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0:00:10 > 0:00:12Saying that all challenges
0:00:12 > 0:00:14demand new approaches, President Trump recognises Jerusalem
0:00:14 > 0:00:19as the capital of Israel.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22He says it would be folly to assume repeating the same old policies
0:00:22 > 0:00:24would produce better results.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27In the past hour Mr Trump says he's made the decision to move the US
0:00:27 > 0:00:34embassy to Jerusalem in an attempt to advance the peace process.
0:00:34 > 0:00:43It is time, to officially recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45The plan sparks protests - and Palestinians, who also claim
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Jerusalem as theirs, are seething.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51Leaders the world over criticise Mr Trump's announcement-
0:00:51 > 0:00:53the Pope calls Jerusalem a city sacred to Jews,
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Christians and Muslims.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Also on the programme.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01What is the big picture for Brexit?
0:01:01 > 0:01:03The PM under mounting pressure to explain to colleagues
0:01:03 > 0:01:12and her critics the kind of deal she wants.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14An outpouring of grief in the French-speaking world -
0:01:14 > 0:01:16the man known as their Elvis, Johnny Hallyday, dies
0:01:16 > 0:01:20at the age of 74.
0:01:20 > 0:01:30Get in touch with us using the hashtag 'Beyond-One-Hundred-Days'.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34Hello and welcome - I'm Katty Kay in Los Angeles
0:01:34 > 0:01:35and Christian Fraser is in London.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38President Trump likes to do things differently.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41As he announced his decision to recognise Jerusalem
0:01:41 > 0:01:44as the capital of Israel it appeared to be as much about his desire
0:01:44 > 0:01:54to break with former US presidents, as about the policy itself.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Mr Trump said many Presidential candidates had promised to move
0:02:01 > 0:02:03the US embassy to Jerusalem - but none had followed through.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06There's been a lot of criticism of this change in US policy
0:02:06 > 0:02:11but Mr Trump insisted it will help the peace process, not hinder it.
0:02:11 > 0:02:16I have judged this course of action to be in the best interests of the
0:02:16 > 0:02:19United States of America and the pursuit of peace between the
0:02:19 > 0:02:23Palestinians and Israeli. It is a long overdue step to advance the
0:02:23 > 0:02:28peace process and work towards a lasting agreement. Israel is a
0:02:28 > 0:02:32sovereign nation with the right like every other sovereign nation to
0:02:32 > 0:02:39determine its own capital. Acknowledging this is a fact, is a
0:02:39 > 0:02:48necessary condition for achieving peace.This decision reflects the
0:02:48 > 0:02:53President's commitment to an ancient but enduring truth to fulfilling his
0:02:53 > 0:02:58promises and to advancing peace. The decision is an important step
0:02:58 > 0:03:04towards peace. For there is no peace that does not include Jerusalem as
0:03:04 > 0:03:10the capital of the state of Israel. It is in direct contradiction of the
0:03:10 > 0:03:14most basic requirements of peace, it violates international law and shows
0:03:14 > 0:03:20total bias in favour of Israel. It shows an accommodation of illegal
0:03:20 > 0:03:23annexation of Jerusalem.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26Let's bring in Dr Michael Oren now - he's the Deputy Minister in
0:03:26 > 0:03:29the Israeli Prime Minister's Office and former ambassador to the US.
0:03:29 > 0:03:34He joins us now from Jerusalem.
0:03:34 > 0:03:40The Secretary General of the UN says Jerusalem is still a final status
0:03:40 > 0:03:44issue, it was made clear there is no alternative to the two state
0:03:44 > 0:03:50solution so what has really changed? It is a great day for the people of
0:03:50 > 0:03:54Israel and Jewish people worldwide, it is the date we have waited 70
0:03:54 > 0:04:00years since the creation of the state and many days a day we have
0:04:00 > 0:04:05waited for for the past 2000 years. Having a sovereign state here in our
0:04:05 > 0:04:11homeland and the capital, are eternal and undivided capital
0:04:11 > 0:04:14Jerusalem be recognised by the greatest power on earth as our
0:04:14 > 0:04:18capital, truly a great moment. Many things have changed, in previous
0:04:18 > 0:04:23administrations every time Israel built a brick on a brick somewhere
0:04:23 > 0:04:29in the city that had not been part of West Jerusalem before 1967,
0:04:29 > 0:04:33Israel was condemned for building illegal settlements. I experienced
0:04:33 > 0:04:37that first-hand during the Obama years as ambassador. That will not
0:04:37 > 0:04:45happen any more. One symbolic change is for the tens of thousands of US
0:04:45 > 0:04:49Israeli citizens whose children are born in Jerusalem, their American
0:04:49 > 0:04:52passports will no longer safe place of birth Jerusalem but Jerusalem,
0:04:52 > 0:05:00Israel. I listened to what the Secretary General said and the
0:05:00 > 0:05:05president was clear that the final borders of Jerusalem would be
0:05:05 > 0:05:11determined through negotiation. And we would welcome the chance to sit
0:05:11 > 0:05:16with the Palestinians but so far they have refused to sit with us.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20Well the French president said the decision was regrettable that France
0:05:20 > 0:05:24does not approve of and goes against international law and all the
0:05:24 > 0:05:28resolutions of the UN Security Council. So he is reinforcing the
0:05:28 > 0:05:33point made by the UN Secretary-General. The building of
0:05:33 > 0:05:37settlements on occupied land in East Jerusalem will still be a violation
0:05:37 > 0:05:42of international law.Despite what President Trump said. International
0:05:42 > 0:05:46law is determined by the United Nations which condemns Israel more
0:05:46 > 0:05:50frequently than all countries combined on earth. I do not think
0:05:50 > 0:05:58the UN is a good source to quote when dealing with Israel. It is
0:05:58 > 0:06:08important as the major ally and key mediator in relationship with the
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Arab world, United States has set down a marker. I think more broadly
0:06:11 > 0:06:16the president has proven to sometimes incredulous world that he
0:06:16 > 0:06:20stands by his word. Not just in the Middle East peace process but other
0:06:20 > 0:06:27issues sets the -- such as the North Korean nuclear programme.Thank you
0:06:27 > 0:06:29very much.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32And Moustafa Barghouti - a member of the Palestinian
0:06:32 > 0:06:38Legislative Council - joins us now live from Ramallah.
0:06:38 > 0:06:43There has been a huge condemnation from the Arab world as well as from
0:06:43 > 0:06:49Palestinians to the decision by Mr Trump but to some extent do you feel
0:06:49 > 0:06:54abandoned by other Arab countries over this issue?No, no. I think now
0:06:54 > 0:07:02Mr Trump has allied himself with Israel. The secretary-general of the
0:07:02 > 0:07:09United Nations has just rejected what he did. The President of did.
0:07:09 > 0:07:15But are they actually going to do anything?-- president of France.
