > 0:37:32this past the DUP before you went out by? We are trying to piece
0:37:32 > 0:37:36together exactly what has happened. I think partly, what might have
0:37:36 > 0:37:41happened is over the weekend, the DUP said to me they were very
0:37:41 > 0:37:46closely being asked about all of this, they said it was very clear
0:37:46 > 0:37:48they would never accept anything that weren't they were treated
0:37:48 > 0:37:52differently to the rest of the UK. They said the British government
0:37:52 > 0:37:56understood that and there was absolutely no suggestion the British
0:37:56 > 0:37:59government would agree to anything like that. But I think after six
0:37:59 > 0:38:05hours of the kind of message that was coming out of Dublin and
0:38:05 > 0:38:10Brussels, along the lines of the UK Government has compromised on this,
0:38:10 > 0:38:15they have given in on all of this, I think the DUP to felt politically,
0:38:15 > 0:38:19they couldn't wear that. So they came out very choreographed, press
0:38:19 > 0:38:24conference with Arlene Foster coming out as Theresa May were sitting in
0:38:24 > 0:38:29the front with Jean-Claude Juncker and just said "We are not going to
0:38:29 > 0:38:34agree to anything like this." Some are think the British government
0:38:34 > 0:38:35saying North America say
0:38:37 > 0:38:40fifth of the Northern Ireland can stay in the customs agreement. That
0:38:40 > 0:38:46is not the case. What I feel about this is if you look at Northern
0:38:46 > 0:38:51Ireland and Ireland over the years, they negotiate hard. We should not
0:38:51 > 0:38:55be surprised that it is in the end, Ireland, Dublin and the DUP in
0:38:55 > 0:38:59Northern Ireland who are coming out pretty strongly and digging their
0:38:59 > 0:39:07heels in.Thank you.
0:39:07 > 0:39:12Fascinating stuff from Brussels and the Prime Minister and how little
0:39:12 > 0:39:16she understood her partners and who she was negotiating with. Let's get
0:39:16 > 0:39:17a view from out west in America.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20I've travelled to nearly all 50 states in the US and few are more
0:39:20 > 0:39:21beautiful than Utah.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24But is the Trump administration about to spoil some of that
0:39:24 > 0:39:25pristine, wild land?
0:39:25 > 0:39:28He's there today and in the next couple of hours is going to announce
0:39:28 > 0:39:31a plan to dramatically shrink the size of two national parks.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33These areas are currently protected from development,
0:39:33 > 0:39:35and are heavily regulated to limit cattle-grazing as well as
0:39:35 > 0:39:37drilling and mining.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39Supporters of the move say that power should be brought
0:39:39 > 0:39:42back to local people, so they can decide what happens
0:39:42 > 0:39:43on their own land.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45But the decision looks likely to trigger legal challenges
0:39:45 > 0:39:47from Native American tribes and environmental groups.
0:39:47 > 0:39:56From Utah, our North America correspondent James Cook reports.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59Nothing on earth prepares you for the Valley of the Gods.
0:39:59 > 0:40:08It looks like another planet.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11But this is the heart of Bears Ears nature reserve in Utah
0:40:11 > 0:40:15although it seems not for much longer.
0:40:15 > 0:40:16For Bruce Adams, victory is at hand.
0:40:16 > 0:40:20Come on!
0:40:20 > 0:40:23The rancher has been fighting to return federal lands to state
0:40:23 > 0:40:32control for years and now he's found his champion.
0:40:32 > 0:40:36I am just so grateful to President Trump because he
0:40:36 > 0:40:37an ordinary politician.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40He believes in rural people, he believes and local
0:40:40 > 0:40:41decision-making, he believe in states' rights.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43He is my kind of guy.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45And I am so grateful that he President of
0:40:45 > 0:40:46the United States right now.
0:40:46 > 0:40:47He's not alone.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50This is one of the poorest counties in the United States.
0:40:50 > 0:40:56And some here see an opportunity opening up full mining for minerals
0:40:56 > 0:41:01And some here see an opportunity opening up to mine for minerals
0:41:02 > 0:41:02or drill for oil.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05Whether or not there are valuable resources and this landscape
0:41:05 > 0:41:06is controversial and contested.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09But above the ground, there are many treasures.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12These are hollows where the native people of this land ground corn,
0:41:12 > 0:41:13perhaps 1000 years ago.
