04/12/2017 Beyond 100 Days

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It was all going to so well -

until it wasn't.

High hopes are dashed in Brussels,

as Brexit talks fall apart.

The problem is still Ireland

and what to do about Britain's land

border with the EU.

There was an air of optimism

here in Brussels,

until the DUP objected to Mrs May's

proposals for the Irish border.

So, it's back to negotiating.

We want to move forward together,

but on a couple of issues some

differences do remain,

which require further

negotiation and consultation.

This is not a failure, this

is the start of the very last round,

I'm very confident that we'll reach

an agreement in the

course of this week.

Theresa May had agreed a form

of words with Dublin that maintained

the status quo in Ireland,

but the PM's partners in Belfast

didn't like what they were hearing.

We have been very clear -

Northern Ireland must leave

the European Union on the same terms

as the rest of the United Kingdom.

The leaders in Scotland,

Wales - even London -

say if Northern Ireland

is to have a deal that keeps them

close to the single market,

then we'd like the same.

I'll have the latest from Brussels.

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Hello and welcome -

I'm Katty Kay in Washington

and Christian Fraser is in Brussels.

Failed, for now - is never

a great political slogan.

But it is appropriate today,

after Theresa May had to leave talks

in Brussels with no progress

on a Brexit deal.

The sticking point was the Irish

border and her failure

to keep the DUP on board.

The Northern Irish Unionist party

which completes Mrs May's

government.

A few hours ago here in Brussels,

the EU Commission President

Jean-Claude Juncker emerged

from a three hour meeting

with the British Prime Minister,

without the deal many had expected.

Mr Juncker said there were issues

that could not be resolved.

Particularly the

concerns of the DUP.

So, the work goes on,

in the hope an agreement can be

found in time for a leaders' summit

here in Brussels in 10 days' time.

Our political editor

Laura Kuenssberg reports.

Here to reveal the deal,

or was it slipping away?

The Prime Minister didn't

exactly look delighted,

but after weeks of trying to grip

a deal, it seemed it was on.

She'd only parked up for lunch,

but it turned into a long lunch,

and then later and later.

By tea-time, look at their faces.

It was off for today.

We've been negotiating hard

and a lot of progress has been made,

and on many of the issues

there is been a common

understanding.

It's clear, crucially,

that we want to move forward

together, but on a couple of issues,

some differences do remain,

which require further

negotiation and consultation,

and those will continue,

but we will reconvene before

the end of the week,

and I am also confident

we will conclude this positively.

It didn't feel very

positive this afternoon.

Despite our best efforts

and significant progress,

we and our teams have made over

the past days on this,

but there remain some issues.

It was not possible to reach

complete agreement today.

But listen to this -

eager MEPs this morning.

Saying, "We're the team".

Sure-ish that the UK Government

would give enough to make it work,

even despite what's been described

as a contradiction

over the Irish border.

As long as we have the commitment

that there will be full alignment,

it's OK, there will be no border.

So, as far as you're concerned, sir,

the text includes a concession

from the British government over

the Northern Irish border?

Right, but is that

a surprise to you?

The British government created

for itself a contradiction.

I'm optimistic that it is possible.

50-50 to have something.

But we have to be sure

that on citizens rights,

everything is OK.

But watch this.

As suggestions of a deal became

the accepted truth, the DUP,

whose support Theresa May needs,

slammed on the brakes.

We have been very clear.

Northern Ireland must leave

the European Union on the same terms

as the rest of the United Kingdom,

and we will not accept any form

of regulatory divergence

which separates Northern Ireland.

As time ticked on, 20 minutes later,

the Prime Minister broke

off her meetings in Brussels

to phone Mrs Foster.

I understand the DUP made

it plain she could not

support the proposed deal.

The precise opposite to the Irish

leader who has pushed and pushed,

who talked of his shock.

I am surprised and disappointed

that the British government now

appears not to be in a position

to conclude what was

agreed earlier today.

I accept that the Prime Minister has

asked for more time, and I know

that she faces many challenges.

I acknowledge that she is

negotiating in good faith.

Despite all the hope,

all the anticipation,

the negotiating teams leave Brussels

today without a deal.

Those close to her claim it's not

just the reliance on the DUP that

sunk the deal today.

She was meant to be home by now,

but Theresa May's still talking,

stuck, no further steps forward.

You have promised me for months

there is going to be progress on

this first phase. We haven't even

got the trade negotiations but you

said, we will get progress on the

first phase. I thought we were going

to get it today, what happened?