0:07:15 > 0:07:23They will do a lot and you will see us doing a lot. His speech was
0:07:23 > 0:07:35Zionist, he was completely anti-peace. He has just reported his
0:07:35 > 0:07:40own peace initiative before it is born. So things are clear, were not
0:07:40 > 0:07:44worried and not isolated. On the contrary I think the picture is
0:07:44 > 0:07:48clear about our hands are now free from all commitments that prevented
0:07:48 > 0:07:54us from taking serious measures like preferring Israel to the
0:07:54 > 0:07:59International criminal Court, joining UN agencies regardless of
0:07:59 > 0:08:03what Mr Trump things. He can keep the money he has given to
0:08:03 > 0:08:07Palestinians, it is not important. But we will not accept what he did,
0:08:07 > 0:08:11we will stand up for our rights and stand-up for our rights in
0:08:11 > 0:08:17Jerusalem.You may well stand up for them and I understand you're taking
0:08:17 > 0:08:21some comfort from what people are said but the reality is that Mr
0:08:21 > 0:08:24Trump would not make this decision if he had not squared it with his
0:08:24 > 0:08:29key allies in the region including Saudi Arabia whatever the crown
0:08:29 > 0:08:32prince may be saying and that seems to be a recognition that you must
0:08:32 > 0:08:38live with.I think any Arab leader whoever he is that dares to support
0:08:38 > 0:08:42what Mr Trump has just announced will pay a very high price in front
0:08:42 > 0:08:49of his people. This is not a small issue. This is Jerusalem. You know
0:08:49 > 0:08:54what it means to millions of Muslims. You know what it means to
0:08:54 > 0:09:00millions of Arabs. They are playing with fire. And they're trying to
0:09:00 > 0:09:08destabilise the area. That is why the UN Secretary-General said what
0:09:08 > 0:09:14he did. Responsible leaders of the world are recognising that this was
0:09:14 > 0:09:19a ridiculous act and has just harmed the peace process. It has killed the
0:09:19 > 0:09:29peace process. From now on do not talk about Jerusalem, about
0:09:29 > 0:09:33refugees. So what do we talk about, this is the end of the so-called
0:09:33 > 0:09:39peace process.There are groups in the Palestinian territories calling
0:09:39 > 0:09:46for three days of rage, a senior Palestinian, do you encourage or
0:09:46 > 0:09:53condemn that?I encourage it very much. What we mean by rage is
0:09:53 > 0:09:57popular, non-violent resistance and demonstrations, not violence but
0:09:57 > 0:10:05peaceful demonstration similar to what we did in July. It is peaceful,
0:10:05 > 0:10:16non-violent. And it will be a struggle such as what Gandhi did
0:10:16 > 0:10:19India, Martin Luther King and the United States. Non-violent
0:10:19 > 0:10:25resistance and also boycotting with investment sanctions against the
0:10:25 > 0:10:36Israeli occupation and the apartheid system. What President Trump did
0:10:36 > 0:10:42today will harm the future of both Palestinians and Israelis. This man
0:10:42 > 0:10:46was reckless and did not care about Israelis or Jewish people or
0:10:46 > 0:10:52Palestinians but only about his own interests. As usual.Thank you very
0:10:52 > 0:10:58much for coming on. A lot of reaction coming in for top this is
0:10:58 > 0:11:10my Mahmoud Abbas, let us listen in.
0:11:15 > 0:11:22TRANSLATION:This escalates the struggle in our area. Our region is
0:11:22 > 0:11:32now facing difficult times. War is that I never ending. And we
0:11:32 > 0:11:41confirmed our conviction that we reject that. Brothers and sisters
0:11:41 > 0:11:48during the last few days we have been in contact with many of the
0:11:48 > 0:11:57neighbouring leaders of neighbouring countries to unite our position, the
0:11:57 > 0:12:03international position, as regards the Jerusalem situation and the
0:12:03 > 0:12:08rights of the Palestinian people in determining to have our right and
0:12:08 > 0:12:15just peace based on a state of Palestine. An independent state on
0:12:15 > 0:12:24the occupied land.Mahmood at last there. Speaking a few moments ago.
0:12:24 > 0:12:29Let's get reaction to that from the former American envoy to the Middle
0:12:29 > 0:12:35East under the Obama administration. When the Donald Trump made the
0:12:35 > 0:12:39announcement to move the American Embassy to Jerusalem he made the
0:12:39 > 0:12:43point that two decades of policy of not recognising Jerusalem as the
0:12:43 > 0:12:46capital of Israel had not worked and so it was worth trying something
0:12:46 > 0:12:53new. Does he have a point?I do not think that is a significant factor
0:12:53 > 0:13:03in the reasons for not achieving a two state solution. As of yet. I
0:13:03 > 0:13:09think the statement was unnecessary and unwise. I think it is heartening
0:13:09 > 0:13:18that he did not rule out a Palestinian capital of a sovereign
0:13:18 > 0:13:24Palestinian state in East Jerusalem, indeed he explicitly said no
0:13:24 > 0:13:28decision has been made with respect to boundaries in Jerusalem or on the
0:13:28 > 0:13:35borders. And so while this was not a necessary step I do not think it has
0:13:35 > 0:13:45to be a fatal step. It does setback his own policy, American policy
0:13:45 > 0:13:49under several presidents, of trying to achieve a serious direct
0:13:49 > 0:13:54negotiation between Israelis and Palestinians which will lead to an
0:13:54 > 0:13:59agreement. Already very difficult as many others have noted. This will
0:13:59 > 0:14:04make it more difficult as the worldwide reaction from Arab leaders
0:14:04 > 0:14:11and other allies of the United States have shown. But it does not
0:14:11 > 0:14:14entirely preclude them.So looking at why the president might have
0:14:14 > 0:14:19chosen to do this now in a broader Middle East context, I'm sure there
0:14:19 > 0:14:23is some speculation in Washington that this is really about Iran,
0:14:23 > 0:14:29siding with the Israelis and getting the Saudis on board as well. In
0:14:29 > 0:14:33order to provide a counterweight to Iran. Do you accept that as a
0:14:33 > 0:14:39theory?I have no way of knowing whether that is the reality. But
0:14:39 > 0:14:44there are many other ways to directly confront Iran than this
0:14:44 > 0:14:48that I think would be much more useful. One would be for the
0:14:48 > 0:14:54president to support the US and other allies, the nuclear agreement
0:14:54 > 0:15:03with Iran and to take further steps. I do think that this should be said,
0:15:03 > 0:15:08Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. It is going to be the capital of
0:15:08 > 0:15:11Israel, there can be no doubt whatsoever about that. The real
0:15:11 > 0:15:18question is whether alongside Israel there can be an independent
0:15:18 > 0:15:21sovereign Palestinian state with its own capital in East Jerusalem. That
0:15:21 > 0:15:25is the issue, a very difficult issue. The United States has
0:15:25 > 0:15:29previously not prejudged major issues because our policy is to
0:15:29 > 0:15:35leave it to negotiations with the partners. This pre-judgement makes
0:15:35 > 0:15:45it more difficult in the future because both parties will now ask
0:15:45 > 0:15:49for judgment in their favour. It makes it more difficult to get into
0:15:49 > 0:15:55negotiations and it remains in my judgment of paramount interest both
0:15:55 > 0:15:59to Israelis and Palestinians that there be a two state solution and I
0:15:59 > 0:16:03think we have to keep our eyes and interests focus on that.We will
0:16:03 > 0:16:10continue to talk a lot about Jerusalem through the programme but