0:41:13 > 0:41:14This is where they stored that corn.
0:41:14 > 0:41:20Unfortunately, there's also evidence here looting.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22And that is why people here want to protect this entire
0:41:22 > 0:41:26area is a national monument.
0:41:26 > 0:41:32The battle to save sacred sites like this ancient warming
0:41:32 > 0:41:35is being waged by Native Americans who are now a minority in this
0:41:35 > 0:41:37mainly Mormon state.
0:41:37 > 0:41:42This is a struggle since the day the white people came here.
0:41:42 > 0:41:48The Mormons came to this area in 1879.
0:41:48 > 0:41:53Since the day they came, it has been destruction,
0:41:53 > 0:41:56destruction and looting, lotting, looting.
0:41:56 > 0:42:00Some of the rock art here may date back 10,000 years or more.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03But it was just 12 months ago when President Obama declared this
0:42:03 > 0:42:08a protected area.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11President Trump's fans say his plan to reverse that gives
0:42:11 > 0:42:12power to the people.
0:42:12 > 0:42:22His opponents call it cultural vandalism.
0:42:22 > 0:42:27I think we need to open eight Utah bureau because there images are
0:42:27 > 0:42:32lovely. I know you love the state. And bureau for 100 days clearly
0:42:32 > 0:42:39needed?We can do it in the spring then we can ski.Absolutely. What is
0:42:39 > 0:42:43interesting about that this is not just about mining and drilling and
0:42:43 > 0:42:48Native American lands, it's also a strong issue about states rights and
0:42:48 > 0:42:53against the federal government, people out west have a sense the
0:42:53 > 0:42:57federal government should not be part of their lives, it is not
0:42:57 > 0:43:01something that we have in Britain, but there is a sense they want the
0:43:01 > 0:43:05federal government of the back. I detected this Utah story is not an
0:43:05 > 0:43:09issue about that as about the possibility of mining and exploiting
0:43:09 > 0:43:13these land. That move on. Still to come...There's only one thing left
0:43:13 > 0:43:21to do.The parliamentary proposal of a very different type in Australia
0:43:21 > 0:43:25where politics and passion collide.
0:43:29 > 0:43:32To cricket and Australia remains in command of the second Ashes Test,
0:43:32 > 0:43:34despite a fight back from England.
0:43:34 > 0:43:36Australia bowled England out for 227 on day three,
0:43:36 > 0:43:38giving the hosts a first innings lead of 215.
0:43:38 > 0:43:43England's bowlers mounted a late comeback, picking up four wickets
0:43:43 > 0:43:46to give themselves a faint hope heading into day four in Adelaide.
0:43:46 > 0:43:56Our sports correspondent Andy Swiss has been watching the action.
0:44:06 > 0:44:08When it comes to batting, Adelaide has seen the best.
0:44:08 > 0:44:11The home of the great Sir Donald Bradman, but the fans
0:44:11 > 0:44:14descending on the Oval were about to see how not to do it
0:44:14 > 0:44:17as England threw away their wickets, their hopes and perhaps the Ashes.
0:44:17 > 0:44:19James Vince and Joe Root both went tamely.
0:44:19 > 0:44:22Hardly the captain's innings he had hoped for.
0:44:22 > 0:44:25And when Alastair Cook served up yet more catching practice,
0:44:25 > 0:44:26England were staring at humiliation.
0:44:26 > 0:44:28But if they were brittle, Australia were brilliant.
0:44:28 > 0:44:30Nathan Lyon's dazzling caught and bowled followed
0:44:30 > 0:44:31by an even better one.
0:44:31 > 0:44:33Mitchell Starc showing the reflexes of a juggler as Australia
0:44:33 > 0:44:34tightened their grip.
0:44:34 > 0:44:36By the time the final wicket fell, England
0:44:36 > 0:44:38were still a massive 215 behind.
0:44:38 > 0:44:39Game surely over.
0:44:39 > 0:44:40But then a twist.
0:44:40 > 0:44:42Australia could have made the visitors bat
0:44:42 > 0:44:43again but decided not to.
0:44:43 > 0:44:44Bad choice.
0:44:44 > 0:44:46Under the floodlights, England's bowlers sparkled.
