0:00:10 > 0:00:18You're watching beyond 100 days. Democrats celebrate victory in
0:00:18 > 0:00:24Alabama where they have returned one of their own to the Senate. It is a
0:00:24 > 0:00:28blow for President Trump, Steve Bannon and other Republicans who
0:00:28 > 0:00:31campaigned for the controversial candidate Roy Moore. A Democrat
0:00:31 > 0:00:41elected in the deep South is a big shop but what does it mean?We have
0:00:41 > 0:00:45shown not just in Alabama but we have shown the country the way, that
0:00:45 > 0:00:49we can be unified.Donald Trump now says that he knew all along that Roy
0:00:49 > 0:00:55Moore could not win of the loss shrinks his Senate majority and
0:00:55 > 0:00:59makes his job harder. US secretary of state Rex Tillerson said America
0:00:59 > 0:01:03would sit down to talk to North Korea without preconditions. The
0:01:03 > 0:01:07White House says, not so fast. Also the British Government accused of
0:01:07 > 0:01:11being deaf to the Brexit concerned of its own MPs. The prime Minster
0:01:11 > 0:01:16faces rebellion on a key piece of Brexit legislation, the vote
0:01:16 > 0:01:21expected in Parliament any time now. And the words of the year, what do
0:01:21 > 0:01:25events around the world tell us about what people are searching for
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0:01:38 > 0:01:44Hello I'm Katty Kay in Washington, Christian Fraser is in London.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Democrats today are triumphant, celebrating their first big victory
0:01:47 > 0:01:52in Alabama in more than 20 years. They're hoping it is a sign that the
0:01:52 > 0:01:56political tide is turning in their favour. Democratic voters turned out
0:01:56 > 0:02:01in almost record numbers. Party leaders suggest it is the President
0:02:01 > 0:02:08Trump affect. But how much does it reflect the rest of the country. The
0:02:08 > 0:02:14Republican candidate Roy Moore was both extreme and exceptional.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Democrats are unlikely to run against someone quite like him
0:02:16 > 0:02:21anywhere else. A short time ago President Trump expressed his regret
0:02:21 > 0:02:30over not picking up that Alabama seat.We lost a seat, many
0:02:30 > 0:02:36Republicans feel they were happy it turned out that way.But I would
0:02:36 > 0:02:41have liked to have the seat. With more on the dramatic results last
0:02:41 > 0:02:45night here is Nick Bryant.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Modern-day Democrats aren't supposed to win staunchly conservative
0:02:47 > 0:02:49states like Alabama.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52It's 25 years since that happened.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54So no wonder this blizzard of confetti to mark the shock
0:02:54 > 0:02:57victory of Doug Jones.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00Alabama has been at a crossroads.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03We have been at a crossroads in the past.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07And unfortunately we have usually taken the wrong fork.
0:03:07 > 0:03:14Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, you took the right road!
0:03:14 > 0:03:16The losing Republican candidate, Roy Moore, thought
0:03:16 > 0:03:19he was on his way to Washington.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21But he was hit by allegations, which he denies, of sexual
0:03:21 > 0:03:24misconduct against teenage girls.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27And shunned by senior figures in the Republican establishment.
0:03:27 > 0:03:32That is where the anger of his dejected supporters was directed.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35It is really sad for the people of Alabama, what took place
0:03:35 > 0:03:37in this state tonight.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39You think you have been betrayed by the Republican establishment?
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Absolutely.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43No doubt about that.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45You know, there was a lot of dirty politics going on.
0:03:45 > 0:03:55I have never seen such ugly slander, what I believe were blatant lies.
0:04:05 > 0:04:06I have never seen such despicable behaviour.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08# You can't always get what you want...
0:04:08 > 0:04:09It's true.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11You can't always get what you want.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13A lesson for Donald Trump, who has strongly backed Roy Moore.
0:04:14 > 0:04:15So get out and vote for Roy Moore...
