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0:00:16 > 0:00:19Countdown to the Roy Moore election - can someone who's been accused
0:00:19 > 0:00:21of molesting a child be elected US Senator?
0:00:21 > 0:00:23President Trump hopes so - he's recorded a message urging
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Alabama voters to support the Republican candidate.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27This is the deep south and whatever Moore's record,
0:00:27 > 0:00:30voting for a Democrat may just be a step too far.
0:00:30 > 0:00:36Especially as the Republican denies the charges.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39An attempt at a terror attack on the New York subway injures four
0:00:39 > 0:00:41people and the attacker is in custody.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43They accused Donald Trump of sexual harassment
0:00:43 > 0:00:45during the election campaign.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Now three women want Congress to act.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Also on the programme...
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0:00:51 > 0:00:54A quarter of the flights have been cancelled at the UK's
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0:01:19 > 0:01:21Hello and welcome - I'm Katty Kay in Washington
0:01:21 > 0:01:24and Christian Fraser is in London.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28In 11 hours' time, the polls open in Alabama and voters will chose
0:01:28 > 0:01:30between a Republican accused of molesting a child and a Democrat
0:01:30 > 0:01:31who is pro-choice on abortion.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Polls suggest the Republican could win.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35But Roy Moore, who also believes Muslims should be
0:01:35 > 0:01:38banned from serving in Congress and homosexuality should be
0:01:38 > 0:01:40illegal, has been shunned by members of his own party.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44The top Republican senator from Alabama, Richard Shelby,
0:01:44 > 0:01:47chose to go on national television yesterday to say he couldn't vote
0:01:47 > 0:01:49for Mr Moore because the accusations of sexual harassment
0:01:49 > 0:01:54were just too compelling.
0:01:54 > 0:01:59I want to reiterate again, I did not vote for Roy Moore and I would not
0:01:59 > 0:02:04vote for Roy Moore. I think the Republican Party can do better.
0:02:04 > 0:02:05The President however does not agree.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07This weekend he recorded a robocall - essentially a telephone
0:02:07 > 0:02:12phone marketing message - in support of Mr Moore.
0:02:12 > 0:02:17Ryan Moore is the guy that we need to pass our Make America Great Again
0:02:17 > 0:02:23agenda. Roy is a conservative who helped me steal this country back on
0:02:23 > 0:02:27track after eight years of the Obama disaster. Get out and fought for Roy
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Moore.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32Eight women have accused Mr Moore of harassing them.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34One of them says she was just 14 at the time.
0:02:34 > 0:02:35This weekend, Mr Moore denied those charges again.
0:02:39 > 0:02:44I do not know them. I have had known counter with them. I have not
0:02:44 > 0:02:47molested anyone. I do not know why they are saying it that it is not
0:02:47 > 0:02:49true.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51Let's get more now from Politico's National
0:02:51 > 0:02:52Political Reporter - Gabriel Debenedetti -
0:02:52 > 0:02:54who's in Birmingham, Alabama.
0:02:54 > 0:03:00Good to see you. What impact does Mr Trump, the president, coming out
0:03:00 > 0:03:08with this global call in support of Roy Moore have? What about the
0:03:08 > 0:03:14Republican who came out against Roy Moore?Roy Moore hopes the present
0:03:14 > 0:03:17weighing in has a huge impact on the one notices what Senator Shelby had
0:03:17 > 0:03:22to say. The Roy Moore campaign is trying hard to turn it whatever
0:03:22 > 0:03:26voters it can who are big fans of the President but my piece kettle of
0:03:26 > 0:03:31Roy Moore and who are relying on this endorsement from President
0:03:31 > 0:03:35Trump to really win over. At the same time, the Democrat running
0:03:35 > 0:03:38against Roy Moore is really relying on this message from Senator Shelby,
0:03:38 > 0:03:42who is trying appeal to Conservatives. And there are many in
0:03:42 > 0:03:47this state. Who do not like Roy Moore and what his dance floor. They
0:03:47 > 0:03:52are to get permission for those folks to do a write-in campaign and
0:03:52 > 0:03:59getting someone other than Roy Moore who will not allow Doug Jones to win
0:03:59 > 0:04:03the seat.The polls have been all over the place. Some put Roy Moore
0:04:03 > 0:04:09ahead, some put the Democrat, Doug Jones ahead. To what extent are
0:04:09 > 0:04:14people telling pollsters the truth on the way that they are voting?
0:04:14 > 0:04:18That is the huge question right now. There is a lot of speculation that
0:04:18 > 0:04:22this is actually affecting people on both sides. On the one hand, there
0:04:22 > 0:04:28are certainly voters supporting Roy Moore too, because of his
0:04:28 > 0:04:34accusations, they do not want to tell pollsters this. On the other
0:04:34 > 0:04:36hand, there are voters supporting Doug Jones cannot say it out loud
0:04:36 > 0:04:40and do not want to talk about it, specifically because he is a
0:04:40 > 0:04:44Democrat. Alabama has not collected a Democrat to the Senate since the
0:04:44 > 0:04:49early 1990s. Very few Democrats have even won any state-wide office here.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53There are very few Democrats here. It is sort of attempted word,
0:04:53 > 0:04:57Democrat, the first place. It is affecting both sides. As a result,
0:04:57 > 0:05:01no-one has any idea what the results will look like tomorrow.How
0:05:01 > 0:05:08important is to make tomorrow? -- turnout.Turnout is the entire game
0:05:08 > 0:05:14tomorrow. Both campaigns are focusing on it. For Jones, the
0:05:14 > 0:05:18important thing is to turn a base voters. African-American voters in
0:05:18 > 0:05:21this state, many of them sympathetic to Democrats but don't usually vote.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25Roy Moore is trying to win over rural voters who might not have
0:05:25 > 0:05:29voted in the primary but are big fans of President Trump. They are
0:05:29 > 0:05:31both revving up their get out the vote campaigns enormously in the
0:05:31 > 0:05:36last few hours.Given that Roy Moore is the antiestablishment candidate,
0:05:36 > 0:05:42it is quite interesting, the gamer Doug Jones has been playing in the
0:05:42 > 0:05:46last few days. He did not want to make it national and get outside
0:05:46 > 0:05:51activists coming in but he is changed tack.That is right. Doug
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Jones got support from a number of surrogates in the state in the last
0:05:54 > 0:06:00few days. The New Jersey Senator, the former Massachusetts Governor
0:06:00 > 0:06:05gaming. But they are not names necessarily famous and often
0:06:05 > 0:06:11infuriated Republicans who hate Democrats in Alabama. The Jones
0:06:11 > 0:06:14campaign want to win over African-American voters and energise
0:06:14 > 0:06:17them enough without turning this into a national referendum. Then
0:06:17 > 0:06:22again, the end of the day, the Jones campaign has accented calls from
0:06:22 > 0:06:26Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Those might not be the most popular
0:06:26 > 0:06:30figures in Alabama but they are betting that those calls will be
0:06:30 > 0:06:36enough to win the right voters over. OK, Gabriel, thank you very much for
0:06:36 > 0:06:41joining us from Birmingham, Alabama. I mentioned that I am heading there.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45Ryan Christie is coming as well. He will join us to give analysis in
0:06:45 > 0:06:51this crazy race. There has been so much focus on the sexual harassment
0:06:51 > 0:06:54allegations against Roy Moore. It is worth reminding people that even
0:06:54 > 0:06:59before those allegations were made, he was already seen as being outside
0:06:59 > 0:07:01the mainstream of the Republican Party because of some of his more
0:07:01 > 0:07:06controversial positions. Run through some of those.He has defied federal
0:07:06 > 0:07:09law twice. He was the Chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court and
0:07:09 > 0:07:15removed from office twice. Why? He openly defied the US Supreme Court.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19He said, I want to keep the Ten Commandments up in my office and the
0:07:19 > 0:07:24courthouse. They said, what are you doing? You cannot have a religious
0:07:24 > 0:07:28display in a courthouse. But yet to his supporters, who think he is an
0:07:28 > 0:07:31evangelical Christian, he is very popular. These folks in Alabama
0:07:31 > 0:07:36think, he is sticking up for us and sticking it to the Federal
0:07:36 > 0:07:39Government.He thinks on sexuality should be illegal and Muslims should
0:07:39 > 0:07:45not serving the US Congress. With those positions not put him out of
0:07:45 > 0:07:49the bounds of other Republicans supporting him already?Here's where
0:07:49 > 0:07:53to the mainstream and this guy does not represent the party of Abraham
0:07:53 > 0:07:56Lincoln, the party of freedom of association, freedom of the press.