0:16:10 > 0:16:15another boldly played in Northern Ireland, you may have been following
0:16:15 > 0:16:21politics in the UK that you might be aware the first phase of the Brexit
0:16:21 > 0:16:24negotiation has unravelled because the Irish government does not want
0:16:24 > 0:16:27the border between North and South of the DUP do not want to split away
0:16:27 > 0:16:33from the mainland UK. Does that dishearten you that after all the
0:16:33 > 0:16:36work you have put into the Good Friday agreement that suddenly some
0:16:36 > 0:16:43of it is coming to the fore again? On the day that I announced the
0:16:43 > 0:16:49agreement not quite 20 years ago, I said in the very same statement that
0:16:49 > 0:16:54by itself the Good Friday agreement did not guarantee peace or stability
0:16:54 > 0:16:58or genuine reconciliation. But it made them possible. I predicted
0:16:58 > 0:17:04there be difficulties in the future. For future leaders to deal with. I
0:17:04 > 0:17:11think it is up to these leaders now to do what those brave men and women
0:17:11 > 0:17:17did back in 1998 and bridge the differences and come to an agreement
0:17:17 > 0:17:21in the interests of the larger society. Both communities, all
0:17:21 > 0:17:27people in Northern Ireland. It does not make any sense for them to
0:17:27 > 0:17:31continue to dig in their heels and take intractable and on movable
0:17:31 > 0:17:37positions. One a lot is at stake. Not just the dynamic of Brexit but
0:17:37 > 0:17:41internal relations within Northern Ireland which are exacerbated by
0:17:41 > 0:17:46that. Personally I believe a decision by the people of the UK was
0:17:46 > 0:17:55democratically taken and must be respected. I think it will rebound
0:17:55 > 0:17:59adversely on the interests of the UK but the danger is it will also harm
0:17:59 > 0:18:03the people of Ireland both in the Republic and the North. I hope the
0:18:03 > 0:18:07leaders in Northern Ireland and the UK and Ireland will take steps to
0:18:07 > 0:18:14prevent damage from spreading across all of the people's of both of those
0:18:14 > 0:18:21countries.Good to get your perspective, thank you.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24The UK WILL pay the £50 billion Brexit bill whether there's
0:18:24 > 0:18:26a deal with the EU or not.
0:18:26 > 0:18:30So said the British Chancellor Phillip Hammond today.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33Several hours later Downing Street intervened.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35"Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed -
0:18:35 > 0:18:38and that applies to the financial settlement" - their statement said.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40So what is happening?
0:18:40 > 0:18:43It's pretty unclear.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46There was a phone call today between Theresa May and the DUP -
0:18:46 > 0:18:48to try and get negotiations back on track.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50But no sign of a breakthrough there either.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Our Deputy Political Editor, John Pienaar reports.
0:18:52 > 0:18:57Three, two, one...
0:18:57 > 0:19:06Theresa May need some comfort and joy, in the Cabinet
0:19:06 > 0:19:07in her party, in Ireland, north and south.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10If only everyone could sing from the same hymn sheet on Brexit.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Her message, start trade talks, we could all get what we want.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16We aim to deliver this as part of our
0:19:16 > 0:19:18overall trade deal between the United Kingdom and the European
0:19:18 > 0:19:22Union.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26Labour's loving Theresa May's troubles.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Brexit negotiations in a shambles.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33This government is clearly not fit for the future.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Tory Brexiteers are ramping up the pressure, too.
0:19:36 > 0:19:43They say no more concessions.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47Will she apply a new coat of paint to her red lines, because
0:19:47 > 0:19:53I fear on Monday they were beginning to look a little bit pink?
0:19:53 > 0:19:55If we have a problem, would it help if I came
0:19:55 > 0:19:58over to Brussels with you to sort them out?
0:19:58 > 0:20:00The DUP heard Mrs May's pledge to preserve the union but
0:20:00 > 0:20:03want more guarantees Brexit means the same deal for the whole UK.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07Can you give a specific commitment that
0:20:07 > 0:20:17nothing will be done that creates any barrier constitutionally,
0:20:20 > 0:20:21politically, economically between Northern Ireland and
0:20:21 > 0:20:23the rest of the United Kingdom?
0:20:23 > 0:20:26Mrs May was on the phone to the DUP leader today
0:20:26 > 0:20:27but still no sign of an
0:20:27 > 0:20:30agreement, and in Dublin a clear threat, Ireland's leader wants a
0:20:30 > 0:20:33promise of free trade and no hard north-south border and he would veto
0:20:33 > 0:20:36the start of trade talks technically's EU summit.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38If it is impossible to move to phase two next
0:20:38 > 0:20:41week because of the problems that have arisen, we can pick it up in
0:20:41 > 0:20:42the New Year.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45The Prime Minister spoke to him on the phone today as well
0:20:45 > 0:20:47and still no sign of another meeting in Brussels
0:20:48 > 0:20:49this week.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53The president of the European Union, Jean-Claude
0:20:53 > 0:20:56Juncker's spokesman went so far today as to say his boss wanted to
0:20:56 > 0:20:57prevent Mrs May's government from collapsing.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59So how clear if Britain's future after Brexit?
0:20:59 > 0:21:03Not at all according to the Brexit Secretary today.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05He told MPs Brexit would have an impact on business so
0:21:05 > 0:21:11great there was no point in predictions.
0:21:12 > 0:21:13Look at the chairrman's face.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17So there isn't one, for example, on the automotive sector?
0:21:17 > 0:21:18No, not that I'm aware of.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20Aerospace?
0:21:20 > 0:21:21No.
0:21:21 > 0:21:22Financial services?
0:21:22 > 0:21:27I think it will be no to all of them.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29And a new cause for Brexiteer Tories to complain.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32The Chancellor says Britain won't shirk its divorce
0:21:32 > 0:21:34bill, deal or no deal.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36That's just not a credible scenario.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38That's not the kind of country we are and
0:21:38 > 0:21:41frankly it would not make us a credible partner for future
0:21:41 > 0:21:44international agreements.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46But Theresa May's team says there will be no
0:21:46 > 0:21:47deal including cash until
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Brexit is agreed.
0:21:49 > 0:21:59Tonight, goodwill is in short supply in the Cabinet.