This

I have been reporting that for most

of the day. I think in that building

the pen was poised on the paper

ready to sign off what they had

negotiated over the weekend. We knew

last week that the issue was the

border in Ireland. Through the

course of the day we had word from

the Taoiseach that he was going to

give a press conference and he liked

the shape of what he was seeing on

the document that was in front of

Jean-Claude Juncker, then the press

conference didn't happen, and when

Theresa May had gone into her lunch,

it was pretty clear that things

weren't going according to plan. It

went on longer than we expected and

we got word from the British team

that Arlene Foster, the leader of

the DUP, had been in a phone

conversation with Theresa May saying

she couldn't sell it to her side and

very quickly after that they emerged

to say no deal. I think it's been a

huge disappointment, quite honestly,

to the European. They really hoped

something would be agreed today said

they could focus on the European

Council summit in ten days' time.

OK, how did Theresa May flight to

Brussels for this critical day of

meetings, with proposals on the

Irish border that she had failed to

run by the Irish, Northern Ireland

Unionist party on which our

government depends? That sounds like

political negligence.

That is a very

good question, because you would

have expected through the course of

the weekend not just the government

in London, but in Dublin as well,

would be speaking to the DUP and

they would have agreed some formal

words both sides are happy about,

but that doesn't seem to have

happened. We can speak to the Europe

editor from RTE either. You were

busy editing and have rushed to

speak to us we just said, how is it

the DUP have not been kept in the

loop on this?

I think that is at the

heart of this. I was just talking to

senior officials and there is theory

at the way this has unravelled

because the feeling in Brussels on

Dublin was that this text was

largely brought together on Thursday

night. It was too weak to little

over the weekend and feeling was

Theresa May had agreed to it and

travelled over to have the lunch and

give the political sign off.

Speaking to other officials, it was

clear the text was closed by

officials on all sides, they were

happy with it and it just needed the

political sign off, which everyone

expected to happen at lunch. Then,

for her own reasons, Theresa May

felt the need to speak to the DUP

and that's when it fell apart.

It

doesn't change what has to happen

here, does it? The Irish government

has the backing of the other 27

leaders. So effectively the wording

on the document is the only wedding

they are going to sign up to? And

they have a veto.

It leaves very

narrow room for manoeuvre for people

because they can't put up the same

text again. They will have to tweak

it a little bit to bring the DUP

somehow on board, but not to

alienate the Irish government, who

have lobbied very, very strongly on

this for a long time. My

understanding of the text was that

it was essentially opening an avenue

into phase two, especially the whole

question of regulations and

regulatory alignment and

convergence. That could be worked

out in phase two between the EU and

UK, because the UK will want to

align its regulations with the EU,

in order to trade. That will be part

of the free trade agreement. In a

sense, this was an avenue that could

get everybody into that phase, and

in the event it may not be that

Northern Ireland is that much

different from a regulatory point of

view to the rest of the UK, but

there is absolute fury in Dublin as

well.

That has not been sold in

London yet and you can't put the

cart before the horse.

The bottom

line is Brussels and Dublin feel

Theresa May didn't get her ducks in

a row and should have got the DUP on

board before this crucial meeting

today and she shouldn't have

permitted a phone call to Arlene

Foster to derail the whole process.

Tony, thank you very much for being

with us.

For the very latest reaction

I'm joined now by our

Europe Editor Katya Adler.

What do you call abrasive editors

who appear from their commitments?

Very lucky!

LAUGHTER

Thank you, I know you were busy.

What do you think went wrong in

their today? Why did the UK

Government really not understand

where the DUP were coming from?

I

think on all sides there was an

underestimation of the DUP,

actually. I was talking to people

involved on the UK side lastly,

Northern Ireland, the Republic of

Ireland and here, the EU. Leaving

the EU out for a moment, the other

three groups, if you like, seemed to

save the DUP was very happy to be in

a position of such influence in

Westminster. They are a very small

party, they are not going to throw

all that awaits and brisk that.

Obviously this was a misjudgement.

There are those who are suggesting

to nights that maybe this is a

little bit of choreography so

everyone gets to save face. They had

to be seen to be angry and to

protest, just like Theresa May has

to be seen to be firm and to be seen

to be listening to everybody, and

the EU has to be seen to do it it's

part and an observer. This may be.

Certainly, speaking to summon up

there in the European Commission

building while Theresa May was

having her power lunch and then had

this phone call from the leader of

the DUP, they described her as

having suddenly two guns to her

head. On one side, the DUP say no

way can we accept Northern Ireland

having different regulations to the

rest of the United Kingdom. On the

other side, another UK coming from

Scotland, Wales and London, saying

we want different rules to the rest

of the UK

when it. This two governments to

Theresa May's head, none of them to

do with us here at the EU this, so

what can we do? What I think has

changed is that the EU and UK are

more aligned now. This is domestic

problems for Theresa May. But I

think what has shipped it is the EU

feels that Theresa May is now more

committed in the Brexit process.

There has been a mood change there.

Tonight, everyone here saying

despite the brave noises about we

will pick up where we left off, they

are not sure what will happen next

stop here thank you very much for

coming down to be with us.

In

Scotland, Wales and London saying we

would like a bit of that. How do you

think that would work? A border in

Kent or Maidstone? I don't know...