0:07:56 > 0:08:01He wants to suppress enjoy condemn people based on religion. That
0:08:01 > 0:08:08should not be condoned in any way in American vortex. But he could still
0:08:08 > 0:08:13win with these positions and it says a lot about the state of Alabama
0:08:13 > 0:08:17that you have so many people realising this has national
0:08:17 > 0:08:24ramifications.This is a struggle we not see just in this election, but
0:08:24 > 0:08:28the struggle between the pragmatists, the establishment in
0:08:28 > 0:08:31Washington and the evangelical wing of the party. That goes beyond
0:08:31 > 0:08:38Alabama.It does. I think, frankly, this could be the official that
0:08:38 > 0:08:44divides is not breaks the Republican Party apart. Alabama has really put
0:08:44 > 0:08:47themselves in the cross hairs of nominating someone who is not only
0:08:47 > 0:08:49outside the mainstream, not only someone who has been accused of
0:08:49 > 0:08:53terrible sexual crimes against children, but also someone who I
0:08:53 > 0:08:58think is very racist and bigoted views. How would the Republican
0:08:58 > 0:09:00party Workers' Party if we were to nominate and then collect someone
0:09:00 > 0:09:07who represents out of the mainstream views such as Roy Moores? There is a
0:09:07 > 0:09:10lot hanging on this and am glad that is why we are going to Birmingham to
0:09:10 > 0:09:16see on the ground what the stakes are into this will turn out.Thank
0:09:16 > 0:09:19you for joining us. It is interesting because it has wider
0:09:19 > 0:09:23national implications. It is hard for me to imagine that Roy Moore
0:09:23 > 0:09:29would be elected in another state. It really is, because Alabama has
0:09:29 > 0:09:33such resistance to electing a Democrat at all. Particularly one
0:09:33 > 0:09:36that is as pro-choice as Doug Jones is. That is why I think you're
0:09:36 > 0:09:43seeing this race is close of this -- as it is. In other states, I'd do
0:09:43 > 0:09:47not believe he would even be in contention.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51We have heard from Gabriel that Democrats stumping for Doug Jones at
0:09:51 > 0:09:54the moment. The cynical side to me wonders whether they are actually
0:09:54 > 0:09:59hoping that Roy Moore Windsors. Because he will cause all kinds of
0:09:59 > 0:10:02crazy problems to the Republican Party. They knew that before these
0:10:02 > 0:10:08allegations of sexual harassment. Throw in an ethics investigation...
0:10:08 > 0:10:12It is not even clear that he will go along with them. He is someone come
0:10:12 > 0:10:19from the Steve Banning wing of the party. He will come to Washington
0:10:19 > 0:10:26and cause a lot of problems, as he has done in Alabama.There was a
0:10:26 > 0:10:30really good article in the New York Times this week which I've read at
0:10:30 > 0:10:34length. It paints a portrait of a president obsessed with television.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38And his own image. The article says the ammunition for his Twitter what
0:10:38 > 0:10:44is television. Now one according to this report touches the
0:10:44 > 0:10:49remote-control other than President Trump. During meetings, the 60 inch
0:10:49 > 0:10:55screen might be muted, but Mr Trump Peter Madden scrolling headlines.
0:10:55 > 0:11:01What he misses, ejects it later on a state-of-the-art system that
0:11:01 > 0:11:05apparently records cable news.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07It seems like President Trump might have read this report because today
0:11:07 > 0:11:16he was back on Twitter saying...
0:11:22 > 0:11:28I think he has been watching his own news headlines. What you reckon?If
0:11:28 > 0:11:31people have not read it, they should read it. It is a fascinating read
0:11:31 > 0:11:37and obviously research. Weeks. The correspondent who has written it has
0:11:37 > 0:11:42had a sit down with the present before. Two bits stuck out to me.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45One is the General Kelly is in some way trying to control access to the
0:11:45 > 0:11:51Oval Office with limited success. The other part about it for me was
0:11:51 > 0:11:59this idea that if he is not in the news, he hates it.Yes. Even if the
0:11:59 > 0:12:02headlines are bad, according to this report, he would rather be on
0:12:02 > 0:12:06television. If he looks at the television screens after a couple of
0:12:06 > 0:12:09days he is not the, then he gets very angry and wants to be back in
0:12:09 > 0:12:12the news, which could account for some of the more combative things
0:12:12 > 0:12:16the president does. This is not a president who shies away from
0:12:16 > 0:12:21controversy. He runs to it and likes the fact he is on television. As we
0:12:21 > 0:12:24have no McDonald run, although is yours being in celebrity television,
0:12:24 > 0:12:27brand and image and being on the front of television screens is very
0:12:27 > 0:12:31important to him.What about this idea that he had suddenly discovered
0:12:31 > 0:12:37the limits of this power? He was a political novice before going into
0:12:37 > 0:12:41office. He is found, to his cost, after some run-ins with the likes of
0:12:41 > 0:12:46Mitch McConnell, the majority senate leader, that he is not some imperial
0:12:46 > 0:12:50leader. He has to work with the other two branches of government.
0:12:50 > 0:12:59The piece makes the point that he could do what he wanted in his
0:12:59 > 0:13:02business empire because it belonged to him and it was a shock to get
0:13:02 > 0:13:06into the White House and not be able to run the country in that way. We
0:13:06 > 0:13:11discussed this before. Why is Donald Trump attracted to strong men? It is
0:13:11 > 0:13:15not necessarily strongly does, it is the systems that they operate in.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18The constraints of a democratic process sometimes seem to chafe on
0:13:18 > 0:13:24him.It is not a hatchet job, this article. Do go and read it. It is an
0:13:24 > 0:13:29insight into the president and the way that he works.