0:22:01 > 0:22:08I am now eight time zones away from you in Los Angeles, the other side
0:22:08 > 0:22:13of the planet almost and looking at London from here it looks like an
0:22:13 > 0:22:17unholy mess. Nothing seems to be working as it should be. I do not
0:22:17 > 0:22:21know if it is political malpractice that they cannot do it, because the
0:22:21 > 0:22:24team is not strong enough or whether it was just something that was not
0:22:24 > 0:22:30doable.There are so many conflicting parties. I think some
0:22:30 > 0:22:34people watching will say it is unbelievable that Theresa May and
0:22:34 > 0:22:38the Cabinet has not yet had a conversation about what type of
0:22:38 > 0:22:43Brexit they want. But it is not unbelievable because not having that
0:22:43 > 0:22:46conversation and allowing Theresa May to keep the show on the road, we
0:22:46 > 0:22:51know there is a yawning chasm within the Cabinet between Philip Hammond
0:22:51 > 0:22:54and Michael Gove and Boris Johnson and what kind of Brexit Britain is
0:22:54 > 0:22:59going to have, whether it will stay closely aligned to the EU or there
0:22:59 > 0:23:03will be dead virgins and it goes its own way. So by delaying the
0:23:03 > 0:23:07discussion she has delayed the potential bust ups or chaos that may
0:23:07 > 0:23:12ensue. The thing I would say is in all the difficulties so far, she has
0:23:12 > 0:23:18not been losing votes or ministers over Brexit, she has just about
0:23:18 > 0:23:21contain the rebellion. The big question comes when they have that
0:23:21 > 0:23:28discussion and everyone puts the cards on the table.All help may
0:23:28 > 0:23:33break loose. It is simple, when you disagree with your wife, much better
0:23:33 > 0:23:42not to talk about it. Sweep it under the carpet.The Cabinet go to bed on
0:23:42 > 0:23:47a row every night!
0:23:47 > 0:23:49President Putin says Russian athletes can still participate
0:23:49 > 0:23:51in the Winter Olympics as individuals, despite the IOC's
0:23:51 > 0:23:53decision to ban Russia from the games in South Korea next
0:23:53 > 0:23:54February.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Meanwhile Mr Putin has announced that he will seek
0:23:57 > 0:23:59re-election in March 2018.
0:23:59 > 0:24:04If successful, that would extend his presidency to 2024.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Finland's celebrating a century of statehood.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10Parades are being held in cities and towns across the country to mark
0:24:10 > 0:24:13a hundred years since Finland declared independence
0:24:13 > 0:24:16from Russia in 1917.
0:24:16 > 0:24:23Finland joined the EU in 1995.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25France's biggest rock star Johnny Hallyday has died
0:24:25 > 0:24:35after a battle with lung cancer.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Known to many in France as 'our Johnny', the singer sold
0:24:38 > 0:24:40about 100-million records and starred in a number of films
0:24:40 > 0:24:43in a career that began in 1960.
0:24:43 > 0:24:52He was 74.
0:24:52 > 0:24:59Incredible. When I went to Paris I have to confess I did not really
0:24:59 > 0:25:03know who he was. I had heard of him and my producer looked at me as
0:25:03 > 0:25:07standard and then I had to put the story together on him and there was
0:25:07 > 0:25:13a quote in the American newspaper saying he was the biggest rock star
0:25:13 > 0:25:16you have never heard. And then I realised how big this guy is in
0:25:16 > 0:25:22France. He once had a concert of the Eiffel Tower and there were 750,000
0:25:22 > 0:25:28people there. And they tell me today in France that they are treating
0:25:28 > 0:25:35this like the death of Victor Hugo, he is that big.Of course he never
0:25:35 > 0:25:43made it in America. He never managed to break through.Very much an icon
0:25:43 > 0:25:44in the French-speaking world.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46This is Beyond 100 Days from the BBC.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50Coming up for viewers on the BBC News Channel and BBC World News -
0:25:50 > 0:25:53high security for a terror plot trial in the UK - a man is accused
0:25:53 > 0:25:56of trying to bomb Downing Street and kill Theresa May.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59And a sign of the times - the silence breakers on sexual
0:25:59 > 0:26:01harassment are collectively named as 'person of the year'.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04That's still to come.
0:26:10 > 0:26:15We have a stormy 24 hours ahead and buy this time tomorrow the focus
0:26:15 > 0:26:20switches from the wind to more snow and ice. The reason why, from
0:26:20 > 0:26:25Caroline tomorrow passing to the north of Scotland, northern Scotland
0:26:25 > 0:26:29having the strongest winds but windy everywhere and as it moves away we
0:26:29 > 0:26:33drag much colder air south across the UK with snow showers going
0:26:33 > 0:26:37through Thursday night into Friday morning. So in the next couple of
0:26:37 > 0:26:43days, this is the picture through the night, Gail is developing
0:26:43 > 0:26:45overnight in western parts, severe gales in north-west Scotland by the
0:26:45 > 0:26:53end of the night. Focusing on the win tomorrow, Scotland and Northern
0:26:53 > 0:26:59Ireland seeing the strongest gusts especially in the north of Scotland.
0:26:59 > 0:27:04Some in northern Scotland close to 80 miles an hour. They will cause
0:27:04 > 0:27:08travel disruption and also destructive winds elsewhere in
0:27:08 > 0:27:11Scotland and parts of Northern Ireland. The Met office has an amber
0:27:11 > 0:27:16be prepared warning in force for northern Scotland with gusts in
0:27:16 > 0:27:20excess of 80 miles an hour and a yellow beware warning for the rest
0:27:20 > 0:27:24of Scotland and parts of Northern Ireland with gusts of around 60, 70
0:27:24 > 0:27:29mph again having an impact on travel. Windy across the UK during
0:27:29 > 0:27:33Thursday, outbreaks of rain for south-east England. And a lot of
0:27:33 > 0:27:40sunshine to come. But the showers following in across the UK,
0:27:40 > 0:27:47temperatures training. And turning increasingly to snow going into
0:27:47 > 0:27:49Thursday evening, blizzards in Highland Scotland for a time and all
0:27:49 > 0:27:55parts on Thursday night run the risk of some snow showers. Going into
0:27:55 > 0:28:00Friday the most frequent in northern and western parts of the UK. It
0:28:00 > 0:28:05stays windy on Friday so snow showers, I see in places to start
0:28:05 > 0:28:11the day. Factoring in the wind it will feel bitter, feeling several
0:28:11 > 0:28:16degrees below zero. Still some wintry showers around going into the
0:28:16 > 0:28:22weekend. Then an Atlantic weather system going our way on Sunday, into
0:28:22 > 0:28:28the cold air, producing sleet and snow in places. That is one to watch
0:28:28 > 0:28:30and we will keep you updated.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09This is Beyond 100 Days, with me Katty Kay in Los Angeles -
0:30:09 > 0:30:10Christian Fraser's in London.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12Our top stories: President Trump has ignored warnings from around
0:30:12 > 0:30:15the world and recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel -
0:30:15 > 0:30:18saying planning starts now to move the US embassy there from Tel Aviv.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21Angry Palestinians in the Gaza Strip burn American and Israeli flags
0:30:21 > 0:30:26and pictures of President Trump, demonstrating against the move.
0:30:26 > 0:30:31The Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas gave this response.
0:30:31 > 0:30:32The Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas gave this response.This
0:30:32 > 0:30:38constitutes a demolition of all the efforts which have been made to
0:30:38 > 0:30:43achieve peace.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49Coming up in the next half hour: A chorus
0:30:49 > 0:30:52of Democratic Senators come forward saying their colleague Al Franken
0:30:52 > 0:30:57should resign after allegations of sexual misconduct.
0:30:57 > 0:31:00Meanwhile Time Magazine is celebrating a sign of the times -
0:31:00 > 0:31:02the silence breakers on sexual harassment are collectively named
0:31:02 > 0:31:06as 'person of the year'.