0:04:15 > 0:04:19So this is a big black eye for the president and also a failure
0:04:19 > 0:04:20of the Trump political playbook.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23To deny accusations of wrongdoing as fake news and to attack accusers.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25In Washington this reduces the Republican majority in the US
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Senate to a single seat, making it even harder
0:04:27 > 0:04:32for Donald Trump to get legislation through Congress.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34It also boosts Democratic hopes of winning back control
0:04:34 > 0:04:39of Capitol Hill in congressional elections next year.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42A key battleground will be the suburbs, and this
0:04:42 > 0:04:44election revealed a weakness there for Donald Trump amongst
0:04:44 > 0:04:47moderate Republicans.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50On his Twitter feed this morning the president was blaming a flawed
0:04:50 > 0:04:54Republican candidate for this humiliating defeat.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57But Donald Trump was also a big loser.
0:04:57 > 0:05:05Nick Bryant, BBC News, Alabama.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Senior Republicans on the Hill had been telling
0:05:07 > 0:05:09the President for weeks that Roy Moore was a bad candidate.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13So perhaps there was a sense of Shadenfreude among some today.
0:05:13 > 0:05:14Senator Jeff Flake,
0:05:14 > 0:05:17who was so appalled by Moore's selection - he sent
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Doug Jones 100 dollars for his campaign, tweeted this: -
0:05:19 > 0:05:23Decency wins.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25The Republican representative Pete King went
0:05:25 > 0:05:28a little further: After Alabama disaster GOP must do right thing
0:05:28 > 0:05:30and DUMP Steve Bannon.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32His act is tired, inane and morally vacuous.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34If we are to Make America Great Again for all
0:05:35 > 0:05:35Americans, Bannon must go!
0:05:35 > 0:05:42And go NOW!!
0:05:42 > 0:05:49Joining us now from Capitol Hill is the BBC's Laura Bicker.
0:05:49 > 0:05:56What do they make of this on the Democratic side?I have been
0:05:56 > 0:06:00listening to one senator who has been speaking to the networks and
0:06:00 > 0:06:04talking about a grassroots movement in Alabama. He said they were on the
0:06:04 > 0:06:09ground way before the sexual allegations came to light. They're
0:06:09 > 0:06:15saying that this is the path to victory when it comes to 2018, but
0:06:15 > 0:06:19they can wrestle back control of the Senate. The Republicans are throwing
0:06:19 > 0:06:25a bit of cold water on that because they are saying when it comes to
0:06:25 > 0:06:29this victory it was a one-off, it was extraordinary circumstances and
0:06:29 > 0:06:34that is what caused their man to lose. That he was the wrong
0:06:34 > 0:06:38candidate in the first place. When you look at the numbers and break it
0:06:38 > 0:06:45down it is interesting to see that the Democratic vote came from
0:06:45 > 0:06:50predominantly African-American voters, 90% of them of African
0:06:50 > 0:06:53American women voted for Dow Jones and on the other side looking at Roy
0:06:53 > 0:06:58Moore most of his vote was predominantly white and over 65.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02When you look at where the Republicans on the hill apportion
0:07:02 > 0:07:06the blame clearly going after Steve Bannon who was in the Hamptons last
0:07:06 > 0:07:10night ironically. They want the president to listen a little less to
0:07:10 > 0:07:17Steve Bannon.I think when it comes to the kind of Steve Bannon versus
0:07:17 > 0:07:20establishment Republican argument here today there is a lot of
0:07:20 > 0:07:24finger-pointing at Steve Bannon. Elsewhere perhaps out in the Midwest
0:07:24 > 0:07:30there are saying hang on, Mitch McConnell did not do much to support
0:07:30 > 0:07:32the candidate, establishment Republicans were not there on the
0:07:32 > 0:07:36ground and that is why Roy Moore may have lost. But when you speak to
0:07:36 > 0:07:43people hear what they're trying to look at, lesson learned.Here's what
0:07:43 > 0:07:50one had to say earlier. Should we be concerned about being able to do
0:07:50 > 0:07:53better with younger voters and African American voters, absolutely,
0:07:53 > 0:08:01we need to do better. We need to have a good substantive agenda and
0:08:01 > 0:08:06communicated a lot better. We do a poor job of communicating our agenda
0:08:06 > 0:08:10to people in the coalition and we have got to go out and get more
0:08:10 > 0:08:15people, younger people, African Americans, Hispanics, bring more
0:08:15 > 0:08:23people in to be a successful majority party.So both sides
0:08:23 > 0:08:28looking at this as a way to learn a lesson. What worked, what did not
0:08:28 > 0:08:34stop both have got an eye on 2018. For the moment, thank you very much.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37That's the reaction on the Hill, let's have a quick look
0:08:37 > 0:08:38at reaction from Alabama today.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Here's the local morning papers.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42The Anniston Star goes all in on the Democratic colour.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46Here's the Montgomery Advertiser - "Sen Jones D for Democrat" -
0:08:46 > 0:08:51and the Auburn News - "Alabama Stunner".