0:13:29 > 0:13:33Efforts to contain ongoing wildfires in southern California
0:13:33 > 0:13:35are focusing on a blaze which threatens the city
0:13:35 > 0:13:37of Santa Barbara.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39The Thomas Fire - as it's known - has
0:13:39 > 0:13:41become one of the largest in the state's history.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44It has damaged an area greater than that of New York City.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46Vladimir Putin has ordered the partial withdrawal
0:13:46 > 0:13:48of Russian troops from Syria, during an unannounced visit there.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Mr Putin was met by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
0:13:50 > 0:13:54as he arrived at the Russian Hmeimim airbase, near Latakia.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57Russian military support has been crucial in turning the tide
0:13:57 > 0:13:58of Syria's civil war in Mr Assad's favour.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Mr Putin made a similar withdrawal announcement last year, but Russian
0:14:01 > 0:14:03military operations continued.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10Police in New York say a rush hour explosion at Manhattan's
0:14:10 > 0:14:12busiest bus terminal was an attempted terror attack.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15The suspect - who had a homemade bomb strapped to his body -
0:14:15 > 0:14:19was injured along with three others.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23The device was described by authorities as "low-tech".
0:14:23 > 0:14:26The plot comes less than two months after an Uzbek immigrant killed
0:14:26 > 0:14:29eight people in Lower Manhattan by driving a truck down a bike path.
0:14:29 > 0:14:34From New York, Nick Bryant reports.
0:14:34 > 0:14:43It is 7.20, the height of rush-hour, and a security camera
0:14:43 > 0:14:46appears to show an explosive device going off amidst a crowd of Monday
0:14:46 > 0:14:47morning commuters.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50A picture taken from CCTV appears to show him on the
0:14:50 > 0:14:53floor shortly afterwards.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56It was a low-tech bomb which left the bomber
0:14:56 > 0:14:58himself with the worst injuries.
0:14:58 > 0:15:05Three others were treated afterwards for minor
0:15:05 > 0:15:07injuries, including a police officer, in what
0:15:07 > 0:15:09the authorities have described as an attempted terror attack.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Police were called to a reported explosion,
0:15:11 > 0:15:13responding units found and injured 27-year-old male.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17We have identified him as Akayed Ullah.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19He had burns and wounds to his body.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22An investigation at the scene indicates he was wearing an
0:15:22 > 0:15:27improvised low-tech explosive device attached to his body.
0:15:27 > 0:15:34Coming at such a busy time in such a congested
0:15:34 > 0:15:40place, the intent appears to have been to cause maximum destruction.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43The Port Authority Bus Terminal serves 65 million passengers a year,
0:15:43 > 0:15:44this could have been so much worse.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46This was an attempted terrorist attack.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Thank God the perpetrator did not achieve his ultimate goals.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52Thank God our first responders were there
0:15:52 > 0:15:55so quickly to address the
0:15:55 > 0:15:58situation to make sure people were safe.
0:15:58 > 0:16:05What's remarkable is that within two hours of the attack, New
0:16:05 > 0:16:07York City has pretty much returned to normal.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10The subways are all open and people are going about their business.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13This attack failed to cause death and it
0:16:13 > 0:16:14failed to cause much disruption.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16The speed at which this city started moving
0:16:16 > 0:16:18again not only speaks of its
0:16:18 > 0:16:19determined resilience but also the creeping normalisation
0:16:19 > 0:16:24of these kind of attacks in the world's major cities.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26New Yorkers know that their transportation systems are
0:16:26 > 0:16:32vulnerable.
0:16:32 > 0:16:33Nick Bryant reporting there from New York.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36And joining us now from Philadelphia is Jack Thomas Tomarchio -
0:16:36 > 0:16:38a former Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Department
0:16:38 > 0:16:41of Homeland Security.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44Thank you very much for joining us. I want to pick up on that
0:16:44 > 0:16:48normalisation factor. There were some press reports that New Yorkers
0:16:48 > 0:16:52were panicking. There was actually no indication of that at all. Is
0:16:52 > 0:16:58there a risk that this process of normalising, that New Yorkers, like
0:16:58 > 0:17:02Europeans, are realising the city is vulnerable?I do not think there is
0:17:02 > 0:17:07a risk. New Yorkers... Unfortunately, many others across
0:17:07 > 0:17:17the world, we expect a terror attack in almost every month. People
0:17:17 > 0:17:21started to be vigilant and we have a situation that might not be normal,
0:17:21 > 0:17:27but I don't think by seeing people say, this is not a big deal... These
0:17:27 > 0:17:32are big deals. In this case, we had a low-tech explosive, an individual
0:17:32 > 0:17:35who probably was not very technically competent and we had no
0:17:35 > 0:17:38serious injuries, except maybe to the attacker himself. I do not think
0:17:38 > 0:17:43the populace has in any way become so blase about this that they do not
0:17:43 > 0:17:48feel these are important, because they still are. In the van attack in
0:17:48 > 0:17:51October in New York and in this one, in both cases, the suspects were
0:17:51 > 0:17:55taken alive.How critical and how useful is that for counterterror
0:17:55 > 0:18:02experts?Certainly from an intelligence standpoint, that is the
0:18:02 > 0:18:08gold standard. You do not exploit intelligence from dead people and
0:18:08 > 0:18:12you do not exploit intelligence from a dead attacker. The important thing
0:18:12 > 0:18:15now, the issue we are always concerned about post-attack, is who
0:18:15 > 0:18:19the individual was, what motivated the individual, how do the
0:18:19 > 0:18:23individual did what he did, how did the attacker get the money and
0:18:23 > 0:18:27support to do it? Were there other individuals who were conspirators or
0:18:27 > 0:18:34supporters? Was he part of a network or a cell? All of these pieces of
0:18:34 > 0:18:36information are critical for intelligence officers to build the
0:18:36 > 0:18:39whole picture of who the attacker was and what motivated him. It is
0:18:39 > 0:18:47very important for us.This guy came in on an immigrant Visa. He worked
0:18:47 > 0:18:51legally in New York between 2012 and 2015. He had a black cab, limousine
0:18:51 > 0:18:56driver's licence. Again, you have talked to us about the markers and
0:18:56 > 0:19:00social media activity that police and agencies try to pick up but that
0:19:00 > 0:19:03might not be anything in this man's background that would indicate he
0:19:03 > 0:19:09was a problem.That is absolutely right. This individual might be self
0:19:09 > 0:19:13radicalised. He might have a mental problem. He could have other issues
0:19:13 > 0:19:19that caused them to do this. We do not know right now. But we want to
0:19:19 > 0:19:22determine, digging and mine the data to find out what the motivations
0:19:22 > 0:19:28were. Again, if the individual, very much like the killer in Las Vegas,
0:19:28 > 0:19:30the shooter in Las Vegas, the individual leaves a normal life and
0:19:30 > 0:19:36may be as quiet and all of a sudden, in one instant of rage, comes out
0:19:36 > 0:19:41and commits an horrendous act, it is very difficult to find these people
0:19:41 > 0:19:45and predict them. Again, that is why we do the forensic analysis,
0:19:45 > 0:19:49psychological, psychosocial analysis of that individual's motivation and
0:19:49 > 0:19:53it's all personal history. As associations, friendships... That is
0:19:53 > 0:19:58what the meat of the post-incident forensic investigation is.It is
0:19:58 > 0:20:08good to talk to you. Thank you for coming on again.Thank you.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12Heavy snow, thick ice and high winds continue
0:20:12 > 0:20:15to cause trouble for commuters all over Europe.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17In Austria, winds up to 160-kilometres-per-an-hour
0:20:17 > 0:20:19rattled across the Alps, bringing down trees and power poles.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21In France, these traffic workers had to throw
0:20:21 > 0:20:24grit under the tyres of heavy vehicles to keep them moving
0:20:24 > 0:20:25on the slippery ice.