0:44:46 > 0:44:48Two early wickets for Jimmy Anderson.
0:44:48 > 0:44:53Two for Chris Woakes, including the big one,
0:44:53 > 0:44:54captain Steve Smith.
0:44:54 > 0:44:58Australia 53-4 at the close.
0:44:58 > 0:45:03It may be faint but England finally have a sliver of hope.
0:45:03 > 0:45:05Australia's fans will still be heading home pretty happy
0:45:05 > 0:45:07with their team's position but England's bowlers have at least
0:45:07 > 0:45:14given them hope after that earlier batting collapse.
0:45:14 > 0:45:16A tense end to a dramatic day.
0:45:16 > 0:45:18Verbals exchanged as the players left the pitch.
0:45:18 > 0:45:21England will be hoping they could yet have the last word.
0:45:21 > 0:45:27Andy Swiss, BBC News, Adelaide.
0:45:38 > 0:45:39You're watching Beyond 100 Days.
0:45:39 > 0:45:42Child marriage, illiteracy and a lack of clean drinking water.
0:45:42 > 0:45:44They are issues you might think we would be reporting
0:45:44 > 0:45:47on in developing countries but for the past few weeks our focus
0:45:47 > 0:45:52has been here in the US.
0:45:52 > 0:45:54In the final instalment of his America First Series -
0:45:54 > 0:45:59Aleem Maqbool looks at the issue of post-traumatic stress disorder.
0:45:59 > 0:46:03Not confined to the battlefield - it is a condition plaguing far too
0:46:03 > 0:46:04many children in inner cities.
0:46:04 > 0:46:07Aleem travelled to Atlanta to see why it is happening and what can be
0:46:07 > 0:46:15done to reverse it.
0:46:15 > 0:46:17Lt Siobhan Edwards patrolled some of the toughest roots
0:46:17 > 0:46:18and all of America.
0:46:18 > 0:46:20As fast as you can.
0:46:20 > 0:46:22Drug use, gang violence and shootings are commonplace.
0:46:22 > 0:46:24She worries that for young people growing up here,
0:46:24 > 0:46:30it can sometimes feel like a conflict zone.
0:46:30 > 0:46:37War to them may be a local drive-by between gang rivals.
0:46:37 > 0:46:40War to them may be walking down the street, a needle or seeing
0:46:40 > 0:46:41someone using drugs.
0:46:41 > 0:46:42That is war.
0:46:42 > 0:46:45These kids see this on a daily basis or they may think it's normal
0:46:45 > 0:46:47when we know it is not.
0:46:47 > 0:46:50And for those who spend their whole lives in an environment like this,
0:46:50 > 0:46:53we now know that all the exposure to the violence and danger has
0:46:53 > 0:46:57a very tangible impact on their mental health.
0:46:57 > 0:47:00One of the most extensive so on post-traumatic stress disorder
0:47:00 > 0:47:04in the community was done here in Atlanta and found
0:47:04 > 0:47:06a staggering statistic that of those who lived in low-income areas
0:47:06 > 0:47:09in this city, 46% suffered from PTSD.
0:47:09 > 0:47:19That is a rate much higher even than soldiers have seen war.
0:47:19 > 0:47:23The research team is now focusing on how the brains of children
0:47:23 > 0:47:29in a violent neighbourhood are affected by the trauma.
0:47:29 > 0:47:36Unlike soldiers who come home from war and are no longer in that
0:47:36 > 0:47:38dangerous environment, a lot of the children in this
0:47:38 > 0:47:40study are still living in that dangerous environment.
0:47:40 > 0:47:42Gunshots and the violence in this trade is something
0:47:42 > 0:47:43they are adapting to.
0:47:43 > 0:47:47The brain is adapting to it as well and we can see that.
0:47:47 > 0:47:51The brain is adapting to it as well and we can see that on the imaging.
0:47:51 > 0:47:52In this neighbourhood, children's brains are measurably
0:47:52 > 0:47:55growing up faster because of what they are exposed to.
0:47:55 > 0:47:58That affect the ability to learn, it makes it difficult for them
0:47:58 > 0:47:59to build relationships, makes them more susceptible
0:47:59 > 0:48:04to depression and drug use.