You think it is a mess at the

moment, just wait if that were to

happen.

Talking of mess... Let's move on to

American politics.

President Trump has officially

endorsed Roy Moore for the US

Senate race in Alabama.

Both men have been accused

of sexually harassing women,

though in the case of Mr Moore,

one of the accusers says

she was a minor at the time.

It's a charge he denies.

Mr Trump held off on the

endorsement, but today

the two had a good phone

call and the President

is now fully on board.

And then Mr Moore tweeted this...

Joining me from New York

is our political analyst

Ron Christie, former advisor

to President George W Bush.

There you have it. The President of

the United States endorsing a man

who has been accused by eight women

of sexually harassing them, one was

only 14 years old at the time. How

does that look for the President?

It

looks good for the President and

President's supporters in Alabama.

The political optics of this I think

are breathtaking. These are very

credible allegations of these women

had and have brought forth against

Mr Moore. This is also a man who is

the Chief Justice of the Alabama

Supreme Court 's, who was rebuked

seven removed from office twice. The

president of the US would endorse

the candidacy of this individual,

who I think lacks the moral

conviction to hold public office...

I would pounce on this and start

using that to make political ads for

days and weeks and months to come.

I'm sure a few Democrats have had

that idea as they run into the

mid-term elections next year. In the

shorter term, you and I will be down

in Alabama next week covering this

race. Do you think it helps Mr

Moore? Will it help tip him over the

line? It is a tight race.

I think

this helps Mr Moore. I think he will

win this race more handsomely than

people believe. He will go to

Washington and says he will make

America a great against us what I

have my eye on and I look forward to

what's going down and talking to

people in Alabama, this is what

would happen if Mr Moore wins? Would

they vote to expel him, even before

he gets a chance to become a United

States senator? This is something

that we haven't seen in the United

States political scene for quite

some time.

Say this endorsement has

now made it more likely that Mr

Moore becomes the next Republican

senator from Alabama, what kind of

reception would you get when he gets

to the Senate?

A frothy one. Most of

the Washington political

establishment, if you will, doesn't

want him in this race. They don't

wanting to be elected and they don't

want to serve side by side with this

person. I think if he does get

elected this and he does get seated

in the United States Senate, I think

he will be an island of one with 99

of his other colleagues shunning

him, not wanting to work with, not

wanting to associate with him, given

these very salacious allegations

about his past, of pursuing

allegedly teenage girls when he was

a 32-year-old prosecutor.

How things

have just did. I hear you are going

to Alabama with Cathy and she's off

to California. Much warmer than that

might! My phone has been jumping off

the bedside table the last few

nights, because the president is

just tweeting so much. He is

tweeting angry. What is going on in

this head?

If I only knew, Christian! I think

he is still really to gated Nasr's

election. He is still saying crooked

Hillary Clinton and wide and they

investigate her? You have won and

being president and in office for

over a year. It's time to let

bygones be bygones, but he cannot

let it go. What outlet does he take

two? His favourite, Twitter, which

prides your family crazy and my

family crazy, because of course my

wife is like, oh my goodness, are

you looking at another Donald Trump

tweet? And I'm like yes, guilty as

charged!

How to ruin a perfectly

nice weekend. Thank you so much for

joining us, I will sue you in

Alabama next week, my friend.

Donald Trump might be happy with Roy

more but less happy with Bob Moller.

The special prosecuting

investigating Donald Trump's ties to

Russia in the election.

The President's former national

security advisor Michael Flynn

agreed to cooperate with that

investigation on Friday

and the question is what exactly

is he telling Mr Mueller?

The President spent the weekend

tweeting about the dishonesty

of the FBI, the injustice

of Hillary Clinton not

being investigated and the virtue

of Mr Flynn himself.

Added to which, in one tweet,

the President admitted he knew that

Flynn lied to the FBI even before

he fired him - that puts him, legal

experts say, in a tricky position.

I had to fire General Flynn -

he tweeted - because he lied

to the Vice President and the FBI.

Then today, the President

had this to say.

Well, I feel badly for

General Flynn, I feel badly.

He's lead a very strong life

and I feel very badly, John.

I will say this - Hillary Clinton

lied many times to the FBI,

nothing happened to her.

Flynn lied and they

destroyed his life -

I think it's a shame.

Joining me from Atlanta is the

former US Attorney Michael Moore.

Mr Moore, thank you very much for

joining us. How much closer is this

Russia investigation getting to the

White House and the President?

I think in the last few weeks you've

seen the moves starting to tight

around the president and his

administration. Bob Mueller, not

necessarily doing anything

innovative but using that classic

prosecutor style, working his way up

the line, and he has done that. He

is the kung fu master of

prosecutors, guests. No sweat about

the pressure to his foes. We have

seen it with Mike Flynn and I think

he will exert pressure on Jared

Kushner, as he gets closer to the

president. I'm sure that would make

for interesting dinner conversation!