0:20:25 > 0:20:26And similar conditions on Italian roads.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29Some ferries in Naples were stuck in port due to the wind
0:20:29 > 0:20:31and train travellers also faced lengthy delays.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33At Europe's busiest airport, London Heathrow,
0:20:33 > 0:20:36a quarter of flights have been cancelled as the bad weather beds
0:20:36 > 0:20:36in - as our correspondent Sima Kotecha reports.
0:20:39 > 0:20:45A blanket of snow, covering large parts of the UK.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48An ideal playground for children, many of whom have had
0:20:48 > 0:20:50the day off with hundreds of schools closed due to treacherous
0:20:50 > 0:20:59conditions.
0:20:59 > 0:21:00Here in Birmingham, the council-run schools
0:21:00 > 0:21:01are closed today.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03The local authority has faced criticism
0:21:03 > 0:21:04with some saying there was
0:21:04 > 0:21:06no need because roads like this one have been
0:21:06 > 0:21:07cleared throughout the day.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09The council says tomorrow it will be up to individual
0:21:09 > 0:21:12headteachers as to whether they open or remain closed and that the
0:21:12 > 0:21:19priority for them is the safety of children.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21It's not just here, schools in Buckinghamshire,
0:21:21 > 0:21:25Shropshire and Staffordshire have also been closed.
0:21:25 > 0:21:26Many roads have been layered with ice, making
0:21:26 > 0:21:27driving difficult.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Some vehicle emergency services are claiming
0:21:29 > 0:21:30they've had almost 14,000 calls today
0:21:30 > 0:21:39from people struggling on the roads.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Yesterday we did 14,000, 600 of those were vehicles stuck
0:21:41 > 0:21:43in snow.
0:21:43 > 0:21:48Main advice would be take it very steady.
0:21:48 > 0:21:54Pack a few extras in the car, like a blanket, and make
0:21:54 > 0:21:59sure your torch and mobile phone is charged up.
0:21:59 > 0:22:04Make sure you have your main contacts saved in your phone.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07In south Wales, a lorry got its tyres stuck
0:22:07 > 0:22:10in the snow, while in Northern Ireland, a postcard picture emerged
0:22:10 > 0:22:11on the Belfast to Londonderry route.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14In the highest village in Surrey, freezing temperatures combined with
0:22:14 > 0:22:16strong winds proved challenging, but some of the locals cannot get
0:22:17 > 0:22:18enough.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21Up here, we sometimes get a flurry but it never really settles.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24And this is the first time in about three years we've had
0:22:24 > 0:22:29some decent snowfall.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32In the west Midlands, an NHS trust put an appeal out for
0:22:32 > 0:22:38four-wheel drive vehicles to help stranded nurses get to hospitals.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41We offered a number of them to our NHS colleagues
0:22:41 > 0:22:44because there's pressure on them at the moment to get patients to
0:22:44 > 0:22:45hospital.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47We have well-trained drivers and good vehicles that we
0:22:47 > 0:22:51are happy to lend.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55A quarter of the flights from Heathrow have been
0:22:55 > 0:22:59cancelled, while the Port of Calais has reopened.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02It had been closed for a few hours.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05However, it says there are still some delays to ferry
0:23:05 > 0:23:06services between the port and Dover.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09The Met office says it will be an extremely cold night with some
0:23:09 > 0:23:11places experiencing temperatures of around -12 Celsius.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Much of the snow will turn to ice, raising more
0:23:14 > 0:23:18concerns about getting out and about tomorrow.
0:23:23 > 0:23:29I think, for the first time ever in history, it probably goes into the
0:23:29 > 0:23:34Guinness book of records, you and I both had snow on the same weekend. I
0:23:34 > 0:23:39got three or four inches. I do not think it has been a news story at
0:23:39 > 0:23:42all. You probably were not aware of it. I flew into Washington from
0:23:42 > 0:23:47California, in a blizzard, the flight landed on time. No-one took
0:23:47 > 0:23:52any notice, except this person. This little animal took some notice. My
0:23:52 > 0:23:57new dog, Charlie! Charlie is a rescue dog from Tunisia who has
0:23:57 > 0:24:03never seems now before in his life. If he is from Tunisia, I can
0:24:03 > 0:24:07understand why!Random, but I have a rescue dog from Tunisia. Charlie
0:24:07 > 0:24:12loved it. He ran around like a little snow plough.I am submitting
0:24:12 > 0:24:16this is my first piece of evidence. It was filmed by my daughter. This
0:24:16 > 0:24:19proves firstly that it snowed and secondly that trains still run in
0:24:19 > 0:24:24Britain when it snows. This is the train back from the North yesterday.
0:24:24 > 0:24:31I had a little girl sitting next to me yet be so -- yesterday saying,
0:24:31 > 0:24:36can we get off the train? I said, when we get to London, it will be
0:24:36 > 0:24:41fine. Of course, in London, there was no snow.In lots of countries,
0:24:41 > 0:24:47trains to run on time when the snow. It is sort of thing.We have
0:24:47 > 0:24:49mastered the leaves and seemingly we're now getting to grips with the
0:24:49 > 0:24:57snow as well. So that is good. Just one line of news. I think this has
0:24:57 > 0:25:00broken while we were only. The Pentagon has announced transgender
0:25:00 > 0:25:06recruits will be annoyed to enlist into the military as of January the.
0:25:06 > 0:25:10-- allowed. That is after Donald Trump previously announced they
0:25:10 > 0:25:16would be banned. Two judges have overruled him.Like with the Muslim
0:25:16 > 0:25:20ban, he has to deal with the courts. He has limited powers as president.
0:25:20 > 0:25:25The interesting thing about transgender recruits is that the
0:25:25 > 0:25:28secretary of defence, General matters, has been in favour of still
0:25:28 > 0:25:32loving transgender members to serve in the military, which has
0:25:32 > 0:25:39putter-mac Dodds. It looks like Mattis and the courts agree on this
0:25:39 > 0:25:42one.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44This is Beyond 100 Days from the BBC.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46Coming up for viewers on the BBC News Channel
0:25:46 > 0:25:48and BBC World News - the American women calling
0:25:48 > 0:25:50on Congress to investigate allegations of misconduct
0:25:50 > 0:25:51by President Trump.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53We hear from one of them.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56And a breakthrough that brings hope for patients
0:25:56 > 0:25:59with Huntington's disease - the biggest advance for 50
0:26:00 > 0:26:01years.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03That's still to come.