0:31:06 > 0:31:07Donald Trump Jr talks to the House Intelligence Committee -
0:31:09 > 0:31:13Let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22A man has appeared in court here in London accused of plotting
0:31:22 > 0:31:24to assassinate the Prime Minister in a bomb and knife
0:31:24 > 0:31:27attack on Downing Street.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30Twenty-year-old Naa'imur Zakariyah Rahman is alleged to have planned
0:31:30 > 0:31:32to bomb the security gates, before attacking Number ten
0:31:32 > 0:31:35with a knife and suicide vest in an attempt to kill Theresa May.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40Here's the BBC's, June Kelly.
0:31:42 > 0:31:46Counterterrorism detectives moved in on these two men last week.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49Yesterday they were charged and this morning, amid high security, came
0:31:49 > 0:31:52their first court appearance.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54One is accused of planning to strike at the
0:31:54 > 0:31:58heart of the British government and assassinate Theresa May.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01He is Naa'imur Zakariyah Rahman on the left.
0:32:01 > 0:32:05In the dock with him was Mohammed Aqib Imran.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08In court came the outline of the prosecution case.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11Naa'imur Zakariyah Rahman is 20 years old and told the court he was
0:32:11 > 0:32:14Bangladeshi British.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16He is accused of planning to detonate an
0:32:16 > 0:32:19improvised explosive device, in other words a bomb, here at the
0:32:19 > 0:32:22Downing Street gates.
0:32:22 > 0:32:29In the chaos that would follow, it is alleged
0:32:29 > 0:32:32that equipped with suicide vests, pepper spray and a knife,
0:32:32 > 0:32:33he wanted to get down the
0:32:33 > 0:32:36street to number ten and killed the Prime Minister.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38street to number ten and kill the Prime Minister.
0:32:38 > 0:32:41He was arrested last Tuesday in this Road in west London.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44It is claimed that he had two inert explosive devices in his possession.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46He is also accused of helping his co-defendant,
0:32:46 > 0:32:48Mohammed Aqib Imran, to prepare ter Avest acts.
0:32:48 > 0:32:53It's claimed he was planning to travel
0:32:53 > 0:32:57abroad to help IS fighters.
0:32:57 > 0:32:58Yesterday the head of MI5 briefed the cabinet
0:32:59 > 0:33:00about the security situation.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02Nine Islamist inspired plots are said to have
0:33:02 > 0:33:05been thwarted this year.
0:33:05 > 0:33:14The next hearing in this latest case will be in two weeks' time.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16Chris Phillips is a former senior police officer
0:33:16 > 0:33:17and counter-terrorism expert.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20He warns "thousands could be killed" in a devastating terror attack -
0:33:20 > 0:33:22and wants the government to introduce tougher measures.
0:33:22 > 0:33:29Obviously that case, we can't talk specifically about it, but we have
0:33:29 > 0:33:34another alleged part in Lancashire today, a man circulating the address
0:33:34 > 0:33:38of Prince George's School, two cases that really undermine the fact there
0:33:38 > 0:33:44are so many threats. That is the reason why the Manchester Arena
0:33:44 > 0:33:48bomber slipped through the net. Absolutely. I don't think people
0:33:48 > 0:33:51around the world realise just how big this problem is. You do if you
0:33:51 > 0:33:55live in Baghdad or somewhere like that where you are having bombs on a
0:33:55 > 0:33:58regular basis, but I do not think the West in particular quite
0:33:58 > 0:34:02understand the difficulties that the police and security services have
0:34:02 > 0:34:06got to begin with, but then actually the sheer numbers of people that
0:34:06 > 0:34:13are...How many are we talking?In the UK alone, 20 odd thousand people
0:34:13 > 0:34:18that we are a bit worried about, then a further two or 3000 people on
0:34:18 > 0:34:24a list which is, we are very worried. If you know police
0:34:24 > 0:34:28resources, you cannot follow an individual without using 24 to 30
0:34:28 > 0:34:32police officers per 24 hours. There are not enough police officers in
0:34:32 > 0:34:38the world to do that. That's just in the UK. In the free movement of
0:34:38 > 0:34:40Europe, that's exacerbated. The numbers in France and Belgium are
0:34:40 > 0:34:45even greater.President Trump says we have to get tough. How do you do
0:34:45 > 0:34:53that? If you are listening to a guy an attack on his as I want to do X,
0:34:53 > 0:34:57Y, see, you know his intent but he does not get round to it, what do
0:34:57 > 0:35:05you do with that person?First, the rhetoric. We have to get tough. The
0:35:05 > 0:35:08rhetoric of what Trump is saying is more on them focus on the people
0:35:08 > 0:35:12from the border coming over to attack us. That's not the problem we
0:35:12 > 0:35:15face, the problem we have is people within our communities, our
0:35:15 > 0:35:19countries, and that's all countries across the world, who are willing to
0:35:19 > 0:35:22die and kill their colleagues and friends and the people that are
0:35:22 > 0:35:27around them. That is such a difficult thing to deal with. We
0:35:27 > 0:35:33have to go, we are a western democratic society, we have to go by
0:35:33 > 0:35:38the law of the land. You cannot lock people up before charge. Unless you
0:35:38 > 0:35:41have evidence, evidence that will persuade a court of law to evict
0:35:41 > 0:35:45someone is quite difficult.That is so frustrating, isn't it, when you
0:35:45 > 0:35:50know the threat is there?Look at the numbers, Mr Phillips, the
0:35:50 > 0:35:53numbers you suggest, 20,000 people in the UK alone who police would
0:35:53 > 0:35:57like to keep an eye on. I wonder if you think this is really a question
0:35:57 > 0:36:02of money. You know this, since the attacks of 911 here in the US, the
0:36:02 > 0:36:05budget by Homeland Security has expanded enormously. It has become
0:36:05 > 0:36:11the third rail of American politics finances. Is it really a question of
0:36:11 > 0:36:16money, being able to follow all the people you'd to follow?It's
0:36:16 > 0:36:22definitely not. You have to have the resources to deal with the level of
0:36:22 > 0:36:29the threat. Talking about the UK, the government will tell you they
0:36:29 > 0:36:32have an ample funds and to the counterterrorism units, but
0:36:32 > 0:36:36generally in police across the board there's less money. Officers have
0:36:36 > 0:36:39been taken away from all sorts of duties. You have a situation where
0:36:39 > 0:36:42people will get the intelligence that. The attacks, they are not
0:36:42 > 0:36:49there any more. -- the people who will get the intelligence that stop
0:36:49 > 0:36:53the attacks are not there any more. What you do to stop a terrorist
0:36:53 > 0:36:57attack is happening is to prevent it, that's by getting intelligence
0:36:57 > 0:37:02on people, getting behind the right people.Control orders?That sort of
0:37:02 > 0:37:06thing, but once they've got the bomb, the car or the vehicle to
0:37:06 > 0:37:09attack people, it's too late. All you can do is reduce the number of
0:37:09 > 0:37:15casualties.Good to see you. Come back and talk to us some more, good
0:37:15 > 0:37:16to have you.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18Germany's Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel says the Trump
0:37:18 > 0:37:20administration increasingly views Europe as a "competitor or economic
0:37:20 > 0:37:23rival" rather than an ally.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26He made the comment as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson
0:37:26 > 0:37:29is in Brussels for meeting with EU and Nato officials.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31The EU's top diplomat Federica Mogherini also made it
0:37:31 > 0:37:33clear the European Union sees the Trump administration's proposals
0:37:33 > 0:37:41on Jerusalem as a threat to peace in the Middle East.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48We would talking yesterday about how things are going pretty well the
0:37:48 > 0:37:52Donald Trump here in the US, in terms of economics, wages are
0:37:52 > 0:37:56picking up, the stock market doing well, his Muslim man has been upheld
0:37:56 > 0:38:00by the Supreme Court and he's got tax reform group. -- Muslim ban. But
0:38:00 > 0:38:05when you take America abroad, when it has to deal with its allies in
0:38:05 > 0:38:09Europe, you get an enormous amount of fish back. The German Foreign
0:38:09 > 0:38:13Minister saying we are overturning 70 years of the status quo, or 70
0:38:13 > 0:38:18years Europe and the US had been on the same side acting as allies, now
0:38:18 > 0:38:23he feels the US administration is easier as a competitor. There is
0:38:23 > 0:38:27this huge disconnect between what the world feels about this
0:38:27 > 0:38:30administration, how it interacts with it, and the way its policies
0:38:30 > 0:38:33deal with this administration, and the way Mr Trump is betraying things
0:38:33 > 0:38:38at home.What was interesting about the dynamics of that meeting
0:38:38 > 0:38:42yesterday, and I have been to plenty of these in the EU, is that she
0:38:42 > 0:38:48treated Rex Tillerson as though he were the Russian Foreign Secretary.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52It was a very straight statement, that we do not agree with Jerusalem
0:38:52 > 0:38:55and the decision you are making, we are not having any questions, then
0:38:55 > 0:39:00she walked out. Possibly the Europeans think, well, here is a man
0:39:00 > 0:39:04who did them looks like a dead man walking. He may not be in a job in
0:39:04 > 0:39:07several weeks' time so why are we wasting our time on this and
0:39:07 > 0:39:10decisions we don't agree with? I thought I was really apparent in the
0:39:10 > 0:39:14body language yesterday. -- that was really apparent.