Certainly the people at the White

House are starting to feel the

pressure. I'm sure the president is.

I think that's why you are seeing

these crazy tweets from Donald

Trump. Bob Mueller probably

recognises, it's like Newton's law,

what action creates an equal and

opposite reaction? He has figured

that out. He knows when he puts the

pressure on he can go out on Donald

Trump are now permeates Donald

Trump's lawyers, if we are to

believe that, comes back with some

tweet which gives him more

ammunition to use in the

investigation as he goes forward.

It's what you make of the fact

Michael Flynn those undersides to,

plead guilty and cooperates with the

investigation and gets a relatively

light charge compared to what he

could have been charged with? What

does that tell you about what Mr

Mueller might have got from Mr Flynn

in return?

My guess is Mike Flynn

has been talking for some time with

Bob Mueller and esteem. What we

usually think about from a

prosecution side is the better the

deal, the bigger the fish. Clearly

what's happened is they are using

Michael Flynn to move on up the

ladder to what someone else. I want

to just tell you what is tactically

smart about Bob Mueller to handle

this in way he did. He did a plea

agreement, he didn't have to lay his

cards on the table during the court

hearing, he only had to explain to

the judge what the charge was, what

specific acts took place in order to

support the charge. But it also

leaves open the possibility there

could be additional state charges

against Mike Flynn, to which the

president has no power to pardon. So

there is additional pressure he can

exert on Mike Flynn as the case

moves forward, if it needs to.

Can I

ask you one thing? We have had one

of Mr Trump's lawyers come out and

make the argument the president can

never obstruct justice. Is that

true?

Well, I don't think it's

accurate and I would simply suggest

if people look at the US

Constitution, he takes the brute,

the argument that we have a king

here and we don't. The idea that the

team that can do no crime, those

days are long over and as we talk

about the impeachment process of the

president, that a president can be

impeached for crimes and

misdemeanours, high crimes and

misdemeanours. I suggest you they

wouldn't have used the word crimes

if in fact a president could not

commit a crime. Richard Nixon tried

this tactile years back and it

didn't work out so well for him. I

don't think we have a system that

allows the president to be above the

law completely. Even if you take the

presidential oath, when a president

takes office there and raise their

hand in front of the American people

and say, I pledge to support and

defend the Constitution. Certainly,

committing a federal crime or a

crime against the United States, is

not in not in fact in support of the

Constitution. I disagree with his

lawyer. I can understand why he

wants to say that, because in truth

the tweet that went out and told us

more about this investigation. We've

been wondering for months, what did

the president know and when did he

know it? If we are to believe what

is now in this tweet, the president

or the President's lawyers who have

conveyed it to the President knew at

the time the Donald Trump knew that

Mike Flynn had lied to the FBI. He

knew that prior to the time he

asked Jim the investigation. If

that's the case, that's the intense

-- intend for obstruction.

We have

to leave it there but thank you for

joining us. This Christian, the

president it seems is not entirely

above the law.

Fascinating listening

to Michael more, a lot of those

questions I had myself. Listening to

commentary from the United States

over the weekend. Good to get some

answers. What about the idea the

lawyer wrote the tweet for him, does

your lawyer right to your tweets for

you?

LAUGHTER

I think my lawyer helps me make sure

I've bought my house properly or

signed my mortgage papers, but

certainly does not vet my tweets. It

seemed there was a certain amount of

incredulity when the White House

first put that out. It maybe he

didn't write that tweet but it still

comes from the President's Twitter

handle with his name on it so they

will study looking at that. Everyone

here in Washington, web saying, the

last three days in the investigation

has been the most critical for the

White House, with Michael Flynn

pleading guilty on Friday and then

everything that happened over the

weekend with the tweets, it seems

this is causing a certain amount of

stress, shall we say, in the

administration?

I was just going to

say, it amuses me that everybody

leaks and everyone talks in

Washington. The only man not talking

is a man right at the centre of it,

Mr Mueller.

Bob Mueller, it's his

town.

With Christmas fast approaching

how about this present

for that special someone?

Some media outlets in Russia

are claiming that a 2018 calendar

showing President Vladimir Putin

in various poses, quote "sold out

in a few hours" when it was put

on sale in the United Kingdom.

We put our team on London -- in

London on this today.

But we've been unable

to find any shop in the UK

stocking the calendar,

while sales online -

as you can see here -

have been limited...

Which is a shame, because who

wouldn't want a 12-month display

of Russia's undisputed strongman

hanging on their wall?

This calendar we are about to bring

up now has been selling like hot

cakes. The Christian calendar!

Oh

yes, get that in the Christmas

stocking!

We are running out of

time, we should have showed

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hello, thanks for joining me. A

pretty decent day, blue skies widely

available not just in Essex but East

Anglia. Further north, on the

eastern side of Scotland and Angus,

that was a very pleasant day indeed.