0:08:51 > 0:08:53So what does this mean for Mr Trump's supporters?
0:08:53 > 0:08:55With me in the studio is Republican Mica Mosbacher
0:08:55 > 0:08:58who serves on the national advisory board of Trump for
0:08:58 > 0:09:05President in 2020.
0:09:05 > 0:09:10If there is one lesson for the Republican party to learn what would
0:09:10 > 0:09:15it be?Simply to choose a better candidate. Roy Moore was a very
0:09:15 > 0:09:20flawed candidate and while the sexual allegations in this climate
0:09:20 > 0:09:25are swirling around especially in the entertainment industry and
0:09:25 > 0:09:29definitely it was a factor, it is sending a message that we do need
0:09:29 > 0:09:34better candidates. I have to say as a female I was squeamish once these
0:09:34 > 0:09:39women came out with allegations, I did not really want to victimise
0:09:39 > 0:09:43them again. In regards to it being a referendum on Donald Trump, it is
0:09:43 > 0:09:47not. Populism is alive and well in this country and I judge that by
0:09:47 > 0:09:54looking at the RNC and the fact that they've raised over $100 million in
0:09:54 > 0:09:58a non-election year, a record. A large portion of that has come from
0:09:58 > 0:10:04small donors for the first time, the grassroots base of the party. So the
0:10:04 > 0:10:10establishment of which I was apart for many years, is still not a
0:10:10 > 0:10:15factor because the election was a backlash against the establishment,
0:10:15 > 0:10:20the institutions in this country. Even it it is not a referendum on
0:10:20 > 0:10:24the president he did come out in support of Roy Moore and so does at
0:10:24 > 0:10:30Wigan in any way?He would look bad if he acted like John McCain or
0:10:30 > 0:10:37Senator Jeff Blake by not playing on the same team. So he went out and
0:10:37 > 0:10:45supported the candidate that we had. Unfortunately it all hat and no
0:10:45 > 0:10:50cattle candidate.You said that you were squeamish, and some of the
0:10:50 > 0:10:53voters blame the Republican establishment again but I struggle
0:10:53 > 0:11:01to see why because Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell, senior figures did
0:11:01 > 0:11:06denounce Roy Moore and did not want him as the candidate.It was the
0:11:06 > 0:11:08president who backed him. They denounced Roy Moore because I think
0:11:08 > 0:11:13they were concerned about their own elections in 2018. And it is
0:11:13 > 0:11:18important to look at Steve Bannon, the firebrand of the party and what
0:11:18 > 0:11:24he's doing is energising the base as we go into 2018, there are 12 keys
0:11:24 > 0:11:30Senate races up for grabs, ten Senate races that are in vulnerable
0:11:30 > 0:11:32areas for Democrats including Pennsylvania, Michelin and
0:11:32 > 0:11:40Wisconsin. Trump carried them for the first time since 1988. So with
0:11:40 > 0:11:44the robust ground game in the RNC and the fact that they have ramped
0:11:44 > 0:11:51up those ground games in 12 Senate races, I think the Democrats while
0:11:51 > 0:11:55they are taking a victory lap right now will have challenges with very
0:11:55 > 0:12:04strong candidates going into the following year.Well the president
0:12:04 > 0:12:07will listen to Steve Bannon because he puts him in touch with the base
0:12:07 > 0:12:11but will other candidates listen to Steve Bannon and the president next
0:12:11 > 0:12:15year because maybe after this result they would think they're better off
0:12:15 > 0:12:19going on there own path.I do not think so because riding on the
0:12:19 > 0:12:23coat-tails of Donald Trump right now is absolutely at the heart and soul
0:12:23 > 0:12:29of this party. I those candidates who have distanced themselves from
0:12:29 > 0:12:38Donald Trump will be vulnerable. They will lose donor support. A lot
0:12:38 > 0:12:44of pundits missed the fact that there was momentum with Donald Trump
0:12:44 > 0:12:48in the 2016 elections.But Peter King congressman has said that is
0:12:48 > 0:12:52enough of Steve Bannon, that he is not helpful to the party and to
0:12:52 > 0:12:58candidates.I disagree, I think he continues to the base just as the
0:12:58 > 0:13:03president does when he tweets. And President Trump listens to a variety
0:13:03 > 0:13:07of opinions and he departed from Steve Bannon in terms of supporting
0:13:07 > 0:13:11Luther strange. So he is a person that takes in a lot of different
0:13:11 > 0:13:17opinions but absolutely does not follow one playbook.Thank you for
0:13:17 > 0:13:24coming in. Great to get those thoughts. She said riding on the
0:13:24 > 0:13:27coat-tails of Donald Trump is at the heart and soul of the party at the
0:13:27 > 0:13:44moment. Well take a look at this tweet...