0:26:08 > 0:26:13Thank you very much for joining me. Real concerns in the next few hours
0:26:13 > 0:26:16into the morning rush hour on Tuesday is the extent of the lying
0:26:16 > 0:26:33snow. And the
0:27:08 > 0:27:15-10, -11 Russell. Let us see how you will fare. We start the day on the
0:27:15 > 0:27:20school run or the commute. Enough to keep the frost at bay in parts of
0:27:20 > 0:27:22East
0:27:22 > 0:27:24keep the frost at bay in parts of East Anglia but we will see how
0:27:24 > 0:27:30those temperatures plummet, watch out for the fog as well, but even in
0:27:30 > 0:27:35the major conurbations, down 2-7d and then afterwards Manchester and
0:27:35 > 0:27:43Sheffield. Not overly warm. A brighter day for the most part, a
0:27:43 > 0:27:48crisp sort of day, that sunshine doing nothing for the temperatures
0:27:48 > 0:27:54at all, later in the day, another band of cloud and from the Atlantic
0:27:54 > 0:27:57and for a time, particularly over higher ground, there will be some
0:27:57 > 0:28:03transient snow as we bring the moisture in from the Atlantic.
0:28:03 > 0:28:09Elsewhere, there will be sunshine but no heat. Here is the picture on
0:28:09 > 0:28:16Tuesday into Wednesday, one pulse of cloud and rain works its way across.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20Some hefty showers following on behind, ganging together to rob you
0:28:20 > 0:28:26of your sunshine until the break-out and something drier and brighter and
0:28:26 > 0:28:29the temperatures are last on the up.
0:30:09 > 0:30:16This is Beyond 100 Days. Our top stories. It is almost time to vote
0:30:16 > 0:30:26in Alabama. It is still too close to call. A Bangladeshi man sets off an
0:30:26 > 0:30:30explosion at a busy New York subway station. And coming up in the next
0:30:30 > 0:30:34half an hour, three women who have accused Donald Trump of sexual
0:30:34 > 0:30:38harassment say it is time for Congress to hold an enquiry. Awards
0:30:38 > 0:30:42season is here and the Golden Globes, kicking it off, we will see
0:30:42 > 0:30:49who made the short list. Let us know your thoughts.
0:30:55 > 0:31:00Three women who have accused Donald Trump of sexual harassment have
0:31:00 > 0:31:03demanded a Congressional enquiry. They say that before he became the
0:31:03 > 0:31:07presidential candidate he groped them and forcibly kissed them. The
0:31:07 > 0:31:11White House has said that those claims are false and the women say
0:31:11 > 0:31:14there was a contrast between the men who have recently been accused of
0:31:14 > 0:31:17sexual harassment have been fired and a President who is still in
0:31:17 > 0:31:24office. One of the women has been speaking to my colleague. Speaking
0:31:24 > 0:31:27out about sexual misconduct, but in this case it is the most powerful
0:31:27 > 0:31:32man in the world they are accusing. In an objective setting without
0:31:32 > 0:31:36question, a person with this record would have entered the graveyard of
0:31:36 > 0:31:40political aspirations, never to return yet here are with that man as
0:31:40 > 0:31:45President.These women spoke out one year ago but in the wake of the
0:31:45 > 0:31:48Harvey Weinstein scandal they are calling on Congress to investigate
0:31:48 > 0:31:59the President.This is not a partisan issue. This is how women
0:31:59 > 0:32:02are every day.This is not a partisan issue. Jessica who was at
0:32:02 > 0:32:04the news conference said she was assaulted by Mr Trump decades ago
0:32:04 > 0:32:08while she was sitting next to him on a flight.The next thing I know,
0:32:08 > 0:32:15Donald Trump is over me like a wet blanket. He is kissing and fondling
0:32:15 > 0:32:19and everything and the next thing I realised was that he was putting his
0:32:19 > 0:32:23hand up my skirt. I grabbed my purse and went to the back of the
0:32:23 > 0:32:30aeroplane.It was after the release of this tape where Mr Trump can be
0:32:30 > 0:32:34heard about groping women when more than a dozen accusers came forward
0:32:34 > 0:32:38with allegations of sexual misconduct.All I can say is that is
0:32:38 > 0:32:44totally fake news, it is fake, made up stuff and it is disgraceful what
0:32:44 > 0:32:48happens, but that happens in the world of politics, John.In the past
0:32:48 > 0:32:52week, three members of Congress have been forced to resign over
0:32:52 > 0:32:56accusations of sexual misconduct. In this current climate, many are
0:32:56 > 0:33:06asking whether same
0:33:09 > 0:33:12pressure at the gates of the White House. But many voters simply are
0:33:12 > 0:33:14not concerned. Donald Trump won the election in spite of these
0:33:14 > 0:33:17allegations which he denies. At a time when so many women are sharing
0:33:17 > 0:33:19their stories, Jessica wants to make sure that hers is not forgotten and
0:33:19 > 0:33:22that the President of the United States is held to account.People
0:33:22 > 0:33:26who have experienced this remember every detail. They remember when it
0:33:26 > 0:33:31happened, they remember who it happened with, they remember where
0:33:31 > 0:33:36they were, they remember how they got out of it, they remember going
0:33:36 > 0:33:43home and most of them would say, and I threw away my clothes. We don't
0:33:43 > 0:33:50forget this.Jessica leads speaking to my colleague. In the last few
0:33:50 > 0:33:56minutes the White House press secretary was asked about those
0:33:56 > 0:33:59allegations of sexual misconduct against President Trump.The
0:33:59 > 0:34:03President has addressed these accusations directly and denied all
0:34:03 > 0:34:08of these allegations and this took place long before he was elected to
0:34:08 > 0:34:14be President and the people of this country had a decisive election
0:34:14 > 0:34:17supported President Trump and we feel like these allegations have
0:34:17 > 0:34:23been answer to that process.That is the response of Sarah Sanders,
0:34:23 > 0:34:26wonder woman in the administration but another senior person has seen
0:34:26 > 0:34:34it another way. The American ambassador to the United Nations
0:34:34 > 0:34:38came out over the course of the weekend, gave a television interview
0:34:38 > 0:34:41and was asked about these accusers and whether they should be believed.
0:34:41 > 0:34:47Listen to her response. Women who accuse anyone should be heard. They
0:34:47 > 0:34:50should be heard and they should be dealt with and I think we heard from
0:34:50 > 0:34:55them prior to the election and I think any woman who has felt
0:34:55 > 0:34:58violated or felt mistreated and anyway, they have every right to
0:34:58 > 0:35:03speak out.It is interesting, you have the President saying it is fake
0:35:03 > 0:35:07news, his UN ambassadors saying that these women deserve to be heard and
0:35:07 > 0:35:10Sarah Sanders, amateur what she was saying that she seemed to be saying
0:35:10 > 0:35:17that there was an election, we won, that settles it.I have watched
0:35:17 > 0:35:20these women who have accused him being interviewed on the American
0:35:20 > 0:35:24networks only get the impression that they remember every detail.