Out west there was always more cloud

and had enough about it to produce

the odd shower. I think as we get on

through the evening and overnight,

so again if the rain may fill in

across the North of Scotland, the

wind more noticeable, but further

south it could be that with the not

too much in the way of breeze, there

could be some mist and fog and cloud

breaks but he we go again on

Tuesday. A lot of settled weather.

Quite a lot of cloud but hints of

brightness here and there.

Temperatures on the part of why we

have been through Monday. And again,

the wettest of weather in the North

of Scotland. The plan for the week

was always to see Monday and Tuesday

is the settled days and then the

middle part of the week things turn

increasingly wet and windy from the

West. By the end of the week, look

at something cold. This is

Wednesday, and for the greater part

of the day it will be northern and

western parts that will see the bulk

of the wind and rain. Further to the

east, it is a bit like Monday and

Tuesday of the truth were known but

perhaps a little milder than either

of those days. Temperatures in

double figures. That is the last

time I will be saying this week,

because through the evening and

overnight, we squeeze up those

isobars. Turning very wet and windy

in all British Isles. Once that area

of low pressure moves off towards

Scandinavia, it will eventually

allow this cold air to plunge right

down and across all parts of the

British Isles. There will be no

escape. So there is a spell of wet

and windy weather for everybody.

Once that has moved away, no longer

those bad south westerly, here comes

the North westerlies. Wintry showers

in Scotland and Northern Ireland,

but as we change from Thursday to

Friday, so that risk of wintry

showers moves ever further towards

the south. Forget all about ten, 11

and 12 degrees, because we will be

well on down into single figures,

and when you add in the strength of

the wind, it will feel closer to

freezing if not minus four.

This is Beyond 100 Days -

I'm Katty Kay in Washington.

Christian Fraser is in Brussels.

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Let's get more on our top story -

there's been no agreement

between the UK and Europe on how

to move to the next stage

of Brexit negotiations.

The British Prime Minister Theresa

May is in Brussels where,

earlier in the day, there was some

talk of a deal being reached.

That was until Mrs May's

Northern Irish partner -

the Democratic Unionist Party -

dismissed the deal.

The DUP doesn't like the proposals

for the Irish border -

as our Ireland Correspondent,

Chris Buckler reports.

The journey to a Brexit deal

is proving far from easy.

The UK and the EU still have to find

a way through the many problems

posed by these border roads.

The Irish government are insisting

that there should be no change along

the 310 miles that connect

Northern Ireland and the Republic,

that this should remain

an invisible border.

South of the dividing line

in Dundalk, which will stay a part

of the European Union,

people started the day believing

there was a prospect of a December

deal and for owners of shops

like this, keeping trading rules

and regulations the same across this

island would be quite a gift.

There's no restrictions at all.

If you take stuff down, you can take

it with you in the morning,

you don't have to go

through the customs.

I remember what it was like,

you lost a day going the customs

in Newry and Dundalk.

After a while, it's

like everything else,

when it's gone a while,

you forget how bad it was, you know.

But the DUP hold quite a few cards

in what is proving to be

a grown-up game of poker.

They worry that the trade-off

for ensuring customs posts don't

return to this island's roads

could be new divisions and trading

differences within the UK.

Potentially new checks at ports

for ships travelling

between Northern Ireland

and Britain, what has been called

a border in the Irish Sea.

And north of the border in Newry,

many felt the Conservatives had no

choice but to listen

to the Democratic Unionists,

because they hold the balance

of power at Westminster.

May needs the DUP at the moment.

Could that scupper this deal?

I think it might because

if they pull the plug,

it will be a general election.

Still part of the UK,

so that's the way it will work.

But these are towns which rely

on your euros as well as pounds,

and they worry that any border

could put off visitors

and their cash.

You see, if they put a hard border,

it would more or less destroy towns

like Newry and Enniskillen,

the border towns.

Currently, it seems difficult to see

a way out of the negotiations that

will satisfy everyone,

but the government needs

to come up with solutions

for this border and fast.

Chris Buckler, BBC News, Newry.

That is the situation in Ireland.

With me now is our Brussels reporter

Adam Fleming who's been

following the day's events.

He is so across Brexit that he's

brought with him his trusty

companion, his Brexit ring file.

It

has all the documents inside.

Tell

love them. This is only one of two.

This open it up and let people feel.

This is my Brexit binder, UK

edition. This is all the papers the

UK has published throughout the

whole Brexit.

What oldies post-it

notes?

Just my little tabs to tell

it is. This is where the Prime

Minister set out the red lines in

January. Then a white paper with

more detail, then the famous Article

50 letter. Then another thousand

pages to go.

We get it! But no

document added today.

That's what

I'm sad about. We were looking

forward to this joint report written

by the EU and the UK. The holiday of

the lunch today between May and the

president was to rubber-stamp the

document and it would then be

published this afternoon to set out

all the commitments or concessions

depending on how you look at it,

that will be made by either side, to

allow those to be banked so they can

move to phase two, trade and

transition. But the document never

came. I was excited about seeing it

because it was going to be the holy

Grail, phase one of the Brexit talk.