0:39:14 > 0:39:1616 Democratic senators say their colleague Al Franken
0:39:16 > 0:39:18should resign following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20He has apologised and acknowledged the misconduct.
0:39:20 > 0:39:21But now another woman has come forward.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24Senator Franken will make an announcement tomorrow -
0:39:24 > 0:39:26though his office isn't saying what it's about.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28For more I am joined by our North America
0:39:28 > 0:39:34reporter Anthony Zurcher.
0:39:34 > 0:39:39I looked at these numbers this morning, nine Democratic senators,
0:39:39 > 0:39:44know up to 23, or whatever number questioned said. There a snowball
0:39:44 > 0:39:47effect on the Democrats seem to have decided they cannot have this in
0:39:47 > 0:39:52their own camp and they want him gone.It was pretty remarkable how
0:39:52 > 0:39:58quick it happened. A Democratic senator from Hawaii, from your two
0:39:58 > 0:40:05of the first. Then a woman after women in the Senate, and there are
0:40:05 > 0:40:08quite a few women Democratic senators, came to say he had
0:40:08 > 0:40:13resigned. Then the male joined them, including Peres, the chair of the
0:40:13 > 0:40:19Democratic National committee. This has become a snowball. Most are
0:40:19 > 0:40:23expecting now he cannot withstand the sort of pressure, and that he
0:40:23 > 0:40:27will resign. -- came out to say he has to resign.Do you get the sense
0:40:27 > 0:40:32they want this out of the way before the election in Alabama, so they can
0:40:32 > 0:40:36claim on the high ground on this and force the Republicans to take a
0:40:36 > 0:40:45decision?I think that's a good point. John Connors resigning
0:40:45 > 0:40:48yesterday, the longest serving Democratic member in the House of
0:40:48 > 0:40:51Representatives, Al Franken, it makes it easier for them to
0:40:51 > 0:40:53criticise Roy Moore. It was interesting also to see Mitch
0:40:53 > 0:40:58McConnell, the seventh Republican majority leader, not to say he did
0:40:58 > 0:41:01not believe Al Franken can effectively serve the people of
0:41:01 > 0:41:03Minnesota. -- Senate Republican majority leader.
0:41:03 > 0:41:07Earlier he had said that more and more, the Republican in Alabama
0:41:07 > 0:41:11facing allegations of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old, that he
0:41:11 > 0:41:16should step aside, but then after Donald Trump came down in favour of
0:41:16 > 0:41:18Roy Moore, the Republican National committee has begun putting money
0:41:18 > 0:41:22back into the campaign. We saw Mitch McConnell back off from that and say
0:41:22 > 0:41:27it's up to the people of Alabama to decide. The Democrats are setting up
0:41:27 > 0:41:29a stark contrast, saying they are dealing with our Frank and while Roy
0:41:29 > 0:41:34Moore has been embraced by Republicans. You have to remember,
0:41:34 > 0:41:38Al Franken, John Connors, is safe Democratic seats that will be
0:41:38 > 0:41:42replaced in all likelihood by Democrats. It's an easy move for the
0:41:42 > 0:41:47Democrats to say, yes, they should step aside, because it is not
0:41:47 > 0:41:51costing them a prize Democratic seats in a closely divided Senate.
0:41:51 > 0:41:55That was exactly the point I was about to make. The Democrats can
0:41:55 > 0:41:58look like they are being holier than now over this one but let's face it,
0:41:58 > 0:42:04this is Minnesota. There is no way a Republican is going to be elected in
0:42:04 > 0:42:08Minnesota, they are safe.Right, exactly. There is a democratic
0:42:08 > 0:42:11governor of Minnesota so he will seemingly appoint a Democrat to
0:42:11 > 0:42:16replace. Let's remember this is not over here, if we think these are the
0:42:16 > 0:42:20only allegations that are going to come out about politicians on both
0:42:20 > 0:42:23sides of the aisle, I think this is a much bigger problem than just a
0:42:23 > 0:42:27handful that we've seen so far. There is going to come a point, I'm
0:42:27 > 0:42:30fairly certain, that Democrats are going to be able to prove their
0:42:30 > 0:42:33principles and show that this is not just posturing, this is what they
0:42:33 > 0:42:37really believe.There is certainly something bigger happening. Thank
0:42:37 > 0:42:40you.
0:42:40 > 0:42:41Can a hashtag be a person?
0:42:41 > 0:42:42Time magazine seems to think so.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44It's marking the women behind the #metoo movement
0:42:44 > 0:42:46as their persons of the year.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49Mr Trump was also on the short list but fell short to the women who've
0:42:49 > 0:42:51highlighted sexual harassment The movement has now
0:42:51 > 0:42:56spread beyond the US.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59And it's that collective global voice
0:42:59 > 0:43:01which prompted Time Magazine to name the Silence Breakers
0:43:01 > 0:43:03as person of the year.
0:43:03 > 0:43:06Susanna Schrobsdorff was one of the Time editors who worked
0:43:06 > 0:43:13on the cover story she joins us now.