0:48:04 > 0:48:0612-year-old Angel Duvall, chosen at random to be part of the study,
0:48:06 > 0:48:08is typical of the experience.
0:48:08 > 0:48:10She has seen fights and told us of a shoot out
0:48:10 > 0:48:13right beside her home.
0:48:13 > 0:48:21We were in bed and then they started shooting.
0:48:21 > 0:48:25And then mum came in to tell us to get on the floor and don't
0:48:25 > 0:48:26get up until it stops.
0:48:26 > 0:48:32And then it stopped, and one person died and the police came.
0:48:32 > 0:48:36Angel talk about it like it's normal but that kind of incident is having
0:48:36 > 0:48:37impact on the whole family.
0:48:37 > 0:48:40It's hard for me to go to sleep because sometimes the gun violence,
0:48:40 > 0:48:43like the guns going off, I can still hear them sometimes,
0:48:43 > 0:48:47going in in my ear.
0:48:47 > 0:48:54Like the noise, sometimes it brings back memories.
0:48:54 > 0:48:57Researchers say the levels of PTSD in US inner cities are comparable
0:48:57 > 0:48:59to those in refugee populations around the world but that
0:48:59 > 0:49:01here it goes unrecognised, leaving many to cope alone
0:49:01 > 0:49:06with the impact.
0:49:06 > 0:49:08And to discuss his entire America First series
0:49:08 > 0:49:13Aleem joins us now.
0:49:13 > 0:49:17I want to start with that story you did in Atlanta, your time before the
0:49:17 > 0:49:22book that the issue is the kids are having such high levels of PTSD
0:49:22 > 0:49:25because they can't get out of this attrition and aren't trained to deal
0:49:25 > 0:49:29with it?It's almost double the number of people living in
0:49:29 > 0:49:33low-income areas that stuff from PTSD according to the study than
0:49:33 > 0:49:38combat veterans who see war. Part of the problem is that young people
0:49:38 > 0:49:43cannot get away from it. They are not exposed for a short period of
0:49:43 > 0:49:48time but from a young age and that's why it appears to affect them more.
0:49:48 > 0:49:52A combat population see horrific things of course, soldiers, but they
0:49:52 > 0:49:56are adults, they are trained in doing that and can withdraw from it.
0:49:56 > 0:50:02But that issue of it being compatible in numbers to the refugee
0:50:02 > 0:50:05population is also interesting because at the two populations, you
0:50:05 > 0:50:09recognise it as a problem and even in the US, it provides help for
0:50:09 > 0:50:14those refugees to get therapy. Whereas in the US in the city is of
0:50:14 > 0:50:19course quite it is not recognise so much as a problem. So a lot of those
0:50:19 > 0:50:22people really need the help and don't get it.I thought the whole
0:50:22 > 0:50:26series were fantastic. Child marriage, the water issue in Flint
0:50:26 > 0:50:31and then this piece as well. There is such a disconnect from what we
0:50:31 > 0:50:36hear from these economist at about the stock market is booming,
0:50:36 > 0:50:39unemployment local wages rising and yet emerge as the feud problem.Part
0:50:39 > 0:50:47of the reason we wanted them to do this story is that incredible things
0:50:47 > 0:50:51are happening in this country in terms of technology, military to
0:50:51 > 0:50:57Monty, but a lot of people are left behind. Struggles we saw, things you
0:50:57 > 0:51:01don't expect, why is it in the US that the internal grey
0:51:02 > 0:51:09dying in childbirth, is going up. It is not doing that in any other
0:51:09 > 0:51:15country, so it is compiled for two developing countries. Same with
0:51:15 > 0:51:22literacy, why are 8% of adults in the country unable to read and
0:51:22 > 0:51:29right?Is there a pattern to what can be done to fix this?The great
0:51:29 > 0:51:33news is that our solutions to all of this and the ease of those issues,
0:51:33 > 0:51:39we know of places who have tackled the issue. Even domestically in the
0:51:39 > 0:51:45US for example, maternal mortality is on that in California and it has
0:51:45 > 0:51:50done very well there. There was a threat and we are pulling it
0:51:50 > 0:51:53together in a doctor entry but politics, money and race all play a
0:51:53 > 0:52:00massive part. -- putting it together in a documentary.We will flag that
0:52:00 > 0:52:01documentary, thank you.