Every single thing, every

compromise, every problem solve,

every problem is postponed, it was

going to be full of details and were

Wilding. -- still waiting.

Please

tell me you don't talk like this in

the bars of Brussels could not grow

where do you think I get them from?

In the building behind me, are they

as an courage as they were trying to

make out of the conference or are

they disappointed?

I've talked to

officials from the member states

because in theory, the action should

have moved from here, the action and

the technocrats to the political

level of the member states. They are

the ones who will decide of

sufficient progress had been made

when the leaders meet next week.

They are quite surprised that this

has happened, proof of that, they

were all sitting there in 2:30pm

Brussels time, because they have

been summoned that the lunch was

going to end, they were going to

look at the joint report to plan the

next steps, they were sat their

fatigue and a half hours waiting for

the lunch the end. People were

leaving to pick up their kids, some

people had a dinner in Luxembourg.

They were in the dark about what was

happening then they found that the

knees, universally be blase Ireland

was the stumbling block. Others say

don't forget the role of the

European Court of Justice, a

problem. And the ECJ as well.

I have

no sympathy with people in the EU

waiting for two and a half hours, I

have done that most of my career.

Let's bring in our chief political

correspondent Vicki Young who joins

us now from Westminster.

Now leader of any country comes to

bustle and doesn't get to a deal. Is

it embarrassing for the Prime

Minister? -- comes to Brussels.

Her

MPs had a meeting in Downing Street

and several asked, did you not run

this past the DUP before you went

out by? We are trying to piece

together exactly what has happened.

I think partly, what might have

happened is over the weekend, the

DUP said to me they were very

closely being asked about all of

this, they said it was very clear

they would never accept anything

that weren't they were treated

differently to the rest of the UK.

They said the British government

understood that and there was

absolutely no suggestion the British

government would agree to anything

like that. But I think after six

hours of the kind of message that

was coming out of Dublin and

Brussels, along the lines of the UK

Government has compromised on this,

they have given in on all of this, I

think the DUP to felt politically,

they couldn't wear that. So they

came out very choreographed, press

conference with Arlene Foster coming

out as Theresa May were sitting in

the front with Jean-Claude Juncker

and just said "We are not going to

agree to anything like this." Some

are think the British government

saying North America say

fifth of the Northern Ireland can

stay in the customs agreement. That

is not the case. What I feel about

this is if you look at Northern

Ireland and Ireland over the years,

they negotiate hard. We should not

be surprised that it is in the end,

Ireland, Dublin and the DUP in

Northern Ireland who are coming out

pretty strongly and digging their

heels in.

Thank you.

Fascinating stuff from Brussels and

the Prime Minister and how little

she understood her partners and who

she was negotiating with. Let's get

a view from out west in America.

I've travelled to nearly all 50

states in the US and few are more

beautiful than Utah.

But is the Trump administration

about to spoil some of that

pristine, wild land?

He's there today and in the next

couple of hours is going to announce

a plan to dramatically shrink

the size of two national parks.

These areas are currently

protected from development,

and are heavily regulated to limit

cattle-grazing as well as

drilling and mining.

Supporters of the move say that

power should be brought

back to local people,

so they can decide what happens

on their own land.

But the decision looks likely

to trigger legal challenges

from Native American tribes

and environmental groups.

From Utah, our North America

correspondent James Cook reports.

Nothing on earth prepares

you for the Valley of the Gods.

It looks like another planet.

But this is the heart of Bears Ears

nature reserve in Utah

although it seems not

for much longer.

For Bruce Adams, victory is at hand.

Come on!

The rancher has been fighting

to return federal lands to state

control for years and now he's

found his champion.

I am just so grateful

to President Trump because he

an ordinary politician.

He believes in rural people,

he believes and local

decision-making, he believe

in states' rights.

He is my kind of guy.

And I am so grateful

that he President of

the United States right now.

He's not alone.

This is one of the poorest counties

in the United States.

And some here see an opportunity

opening up full mining for minerals

And some here see an opportunity

opening up to mine for minerals

or drill for oil.

Whether or not there are valuable

resources and this landscape

is controversial and contested.

But above the ground,

there are many treasures.

These are hollows where the native

people of this land ground corn,

perhaps 1000 years ago.

This is where they stored that corn.

Unfortunately, there's also

evidence here looting.

And that is why people

here want to protect this entire

area is a national monument.

The battle to save sacred sites

like this ancient warming

is being waged by Native Americans

who are now a minority in this

mainly Mormon state.

This is a struggle since the day

the white people came here.

The Mormons came

to this area in 1879.

Since the day they came,

it has been destruction,

destruction and looting,

lotting, looting.

Some of the rock art here may date

back 10,000 years or more.