0:35:24 > 0:35:33They are very convincing. On the other side they say that a lot these
0:35:33 > 0:35:37allegations...Women are trying to say this is not a political issue,
0:35:37 > 0:35:44this needs to be bipartisan, we have seen this debate. The response
0:35:44 > 0:35:49should not be Republican or Democrat despite the fact of course that the
0:35:49 > 0:35:52President is a Republican and it is easy for this to become politicised
0:35:52 > 0:35:58but a lot of women want to resist that temptation. With the terms of a
0:35:58 > 0:36:02divorce agreement in place the way is clear for the EU and the UK to
0:36:02 > 0:36:07begin talks about trade but how closely aligned should they remain
0:36:07 > 0:36:11to the single market after Brexit? One of the people whose job it is to
0:36:11 > 0:36:16ensure a level playing field is Margaret Thursday. She has been a
0:36:16 > 0:36:19thorn in the side of the big tech companies who have managed to avoid
0:36:19 > 0:36:23paying corporation tax and when I spoke to her earlier I began by
0:36:23 > 0:36:26asking whether Apple has paved the billions of back taxes she has
0:36:26 > 0:36:31demanded from them for business conducted here in Europe.They have
0:36:31 > 0:36:37not paid that. This is why we have referred them to the EU courts. We
0:36:37 > 0:36:41have seen the recovery from the Dutch authorities,
0:36:41 > 0:36:48from the Belgian authorities, they have recovered unpaid taxes and the
0:36:48 > 0:36:54Irish will have to recover unpaid taxes as well.When it comes to the
0:36:54 > 0:36:59big companies, you have also find Google for abusing dominance in
0:36:59 > 0:37:03search, Facebook for providing misleading information in its
0:37:03 > 0:37:08accusation that rapper acquisition of what's up. Do you think the tech
0:37:08 > 0:37:15giants, particularly the tech giants need to do more?They need to follow
0:37:15 > 0:37:19our common rule book, because it is for everyone to do business in
0:37:19 > 0:37:23Europe but we do have a common rule book and that applies for US
0:37:23 > 0:37:27companies as well as European companies, as well as any other
0:37:27 > 0:37:32company and I think it is important for businesses to say we want to
0:37:32 > 0:37:36compete on merit and not by cutting corners.Can I talk to you about the
0:37:36 > 0:37:41Brexit negotiation because you are at the competition commissioner and
0:37:41 > 0:37:47I'm sure you have an interest in regulations and rules, what do you
0:37:47 > 0:37:52understand by full alignment?It is important for us as well as for the
0:37:52 > 0:37:56UK businesses to have a level playing field, so that we compete on
0:37:56 > 0:38:02the quality of products, prices, services that we attach to it and
0:38:02 > 0:38:06that is what we compete on.A lot of people raise the example of the
0:38:06 > 0:38:11chlorinated check-in. Say that the UK does a trade deal with the United
0:38:11 > 0:38:15States, we know that chlorinated chicken is not accepted in the
0:38:15 > 0:38:20European Union so what happens to chicken farmers who might deal with
0:38:20 > 0:38:24European Union, how does that work, technically?I don't know what to
0:38:24 > 0:38:27tell you and I think that is why a lot of people have the uncertainty
0:38:27 > 0:38:32about what will happen in the future and that is why it would be a good
0:38:32 > 0:38:42thing to advance the negotiation, to be able to give answers to people so
0:38:42 > 0:38:44they know where to do their business, where to engage themselves
0:38:44 > 0:38:47in future openings and this is our ambition, to get on with it enabled
0:38:47 > 0:38:50to be able to provide answers to that question and many others.You
0:38:50 > 0:38:54have said before that when it comes to tax harmonisation and the
0:38:54 > 0:38:57harmonisation of rules and regulations, you're not a
0:38:57 > 0:39:01Federalist, but the things we are reading in the UK this week from
0:39:01 > 0:39:05people like Martin Schulz, the former President of the European
0:39:05 > 0:39:07Parliament is that he once the United States of Europe and when
0:39:07 > 0:39:11people at the back, they think, most people in the UK did not want that
0:39:11 > 0:39:16so maybe they were right to leave. The good thing about Europe is that
0:39:16 > 0:39:21everyone can form their own opinion. I am entitled to mine as well as
0:39:21 > 0:39:26Martin Schulz is entitled to his. I am not a Federalist, I think what we
0:39:26 > 0:39:32have created in Europe is unique, it is not a copy of something historic,
0:39:32 > 0:39:35it is not out of the theory book, what someone has just thought of, it
0:39:35 > 0:39:42is concrete and develop democracy based on European history and I
0:39:42 > 0:39:47think that is a good thing. I think we are developing according to what
0:39:47 > 0:39:50people want.The Prime Minister of the UK said that she wanted a deep
0:39:50 > 0:39:54and special partnership with the European Union but there is a lot of
0:39:54 > 0:39:57frustration at the moment directed at Ireland because it has these
0:39:57 > 0:40:04corporate tax rates at 12.5% and we have talked about the difficulties
0:40:04 > 0:40:06that has posed in relation to Apple, are you concerned that when Britain
0:40:06 > 0:40:09is a sovereign state and the government is making sovereign
0:40:09 > 0:40:15decisions that it will exist as a low tax economy off the European
0:40:15 > 0:40:20mainland?The UK is an active part of this tax Alliance and they see no
0:40:20 > 0:40:25reason why the UK should leave that. It comes from, I think, a conviction
0:40:25 > 0:40:29from the rest of the countries that not only many company should pay
0:40:29 > 0:40:38their taxes but that all companies should pay their taxes.Margaret
0:40:38 > 0:40:49Vestager there with some interesting thoughts.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54Theresa May promised to ensure that no new barriers were put in place
0:40:54 > 0:40:57between Northern Ireland and the Republican to said that the UK would
0:40:57 > 0:41:01be leaving the EU in a smooth and orderly way.I know that some
0:41:01 > 0:41:06doubted we would reach this stage. The process ahead will not be easy.
0:41:06 > 0:41:11The progress so far has required give and take for the UK and EU to
0:41:11 > 0:41:15move forwards together and that is what we have done. Of course,
0:41:15 > 0:41:23nothing is agreed until is agreed.I think the Prime Minister has the
0:41:23 > 0:41:26Christmas spirit thinking that leave and remain above be happy about the
0:41:26 > 0:41:31same thing.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34The Israeli prime minister and the EU foreign policy chief have
0:41:34 > 0:41:36publicly disagreed over the US decision to recognise Jerusalem
0:41:36 > 0:41:37as the country's capital.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39Federica Mogherini has said the EU would not recognise
0:41:39 > 0:41:42Jerusalem as the capital, as President Trump did last week.
0:41:42 > 0:41:43Meanwhile, the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu,
0:41:43 > 0:41:46said the US decision was a recognition of reality.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48Critics continue to demonstrate against Mr Trump's decision.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51In Beirut today, tens of thousands of supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah
0:41:51 > 0:41:52demonstrated chanting "Death to America!"
0:41:52 > 0:41:53and "Death to Israel!".
0:41:53 > 0:42:03Our Middle East correspondent Martin Patience was there.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06An extraordinary turnout, is expected here in the Southern
0:42:06 > 0:42:11suburbs of Beirut which is the strong but -- stronghold of
0:42:11 > 0:42:14Hezbollah are. Hundreds of supporters turning out onto the
0:42:14 > 0:42:19straight from all walks of life, this is more of a movement than just
0:42:19 > 0:42:24a political grip and they have been denouncing the decision of Donald
0:42:24 > 0:42:31Trump to name Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. As far as they
0:42:31 > 0:42:33are concerned, Jerusalem will always be an Arab capital and the reality
0:42:33 > 0:42:38is that there are plenty of protest, they are saying we will give our
0:42:38 > 0:42:43blood, our souls to the Palestinian cause, this is about domestic
0:42:43 > 0:42:49politics, about rallying support for Hezbollah around the Palestinian
0:42:49 > 0:42:53flag as well as the issue of Israel. A fifth day of protest in the Middle
0:42:53 > 0:42:56East.