0:52:01 > 0:52:03It wasn't perhaps the most romantic of settings
0:52:03 > 0:52:06for a marriage proposal - but it was certainly a memorable one
0:52:06 > 0:52:07and it made history.
0:52:07 > 0:52:09An Australian MP has used a parliamentary debate
0:52:09 > 0:52:11on same-sex marriage to propose to his boyfriend.
0:52:11 > 0:52:14Our correspondent Hywel Griffith reports.
0:52:14 > 0:52:16For most people, a 20-hour debate on legislative amendments probably
0:52:17 > 0:52:22sounds like a bit of a turn-off.
0:52:22 > 0:52:25But for Australian MP Tim Wilson, it provided the perfect opportunity
0:52:25 > 0:52:28for a little romance.
0:52:28 > 0:52:32This debate has been the soundtrack to our relationship.
0:52:32 > 0:52:34As his 30 minute speech reached its conclusion,
0:52:34 > 0:52:37he knew his chance had come.
0:52:37 > 0:52:41His voice started to falter as he turned to the public gallery.
0:52:41 > 0:52:45So there's only one thing left to do.
0:52:45 > 0:52:55Ryan Patrick Bolger, will you marry me?
0:52:58 > 0:53:00Chuck that in the memoirs on the Hansard.
0:53:00 > 0:53:03I should let Hansard note to record that was a yes, a resounding yes.
0:53:03 > 0:53:13Congratulations.
0:53:15 > 0:53:23Few issues have divided Australia as much as same-sex marriage. Today, it
0:53:23 > 0:53:32at least bought one couple closer together.
0:53:32 > 0:53:38We got a little short-changed earlier. For all those desperate to
0:53:38 > 0:53:44see that calendar, president Putin's calendar for 2017, looking manly
0:53:44 > 0:53:49with a gun, not so attractive really, very naked. That's the one
0:53:49 > 0:53:52that President Putin is starring in but the one we know you want to buy
0:53:52 > 0:53:57people for Christmas is perhaps this one, and that is Christian Fraser's
0:53:57 > 0:54:042018 calendar. Plane to doe.I didn't realise they couldn't see
0:54:04 > 0:54:07this at home but I saw this on my monitor a few minutes ago. Get out
0:54:07 > 0:54:15and it. It all goes to good causes. Christian in the dojo. What is it
0:54:15 > 0:54:22about these leaders. People don't speak truth to power, they don't
0:54:22 > 0:54:26speak truth to power, they don't say "Mr President, please don't pose
0:54:26 > 0:54:30with a halo but, please don't post with the rifle, you look ridiculous.
0:54:30 > 0:54:38And yet so many do it.My gift to our viewers is to make a calendar
0:54:38 > 0:54:40with your face superimposed on all of those pictures, it will sell like
0:54:40 > 0:54:46hot cakes.I particularly want the one on the leopard. It's been a long
0:54:46 > 0:54:51day.Update us on Brexit.It's been a long day.
0:54:53 > 0:54:59I think we are in a better position than we were last week. Last week
0:54:59 > 0:55:03the Irish were saying we have a veto, we might not come to an
0:55:03 > 0:55:09agreement on the border in Ireland, the issue, the outstanding issue at
0:55:09 > 0:55:14the moment is that. But here we are still negotiating. The one thing to
0:55:14 > 0:55:18say is that there is no other part of the United Kingdom but has a
0:55:18 > 0:55:21problem like Northern Ireland, because it is the only part of the
0:55:21 > 0:55:25UK quite obviously that shares a border with Europe. So it's going to
0:55:25 > 0:55:29need a special situation at the end of it. If the UK pulls out of the
0:55:29 > 0:55:33single market and if it pulls out of the customs union, then at some
0:55:33 > 0:55:37point, they have to talk about putting a border somewhere. You
0:55:37 > 0:55:40would imagine that that border has to be somewhere in Ireland, it just
0:55:40 > 0:55:45has to be an open border and maybe the DUP artist and to have to come
0:55:45 > 0:55:50round to the form of words that the Irish government has agreed to.You
0:55:50 > 0:55:54know what I love you, Christian Fraser, you're such an optimist.
0:55:54 > 0:55:59It's been a terrible day in Brussels. It ended so badly and
0:55:59 > 0:56:01there you are telling us we're in