But it was just 12 months ago

when President Obama declared this

a protected area.

President Trump's fans say his plan

to reverse that gives

power to the people.

His opponents call it

cultural vandalism.

I think we need to open eight Utah

bureau because there images are

lovely. I know you love the state.

And bureau for 100 days clearly

needed?

We can do it in the spring

then we can ski.

Absolutely. What is

interesting about that this is not

just about mining and drilling and

Native American lands, it's also a

strong issue about states rights and

against the federal government,

people out west have a sense the

federal government should not be

part of their lives, it is not

something that we have in Britain,

but there is a sense they want the

federal government of the back. I

detected this Utah story is not an

issue about that as about the

possibility of mining and exploiting

these land. That move on. Still to

come...

There's only one thing left

to do.

The parliamentary proposal of

a very different type in Australia

where politics and passion collide.

To cricket and Australia remains

in command of the second Ashes Test,

despite a fight back from England.

Australia bowled England out

for 227 on day three,

giving the hosts a first innings

lead of 215.

England's bowlers mounted a late

comeback, picking up four wickets

to give themselves a faint hope

heading into day four in Adelaide.

Our sports correspondent Andy Swiss

has been watching the action.

When it comes to batting,

Adelaide has seen the best.

The home of the great

Sir Donald Bradman, but the fans

descending on the Oval

were about to see how not to do it

as England threw away their wickets,

their hopes and perhaps the Ashes.

James Vince and Joe Root

both went tamely.

Hardly the captain's

innings he had hoped for.

And when Alastair Cook served up yet

more catching practice,

England were staring at humiliation.

But if they were brittle,

Australia were brilliant.

Nathan Lyon's dazzling

caught and bowled followed

by an even better one.

Mitchell Starc showing the reflexes

of a juggler as Australia

tightened their grip.

By the time the final

wicket fell, England

were still a massive 215 behind.

Game surely over.

But then a twist.

Australia could have

made the visitors bat

again but decided not to.

Bad choice.

Under the floodlights,

England's bowlers sparkled.

Two early wickets

for Jimmy Anderson.

Two for Chris Woakes,

including the big one,

captain Steve Smith.

Australia 53-4 at the close.

It may be faint but England finally

have a sliver of hope.

Australia's fans will still be

heading home pretty happy

with their team's position

but England's bowlers have at least

given them hope after that

earlier batting collapse.

A tense end to a dramatic day.

Verbals exchanged as

the players left the pitch.

England will be hoping

they could yet have the last word.

Andy Swiss, BBC News, Adelaide.

You're watching Beyond 100 Days.

Child marriage, illiteracy

and a lack of clean drinking water.

They are issues you might think

we would be reporting

on in developing countries

but for the past few weeks our focus

has been here in the US.

In the final instalment

of his America First Series -

Aleem Maqbool looks at the issue

of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Not confined to the battlefield -

it is a condition plaguing far too

many children in inner cities.

Aleem travelled to Atlanta to see

why it is happening and what can be

done to reverse it.

Lt Siobhan Edwards patrolled some

of the toughest roots

and all of America.

As fast as you can.

Drug use, gang violence

and shootings are commonplace.

She worries that for young

people growing up here,

it can sometimes feel

like a conflict zone.

War to them may be a local drive-by

between gang rivals.

War to them may be walking down

the street, a needle or seeing

someone using drugs.

That is war.

These kids see this on a daily basis

or they may think it's normal

when we know it is not.

And for those who spend their whole

lives in an environment like this,

we now know that all the exposure

to the violence and danger has

a very tangible impact

on their mental health.

One of the most extensive

so on post-traumatic stress disorder

in the community was done

here in Atlanta and found

a staggering statistic that of those

who lived in low-income areas

in this city, 46%

suffered from PTSD.

That is a rate much higher even

than soldiers have seen war.

The research team is now focusing

on how the brains of children

in a violent neighbourhood

are affected by the trauma.

Unlike soldiers who come home

from war and are no longer in that

dangerous environment,

a lot of the children in this

study are still living

in that dangerous environment.

Gunshots and the violence

in this trade is something

they are adapting to.

The brain is adapting to it as well

and we can see that.

The brain is adapting to it as well

and we can see that on the imaging.

In this neighbourhood,

children's brains are measurably

growing up faster because of

what they are exposed to.

That affect the ability to learn,

it makes it difficult for them

to build relationships,

makes them more susceptible

to depression and drug use.

12-year-old Angel Duvall, chosen

at random to be part of the study,

is typical of the experience.

She has seen fights

and told us of a shoot out

right beside her home.

We were in bed and then

they started shooting.

And then mum came in to tell us

to get on the floor and don't

get up until it stops.

And then it stopped, and one person

died and the police came.

Angel talk about it like it's normal

but that kind of incident is having

impact on the whole family.

It's hard for me to go to sleep

because sometimes the gun violence,

like the guns going off,

I can still hear them sometimes,

going in in my ear.