0:42:56 > 0:43:02Survivors and breathed families have called for the parry into the
0:43:02 > 0:43:10Grenfell Tower fire to be helmed by volunteers. They will set out the
0:43:10 > 0:43:13future of the enquiries work, victims of the fire say they are
0:43:13 > 0:43:15already being pushed to the sideline.
0:43:15 > 0:43:18Bitcoin has begun trading on a major exchange for the first
0:43:18 > 0:43:20time after launching on Chicago's CBOE futures exchange.
0:43:20 > 0:43:23The move allows investors not just to buy and sell the electronic
0:43:23 > 0:43:26currency but to bet on whether it price will rise or fall.
0:43:26 > 0:43:28It's already gone from being valued at $1,000
0:43:28 > 0:43:30at the start of the year, to rising above $18,000
0:43:30 > 0:43:40today.
0:43:45 > 0:43:52The governing for Corsica Coalition won 56.5% of votes in the second
0:43:52 > 0:43:56round of polling on Sunday. The national say they want more
0:43:56 > 0:43:58autonomy, not full independence.
0:43:58 > 0:44:01Saudi Arabia has announced it will lift a ban on commercial
0:44:01 > 0:44:03cinemas that has lasted more than three decades.
0:44:03 > 0:44:05The Ministry of Culture and information said it would begin
0:44:05 > 0:44:07issuing licences immediately and that the first cinemas
0:44:07 > 0:44:09were expected to open in March 2018.
0:44:09 > 0:44:11The kingdom did have cinemas back in the 1970s,
0:44:11 > 0:44:20but clerics persuaded authorities to close them.
0:44:20 > 0:44:32This is Beyond 100 Days and still to come...
0:44:39 > 0:44:40The TV star Keith Chegwin -
0:44:40 > 0:44:43better known to fans and friends as Cheggers - has died
0:44:43 > 0:44:44at the age of 60.
0:44:44 > 0:44:46He died at home after battling a progressive lung condition.
0:44:46 > 0:44:48Chegwin became a household name hosting shows like
0:44:48 > 0:44:50Multi-Coloured Swap Shop and Cheggers Plays Pop.
0:44:50 > 0:44:52Here's our entertainment correspondent, Lizo Mzimba.
0:44:57 > 0:44:59His energy, his sheer enthusiasm, made Keith Chegwin
0:44:59 > 0:45:05into a household name.
0:45:05 > 0:45:07Welcome to our very special Christmas edition
0:45:07 > 0:45:08of Cheggers Plays Pop.
0:45:08 > 0:45:09From everybody here...
0:45:09 > 0:45:18Merry Christmas!
0:45:18 > 0:45:22Figures who worked with him have been paying tribute.I knew he was
0:45:22 > 0:45:28very well, I spoke to him about four weeks ago and he said he was
0:45:28 > 0:45:34recovering, so I did not expect this and it is very sad news.Maggie
0:45:34 > 0:45:40Philbin said it is incredibly sad, he was a one-off, full of life,
0:45:40 > 0:45:45generous and with a focus on things that mattered, his family. Keith was
0:45:45 > 0:45:48loved by everyone who knew and worked with him. His career did
0:45:48 > 0:45:53decline for a time and the public was shocked to discover that he was
0:45:53 > 0:45:58an alcoholic, something he spoke about when he appeared on Celebrity
0:45:58 > 0:46:03Big Brother.I do all the tricks. You never buy a full bottle of
0:46:03 > 0:46:12whiskey because you cannot hide it, so you by four half bottles.In fact
0:46:12 > 0:46:16reality TV gave him a new outlook, he was able to regain much of the
0:46:16 > 0:46:20fame from his early career thanks to his honesty, his personality and his
0:46:20 > 0:46:28endless ability to laugh at himself. And fuse TV stars can claim to have
0:46:28 > 0:46:33had a top-selling chart hit, to have entertained millions while in their
0:46:33 > 0:46:37teens and then to have still been doing the same for viewers decades
0:46:37 > 0:46:41later.
0:46:49 > 0:46:51You're watching Beyond One Hundred Days.
0:46:51 > 0:46:52Scientists are hailing a major breakthrough
0:46:52 > 0:46:55in the search for a treatment for the brain disease Huntington's.
0:46:55 > 0:46:57A research team at University College London has managed
0:46:57 > 0:46:59to correct the defect which causes Huntington's and now hopes
0:46:59 > 0:47:01the deadly disease can be stopped.
0:47:01 > 0:47:03The development has been described as the "biggest
0:47:03 > 0:47:04breakthrough in neurodegenerative diseases for 50 years".
0:47:04 > 0:47:09Here's our health correspondent, James Gallagher.
0:47:09 > 0:47:11When you've got something that's degenerative, you know every day,
0:47:11 > 0:47:19the last day was probably better than the next one is going to be.
0:47:19 > 0:47:22This family has been blighted by Huntington's,
0:47:22 > 0:47:30they have seen their mother Stephanie, uncle Keith and
0:47:30 > 0:47:31grandmother Olive all dying from it.
0:47:31 > 0:47:34They describe it as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and motor neuron disease
0:47:34 > 0:47:39rolled into one.
0:47:39 > 0:47:41Frank, his sister Sandy and also their brother
0:47:41 > 0:47:43Peter's brains will all slowly degenerate from Huntington's too but
0:47:43 > 0:47:44now they have hope.
0:47:44 > 0:47:46The treatment is called gene silencing.
0:47:46 > 0:47:50Huntington's disease is the result of a corrupted
0:47:50 > 0:47:53gene that leads to the creation of a toxic
0:47:53 > 0:47:54protein which destroys the
0:47:54 > 0:47:58brain.
0:47:58 > 0:48:02A messenger carries the blueprint from the corrupted gene.
0:48:02 > 0:48:06This treatment sticks to the messenger, disabling it
0:48:06 > 0:48:14and lowering the production of the toxic protein.
0:48:14 > 0:48:1746 patients had to be experimental drug injected into the fluid that
0:48:17 > 0:48:22babes the brain and spinal cord.
0:48:22 > 0:48:24The therapy was safe and effective, led
0:48:24 > 0:48:26by scientists at University College London, who say the results are of
0:48:26 > 0:48:30ground-breaking importance.
0:48:30 > 0:48:32For the first time we have the potential and
0:48:32 > 0:48:35hope for a therapy that one day may slow or prevent Huntington's disease
0:48:35 > 0:48:42completely.
0:48:42 > 0:48:47This is the experimental therapy.
0:48:47 > 0:48:49It is exciting but it is not a cure.
0:48:49 > 0:48:52It will require far more research and following patients for
0:48:52 > 0:48:55years to come.
0:48:55 > 0:48:58This is a brain dying of Huntington's.
0:48:58 > 0:49:01Doctors are starting longer trials to see
0:49:01 > 0:49:03whether targeting the protein can change the course of this disease
0:49:03 > 0:49:06for families like the Allens.
0:49:06 > 0:49:09If it works and it stops me getting any
0:49:09 > 0:49:12worse, that will be fantastic.
0:49:12 > 0:49:15Personally I never really thought it would happen, that that would
0:49:15 > 0:49:18happen.