0:13:50 > 0:13:58What do you make of that?Democrats today are talking about the prospect
0:13:58 > 0:14:02of an election coming next year and that Donald Trump are so unpopular
0:14:02 > 0:14:07that they will manage to take control of the Senate again and also
0:14:07 > 0:14:10take seats in the House of Representatives. The energy we've
0:14:10 > 0:14:15seen in marches around the country they say will be translated into
0:14:15 > 0:14:24votes. I would say Rory more was an extreme candidate. They will not
0:14:24 > 0:14:30face candidates lacking in other states. -- Roy Moore. Although
0:14:30 > 0:14:35states they have to defend to hold the summit. They also say there is a
0:14:35 > 0:14:39demographic shift taking place in the country. We spoke about this
0:14:39 > 0:14:44before the election in 2016. But they seem to be saying that young
0:14:44 > 0:14:49voters in Alabama turned towards the Democrat. And fairly conservative
0:14:49 > 0:14:52young voters in Alabama and this could be a sign of things to come.
0:14:52 > 0:14:58This shift favouring the Democratic public -- party of the Republican
0:14:58 > 0:15:01Party.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05Here, Theresa May faces a rebellion this evening in her party on the key
0:15:05 > 0:15:07piece of Brexit legislation that will transfer EU law
0:15:07 > 0:15:08into British law.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10Conservative MPs have put forward an amendment to the so-called
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Withdrawal Bill that would secure parliament a "meaningful vote"
0:15:13 > 0:15:20on any final deal before Britain leaves the EU.
0:15:20 > 0:15:39We can listen in now.Order. Order. We all want to hear the result.
0:15:39 > 0:15:47Let's make sure that the result is correct.
0:15:47 > 0:15:59The ayes to the right 309, the noes to the left 305.
0:15:59 > 0:16:10Order. I'm sure you want to hear the result
0:16:10 > 0:16:17to make sure it is correct. The ayes to the right 309. The noes to the
0:16:17 > 0:16:34left 305. The eyes have it. Locke. It would appear the government has
0:16:34 > 0:16:40lost a crucial vote this evening on the Brexit legislation. The
0:16:40 > 0:16:45withdrawal bill is moving slowly through Parliament at the moment but
0:16:45 > 0:16:47the rebels in the Conservative Party have put forward an amendment and
0:16:47 > 0:16:52they were a meaningful vote, on any final deal agreed with the EU at the
0:16:52 > 0:16:57end of this process rather than a rubber-stamping exercise that they
0:16:57 > 0:17:00have currently been promised by the government. Let's go to Westminster
0:17:00 > 0:17:08and Vicki Young. A major defeat on the government on the eve of this EU
0:17:08 > 0:17:11summit in Brussels tomorrow.A lot of the arm-twisting from the
0:17:11 > 0:17:14government to their own rebel MPs would have been to say look, Theresa
0:17:14 > 0:17:18May has had a good few days and managed to get this preliminary deal
0:17:18 > 0:17:23with the EU meaning we can move to the next stage of talks for top
0:17:23 > 0:17:26things going OK for the first time in a long time and you want to
0:17:26 > 0:17:29scupper that by trying to defeat her and they have succeeded in doing so
0:17:29 > 0:17:34by just four votes. All day it has been looking incredibly close. Right
0:17:34 > 0:17:39at the last minute, a minister offered a concession, some Tory MPs
0:17:39 > 0:17:45said it was too late to stop we have been talking about this romance and
0:17:45 > 0:17:47in the end the government misjudged this and they have been defeated. It
0:17:47 > 0:17:54is all about the power MPs want as the process goes on, not necessarily
0:17:54 > 0:17:57now but further down the line when you have the withdrawal bill, the
0:17:57 > 0:18:01terms of how we leave and the future relationship. Who will be in charge
0:18:01 > 0:18:05of that, who is in the driving street and enough MPs tonight felt
0:18:05 > 0:18:10they needed more powers to make sure they are in charge and ministers
0:18:10 > 0:18:13cannot just change things as they go along without any parliamentary
0:18:13 > 0:18:17scrutiny.The government had promised a vote on the final deal.