0:43:13 > 0:43:20Was this an easy pick?For me personally, it was, because I was
0:43:20 > 0:43:24lobbying heavily for it. But yes, we really did consider all the people
0:43:24 > 0:43:28that are on the runners-up list, or at least the top three, and Donald
0:43:28 > 0:43:34Trump is in his own main part of the influence that went into the
0:43:34 > 0:43:40eventual choice, because his election, I think, is one of the
0:43:40 > 0:43:46first catalyst of the movement that became Me Two, women standing up.
0:43:46 > 0:43:52Just to make the point, time names its Person of the year not with a
0:43:52 > 0:43:56value judgment, this is not the best or worst Person of the year, just
0:43:56 > 0:44:06the person you feel has had the most influence will stop.Exactly, the
0:44:06 > 0:44:09recently silence breakers are the person of the year this year is
0:44:09 > 0:44:11because you are looking at which people have influenced most of the
0:44:11 > 0:44:15world as much of world as we can evaluate from our purchase here in
0:44:15 > 0:44:23New York City. What we found is that social norms are changing, what was
0:44:23 > 0:44:27acceptable yesterday is no longer acceptable today. It happened
0:44:27 > 0:44:30because singular women stepped out, and I think you said in an earlier
0:44:30 > 0:44:36segment about Al Franken, that this becomes a snowball effect. First one
0:44:36 > 0:44:40person steps forward, then another. More people are emboldened, and what
0:44:40 > 0:44:44you have then is a tipping point. You go back. We talked to a lobbyist
0:44:44 > 0:44:50in California who said we can't all be crazy, and we can't all be liars,
0:44:50 > 0:44:55there are just too many of us. That's what got us to this decision,
0:44:55 > 0:45:00there are just too many women coming forward into many fields with two
0:45:00 > 0:45:06real a sense of urgency to it. Apologies if I interrupted you, you
0:45:06 > 0:45:10might have heard me asking if we had Mr Trump's tweet. I wanted to refer
0:45:10 > 0:45:14to it. This is the Tweety sent before you have made your decision.
0:45:21 > 0:45:26Was he on the list and was he a serious contender?He was, the
0:45:26 > 0:45:30President of the United States is always, could always be the person
0:45:30 > 0:45:33of the year, he is one of the most powerful men in the world is not the
0:45:33 > 0:45:38most powerful man in the world. But truth be shot, the cover for this
0:45:38 > 0:45:44issue was five days before he set this tweet.
0:45:44 > 0:45:51Interesting position, wasn't it? A sign of this moment we are in. There
0:45:51 > 0:45:58is this fear of a backlash, that's why some concern about our Franken
0:45:58 > 0:46:05has about, we have to give these accuses the benefit of the doubt but
0:46:05 > 0:46:09also make sure their stories hold water. I think that's why there's
0:46:09 > 0:46:12been with our Frank and has taken a certain amount of time, people
0:46:12 > 0:46:16wanted to check out these stories, but once we see a pattern, which is
0:46:16 > 0:46:19what we have seen when all the cases of men who've lost their job, it's
0:46:19 > 0:46:23the pattern you look for. Most men just accused of one instance of
0:46:23 > 0:46:25sexual harassment, more harassment, more and more people come forward
0:46:25 > 0:46:30accusing the same man.I was thinking it was rather an
0:46:30 > 0:46:34inauspicious start to the year for women, that you had the first woman
0:46:34 > 0:46:37candidate for either party defeated by a man who had been alleged to
0:46:37 > 0:46:42have sexually abused when, and then you go full circle all the way
0:46:42 > 0:46:47around this. It shows, as we talked about on this programme so much,
0:46:47 > 0:46:51that Twitter can be divisive and can cause pain but can also be a form
0:46:51 > 0:46:54for social good. Imagine if you had had Twitter in the days of the civil
0:46:54 > 0:46:57rights movement, imagine what you could have done then will stop this
0:46:57 > 0:47:01has snowballed in the space of two or three months into an enormous
0:47:01 > 0:47:05global movement. That is reflected by the front cover of Time magazine
0:47:05 > 0:47:09today, so that is a good thing.I would add to that, the number of
0:47:09 > 0:47:13women who are running for political office in the US, record numbers of
0:47:13 > 0:47:16women who said they would like to. And voting.
0:47:16 > 0:47:18Here in California, more than a thousand firefighters
0:47:18 > 0:47:21are battling huge wildfires.
0:47:21 > 0:47:23Hundreds of buildings have already been destroyed and 12-thousand
0:47:23 > 0:47:26homes are under threat.
0:47:26 > 0:47:29The fire is burning about 80 kilometres north of Los Angeles.
0:47:29 > 0:47:34Nearly 30-thousand people have been forced from their homes.
0:47:34 > 0:47:40You can smell it in the air today.
0:47:40 > 0:47:44This is Beyond 100 Days.
0:47:44 > 0:47:46Still to come: We talk to the former official White House
0:47:46 > 0:47:48photographer Pete Souza, about his collection of favourite
0:47:48 > 0:47:50images from his time behind the scenes during
0:47:50 > 0:47:52Obama's Presidency.
0:47:54 > 0:47:57One of the oldest and most complete skeletons of our ancestors has been
0:47:57 > 0:47:58unveiled in South Africa.
0:47:58 > 0:48:04Scientists have spent 20 years excavating
0:48:04 > 0:48:06and preparing the skeleton, known as "Little Foot",
0:48:06 > 0:48:08and they estimate the fossilised remains are more than three
0:48:08 > 0:48:10and a half million years old.
0:48:10 > 0:48:13Andrew Harding reports from Johannesburg.
0:48:13 > 0:48:18They found her skeleton in these deep caves outside Johannesburg.
0:48:18 > 0:48:21She'd been lying here for almost four million years,
0:48:21 > 0:48:25trapped in the rock.
0:48:25 > 0:48:29Today, Little Foot finally emerged - astonishingly intact,
0:48:29 > 0:48:34after 20 painstaking years of excavation.
0:48:34 > 0:48:36These bones had a very, very fragile, flaky
0:48:36 > 0:48:39surface, many of them.
0:48:39 > 0:48:42And it was like trying to extract a pie with flaky
0:48:42 > 0:48:44pastry out of concrete
0:48:44 > 0:48:47without damaging the pie.
0:48:47 > 0:48:50We had to do this properly, we had to do it slowly.
0:48:50 > 0:48:53Yes, it took more than 20 years of my life, but I feel younger
0:48:53 > 0:48:55and stronger for it!
0:48:55 > 0:48:59So, these are the caves where Little Foot was found.
0:48:59 > 0:49:01The theory goes that she was walking along the surface, fell
0:49:01 > 0:49:03down into the caves, and was covered
0:49:03 > 0:49:06by sediment and rock.
0:49:06 > 0:49:10Millions of years later, scientists in the 1980s and 1990s,
0:49:10 > 0:49:12in a series of extraordinary coincidences, stumbled
0:49:12 > 0:49:15across her remains and slowly managed to piece them back together.
0:49:15 > 0:49:19Her skeleton shows she was in her 30s.
0:49:19 > 0:49:22She probably lived in the trees, and crucially, she was more
0:49:22 > 0:49:28like us than like an ape.