0:49:18 > 0:49:24It's all about can we stop it in other people, our children.
0:49:24 > 0:49:26Toxic proteins also build up in the brains
0:49:26 > 0:49:28of patients with diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
0:49:28 > 0:49:31Trials are now planned to see if gene silencing could help these
0:49:31 > 0:49:41people too.
0:49:41 > 0:49:42It's that time of year when Holywood
0:49:42 > 0:49:45rolls out the red carpet.
0:49:45 > 0:49:47Awards season is here with the Golden Globes
0:49:47 > 0:49:50announcing its short list this morning.
0:49:50 > 0:49:52Leading the pack is Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del
0:49:52 > 0:49:54Toro's The Shape Of Water, which gets seven nominations.
0:49:54 > 0:50:03Other films to watch are The Post -
0:50:03 > 0:50:03This
0:50:03 > 0:50:05a tribute to journalism with stars Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep.
0:50:05 > 0:50:08And in the best drama category, the British World War II tale
0:50:08 > 0:50:10Dunkirk is also on the list.
0:50:10 > 0:50:20Joining us is Larry Hackett, the former editor in chief of People.
0:50:20 > 0:50:24one thing that interests me is that we always look for it seems, every
0:50:24 > 0:50:28year at the Golden Globes and the Oscars we look to see what Hollywood
0:50:28 > 0:50:33is preoccupied with. In this first year after Trump has become
0:50:33 > 0:50:38President, are we seeing any trompe type themes in this?It is hard to
0:50:38 > 0:50:47say. You can look at The Post as being an example of the triumph of
0:50:47 > 0:50:52journalism. People will look at that as the triumph and defiance of a
0:50:52 > 0:50:57free press. There may be Allagui reason with The Shape of Water which
0:50:57 > 0:51:03is a Cold War film about a strange creatures trying to keep from the
0:51:03 > 0:51:07Russians, I'm not sure what the analysis would be, but I'm sure
0:51:07 > 0:51:10something is there. You have not only the administration and
0:51:10 > 0:51:13political climate but you have the climate particularly in the last
0:51:13 > 0:51:18quarter of the year with sexual harassment. Harvey Weinstein was
0:51:18 > 0:51:22caught up in this and the crimes he has been accused of having the most
0:51:22 > 0:51:27egregious and you have seen that reflected here in the nominations,
0:51:27 > 0:51:31both transparent which had Jeffrey Tambo as the star and he has been
0:51:31 > 0:51:34accused of harassment was not nominated nor House of Cards which
0:51:34 > 0:51:39starred Kevin Spacey. Both of those which had been at home in the
0:51:39 > 0:51:43nomination categories for the past several years, with no nominations.
0:51:43 > 0:51:47That is a reflection of the way Hollywood is reacting to what is
0:51:47 > 0:51:52happening.Just because it has been so busy here, I have not had time to
0:51:52 > 0:51:58see many of these, the one I want to see is three billboards, just
0:51:58 > 0:52:03because I love Francis McDormand.I have not seen it. It is a small
0:52:03 > 0:52:10movie. It is a real surprise here, it has got mixed reviews. It is a
0:52:10 > 0:52:13vehicle for Frances McCartney, she eats up the screen and is a
0:52:13 > 0:52:18compelling figure. It is a surprise. It will be interesting to see, the
0:52:18 > 0:52:24Golden Globes is the first nominated show, is what lasts into the Oscars.
0:52:24 > 0:52:28The Shape of Water and certainly The Post will be there for the
0:52:28 > 0:52:35nominations. The director of the loved Ladybird was not nominated for
0:52:35 > 0:52:40Best Director nor was the director of wonder woman. They will probably
0:52:40 > 0:52:44get Oscar nominations because there is a backlash already that all the
0:52:44 > 0:52:48director nominees are all men. That will be interesting to see how that
0:52:48 > 0:52:54plays out.Since we are talking about themes, we have a mini British
0:52:54 > 0:52:58team, we have Dunkirk that is nominated for Best motion picture
0:52:58 > 0:53:05and Gary Oldman nominated for Best actor in the new Churchill drama,
0:53:05 > 0:53:11Darkest Hour.We are very supportive of that idea, obviously the great
0:53:11 > 0:53:14escape from Dunkirk and what Churchill went through. I don't want
0:53:14 > 0:53:19to say it is a comic book that it is a storybook version of what the
0:53:19 > 0:53:22British endured during the war and the performance by Gary Oldman was
0:53:22 > 0:53:28acclaimed and I think they will go far. They're more like Oscar movies
0:53:28 > 0:53:37than golden globe movies so I think they will both be there.You talked
0:53:37 > 0:53:41a little bit about Hollywood moving on, Christopher Plummer has been
0:53:41 > 0:53:47nominated for a role which was Kevin Spacey's. We saw a trailer for this
0:53:47 > 0:53:52movie with Kevin Spacey in it and he was pulled out and now Christopher
0:53:52 > 0:53:56Plummer has a nomination.There has been a lot of media with Christopher
0:53:56 > 0:54:01Plummer in there. There have been a lot of trailers on TV with
0:54:01 > 0:54:06Christopher Plummer in it. I defy you to ask anyone who has seen the
0:54:06 > 0:54:12trailer to understand what it is about. That is not what is happening
0:54:12 > 0:54:17here, this is not about John Paul Getty. It is about Ridley Scott and
0:54:17 > 0:54:21the removal of Kevin Spacey. Seth Meyers is going to be the host, you
0:54:21 > 0:54:25can be sure that there will be plenty of comments about this, the
0:54:25 > 0:54:29Golden Globes tends to be a somewhat champagne fuelled affair when things
0:54:29 > 0:54:34get a little more casual and of script and the Oscars, so coming as
0:54:34 > 0:54:37it does now right after this election coming up in Alabama and
0:54:37 > 0:54:41all that has gone on the sheer politically, with the sexual
0:54:41 > 0:54:48harassment, you can be pretty sure it is going to be a night.Thank you
0:54:48 > 0:54:51for joining us. When I was in LA last week, those billboards were all
0:54:51 > 0:54:58over the place with Christopher Plummer's name all over it. It was
0:54:58 > 0:55:01super fast that they turn that movie around.
0:55:01 > 0:55:04Just before we go, the United States could soon
0:55:04 > 0:55:06be sending humans back to the moon and beyond.
0:55:06 > 0:55:08President Trump is scheduled to sign a directive
0:55:08 > 0:55:10instructing Nasa to start a space mission to the moon
0:55:10 > 0:55:11and eventually to Mars.
0:55:11 > 0:55:14The last time the US sent astronauts to the moon
0:55:14 > 0:55:17was in 1972 on Apollo 17.
0:55:30 > 0:55:34My daughter was at the science Museum and I think she saw Apollo 12
0:55:34 > 0:55:40and Apollo 14 and she is into Moon stuff at the moment. This is
0:55:40 > 0:55:43interesting because there are scientists who have said that going
0:55:43 > 0:55:46to the moon, we have learned all we could learn from going to the moon
0:55:46 > 0:55:51and it should not be the focus of the US space budget but that the
0:55:51 > 0:55:53technology now with telescopes is so strong and that we should find out
0:55:53 > 0:55:56more about our universe from technology rather than sending
0:55:56 > 0:56:00people out there and I will miss you, Christian,