Like the noise, sometimes it

brings back memories.

Researchers say the levels of PTSD

in US inner cities are comparable

to those in refugee populations

around the world but that

here it goes unrecognised,

leaving many to cope alone

with the impact.

And to discuss his entire

America First series

Aleem joins us now.

I want to start with that story you

did in Atlanta, your time before the

book that the issue is the kids are

having such high levels of PTSD

because they can't get out of this

attrition and aren't trained to deal

with it?

It's almost double the

number of people living in

low-income areas that stuff from

PTSD according to the study than

combat veterans who see war. Part of

the problem is that young people

cannot get away from it. They are

not exposed for a short period of

time but from a young age and that's

why it appears to affect them more.

A combat population see horrific

things of course, soldiers, but they

are adults, they are trained in

doing that and can withdraw from it.

But that issue of it being

compatible in numbers to the refugee

population is also interesting

because at the two populations, you

recognise it as a problem and even

in the US, it provides help for

those refugees to get therapy.

Whereas in the US in the city is of

course quite it is not recognise so

much as a problem. So a lot of those

people really need the help and

don't get it.

I thought the whole

series were fantastic. Child

marriage, the water issue in Flint

and then this piece as well. There

is such a disconnect from what we

hear from these economist at about

the stock market is booming,

unemployment local wages rising and

yet emerge as the feud problem.

Part

of the reason we wanted them to do

this story is that incredible things

are happening in this country in

terms of technology, military to

Monty, but a lot of people are left

behind. Struggles we saw, things you

don't expect, why is it in the US

that the internal grey

dying in childbirth, is going up. It

is not doing that in any other

country, so it is compiled for two

developing countries. Same with

literacy, why are 8% of adults in

the country unable to read and

right?

Is there a pattern to what

can be done to fix this?

The great

news is that our solutions to all of

this and the ease of those issues,

we know of places who have tackled

the issue. Even domestically in the

US for example, maternal mortality

is on that in California and it has

done very well there. There was a

threat and we are pulling it

together in a doctor entry but

politics, money and race all play a

massive part. -- putting it together

in a documentary.

We will flag that

documentary, thank you.

It wasn't perhaps the most

romantic of settings

for a marriage proposal -

but it was certainly a memorable one

and it made history.

An Australian MP has used

a parliamentary debate

on same-sex marriage to propose

to his boyfriend.

Our correspondent

Hywel Griffith reports.

For most people, a 20-hour debate

on legislative amendments probably

sounds like a bit of a turn-off.

But for Australian MP Tim Wilson,

it provided the perfect opportunity

for a little romance.

This debate has been the soundtrack

to our relationship.

As his 30 minute speech

reached its conclusion,

he knew his chance had come.

His voice started to falter

as he turned to the public gallery.

So there's only one

thing left to do.

Ryan Patrick Bolger,

will you marry me?

Chuck that in the memoirs

on the Hansard.

I should let Hansard note to record

that was a yes, a resounding yes.

Congratulations.

Few issues have divided Australia as

much as same-sex marriage. Today, it

at least bought one couple closer

together.

We got a little short-changed

earlier. For all those desperate to

see that calendar, president Putin's

calendar for 2017, looking manly

with a gun, not so attractive

really, very naked. That's the one

that President Putin is starring in

but the one we know you want to buy

people for Christmas is perhaps this

one, and that is Christian Fraser's

2018 calendar. Plane to doe.

I

didn't realise they couldn't see

this at home but I saw this on my

monitor a few minutes ago. Get out

and it. It all goes to good causes.

Christian in the dojo. What is it

about these leaders. People don't

speak truth to power, they don't

speak truth to power, they don't say

"Mr President, please don't pose

with a halo but, please don't post

with the rifle, you look ridiculous.

And yet so many do it.

My gift to

our viewers is to make a calendar

with your face superimposed on all

of those pictures, it will sell like

hot cakes.

I particularly want the

one on the leopard. It's been a long

day.

Update us on Brexit.

It's been

a long day.

I think we are in a better position

than we were last week. Last week

the Irish were saying we have a

veto, we might not come to an

agreement on the border in Ireland,

the issue, the outstanding issue at

the moment is that. But here we are

still negotiating. The one thing to

say is that there is no other part

of the United Kingdom but has a

problem like Northern Ireland,

because it is the only part of the

UK quite obviously that shares a

border with Europe. So it's going to

need a special situation at the end

of it. If the UK pulls out of the

single market and if it pulls out of

the customs union, then at some

point, they have to talk about

putting a border somewhere. You

would imagine that that border has

to be somewhere in Ireland, it just

has to be an open border and maybe

the DUP artist and to have to come

round to the form of words that the

Irish government has agreed to.

You

know what I love you, Christian

Fraser, you're such an optimist.

It's been a terrible day in

Brussels. It ended so badly and

there you are telling us we're in