0:49:28 > 0:49:30So the pictures you see in books of our ancestors gradually getting
0:49:30 > 0:49:35up off of all fours and walking along in a stooped manner,
0:49:35 > 0:49:37that's all nonsense.
0:49:37 > 0:49:39They were upright when they were in the trees,
0:49:39 > 0:49:42and they were upright when they came down to the ground.
0:49:42 > 0:49:43And now they're us?
0:49:44 > 0:49:47Unearthed in these caves then, a vital addition to our own
0:49:47 > 0:49:49complicated family tree.
0:49:49 > 0:49:56Andrew Harding, BBC News, South Africa.
0:50:02 > 0:50:04You're watching Beyond 100 Days.
0:50:04 > 0:50:07Pete Souza is the the man behind this iconic photo -
0:50:07 > 0:50:09featured on TV and newspapers round the world: this
0:50:09 > 0:50:12was President Obama and his security team being briefed on the killing
0:50:12 > 0:50:15of Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room,
0:50:15 > 0:50:17back in 2011.
0:50:17 > 0:50:21Mr Souza captured it while he was White House photographer.
0:50:21 > 0:50:23He now has a new book out - 'Obama: An Intimate Portrait'.
0:50:23 > 0:50:30I've been speaking to him.
0:50:30 > 0:50:34It's a real pleasure to read the book, and when you look at the
0:50:34 > 0:50:37pictures of President Obama in it, you see a man who was very
0:50:37 > 0:50:46comfortable in himself.Absolutely, which made my job easier. You have a
0:50:46 > 0:50:50photographic subject, if you really the presence of me and my camera did
0:50:50 > 0:50:58not in any way affect how he went about his business. That's what
0:50:58 > 0:51:02David Otunga hopes for in a subject. It's also the people he's within the
0:51:02 > 0:51:05White House. The people he's meeting, he seems to put them at
0:51:05 > 0:51:08ease. That's why you get this extraordinary images that you
0:51:08 > 0:51:13captured.I think that's true. I tried to be as unobtrusive as
0:51:13 > 0:51:18possible, I think try to put people at ease, not interrupt what they're
0:51:18 > 0:51:24doing. Not use the flash, a major drive, be as quiet as occurred as I
0:51:24 > 0:51:29moved around.You've worked with two presidents, President Reagan and
0:51:29 > 0:51:34Obama. What makes them different? Probably their age, number one.
0:51:34 > 0:51:38President Reagan was in his mid to late 70s when I was photographing
0:51:38 > 0:51:43him, in the 1980s. President Obama came into office door in his 40s.
0:51:43 > 0:51:49The age factor was definitely a big part of it.If you could pick one
0:51:49 > 0:51:54picture from the book, which would it be?Oh my gosh, that's hard to
0:51:54 > 0:51:59do. I mean, one, not sure if it's the one, but the one with a little
0:51:59 > 0:52:03African-American boy touching his head, seeing if his haircut feels
0:52:03 > 0:52:08like his. I think that one resonates with a of people.That moment, can
0:52:08 > 0:52:12you tell us more about that?The little boy's Mimas jig of
0:52:12 > 0:52:16Philadelphia, I think he was four at the time, he'd come into the Oval
0:52:16 > 0:52:20Office with his parents to do a family photo. His parents was
0:52:20 > 0:52:23leaving for another post. The man had said, Jacob has a question for
0:52:23 > 0:52:33you Mr President. -- the little boy's name was Jacob Philadelphia.
0:52:33 > 0:52:36It was whispered that his friend had told him that his haircut looked
0:52:36 > 0:52:40like the President's. Then the president just leaned over and said
0:52:40 > 0:52:47go ahead and touch it, and little Jacob touched his head. It resonated
0:52:47 > 0:52:52with people because here is this four-year-old African-American kid,
0:52:52 > 0:52:55touching the head of the president of the United States, who looks like
0:52:55 > 0:52:59him. It also tells you something about President Obama, and that at
0:52:59 > 0:53:02the behest of a four-year-old he would bend over and let this little
0:53:02 > 0:53:08kid touch his head.There is another picture which for me is a moment of
0:53:08 > 0:53:12history, this picture of Elmer Pippin, a mother of one of the
0:53:12 > 0:53:17victims of a church bombing 50 years ago. She had been given this
0:53:17 > 0:53:22Congressional medal of honour. You conscious when taking these pictures
0:53:22 > 0:53:29that this is perhaps a signpost to history?I think the fact of the
0:53:29 > 0:53:34matter is, any person who becomes president of the United States, it's
0:53:34 > 0:53:39a historical time. Certainly I was aware of the fact that he was the
0:53:39 > 0:53:42first African-American president, but that was not in my head every
0:53:42 > 0:53:48day. The picture that you referred to, the thing I like about this
0:53:48 > 0:53:53picture is, she wanted to say something privately to the
0:53:53 > 0:53:57president. Which is why he leaned down, because she wanted to whisper
0:53:57 > 0:54:01what she had to say, so it was a private conversation, that other
0:54:01 > 0:54:06people in the room did not hear.Did he ever tell you what that was?No,
0:54:06 > 0:54:13he didn't.It was just that moment, as a photographer, G spot that
0:54:13 > 0:54:17moment.You have to be aware of everything that's happening.-- you
0:54:17 > 0:54:22are spot that moment. What about President Obama and his
0:54:22 > 0:54:28family. A lot of your photographs of the girls, and Michelle. They are as
0:54:28 > 0:54:34comfortable in your presence as... It just seems a very normal family
0:54:34 > 0:54:40environment.Yeah, I think because they did get to know me, I was the
0:54:40 > 0:54:44de facto family photographer. I would cover a lot of their family
0:54:44 > 0:54:49events. Over time, Sasha and Milly got to be comfortable when I was
0:54:49 > 0:54:58around. -- Sasha and Malia.There is that picture of them playing in the
0:54:58 > 0:55:03snow.I love that picture, the girls were still fairly young. Sure
0:55:03 > 0:55:06enough, the president came outside of one point, played in the snow
0:55:06 > 0:55:12with the girls, it pictured that you referred to is in the Rose Garden, I
0:55:12 > 0:55:19think Sasha is about the girl rose garden -- is about to throw a
0:55:19 > 0:55:22snowball at him.Do you keep in touch?I do, I spoke to him last
0:55:22 > 0:55:27Monday. Every time a president leaves office, the weight of the
0:55:27 > 0:55:30world is off your shoulders, so I think is a lot more relaxed than he
0:55:30 > 0:55:35was when he was at the White House. A great pleasure to talk.Thanks for
0:55:35 > 0:55:41having me. Such a trip down memory lane seeing
0:55:41 > 0:55:44those photographs, I used to go to the Wesselingh occasionally for
0:55:44 > 0:55:47interviews and they had those photos on all the walls, they were taken
0:55:47 > 0:55:50out but the one they never rotated out was the one with the president
0:55:50 > 0:55:53bending down to the little boy could touch 's hair. That one always be
0:55:53 > 0:55:59there.The suspense in this situation room, quite extraordinary
0:55:59 > 0:56:03with Hillary Clinton with her hand over her mouth.