0:18:17 > 0:18:22Why all the fuss about the vote that they had been promised, what is the
0:18:22 > 0:18:28difference with the vote they want? Well it is all about the kind of
0:18:28 > 0:18:33vote it is. What MPs were offered by the government was really a yes or
0:18:33 > 0:18:37no vote on a resolution of the house. That is not necessarily
0:18:37 > 0:18:42binding and also means it is just take it or leave it. MPs wanted to
0:18:42 > 0:18:48make sure this was put into law, put into legislation so they scrutinise
0:18:48 > 0:18:54it, every single line. But it went through this place in the normal way
0:18:54 > 0:19:00and also in decent pint so not done far too late to make any changes. Of
0:19:00 > 0:19:03course critics and Brexiteers said those on the remain side are simply
0:19:03 > 0:19:09using this device to try to scupper Brexit. Some in some parties, that
0:19:09 > 0:19:15will be the case but others say it's all about democracy. A lot of chat
0:19:15 > 0:19:18about Brexit was about bringing back power and control to Parliament and
0:19:18 > 0:19:26they say that is what this about. Always winners and losers in
0:19:26 > 0:19:30politics. The rebels appear to have won by defeating the government but
0:19:30 > 0:19:33they're sending the Prime Minister to Brussels tomorrow and she now
0:19:33 > 0:19:38looks weaker.I think she does but I'm sure they are well aware of her
0:19:38 > 0:19:42situation. This is what minority government looks like. She's in this
0:19:42 > 0:19:45arrangement with the Democratic Unionist Party but in the end she
0:19:45 > 0:19:50could not persuade enough of her own MPs to come along with her on this.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53I think there will be questions asked about the way the government
0:19:53 > 0:19:58dealt with this. A concession at the last minute which literally in the
0:19:58 > 0:20:03last few minutes did win over people who were Tories about to vote
0:20:03 > 0:20:06against the government some for the first time in their career and they
0:20:06 > 0:20:10did change their minds but not quite enough. Maybe if they had done it
0:20:10 > 0:20:13earlier they would have won. So the question certainly about tactics
0:20:13 > 0:20:16here but ultimately it will add to the bad blood there is between
0:20:16 > 0:20:23people in the Conservative Party, some of whom say they are refighting
0:20:23 > 0:20:28the referendum campaign.Just on that point, tactically speaking, the
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Prime Minister must have known there was a chance that she was going to
0:20:31 > 0:20:36lose this vote. Perhaps she could have thrown them a bone tonight and
0:20:36 > 0:20:40allowed them to get away with this already is it just quite
0:20:40 > 0:20:44embarrassing.I think she knew it was on the cards, everyone has known
0:20:44 > 0:20:50that for a while. She even called in some of rebels today, they went to
0:20:50 > 0:20:55speak to her, I'm sure that she tried to persuade them. But in the
0:20:55 > 0:21:01end it just has not been enough. She is weakened in all of this. A lot of
0:21:01 > 0:21:06them do it with a heavy heart, some of them it is the first time they've
0:21:06 > 0:21:09ever rebelled against their own government and did not want to be in
0:21:09 > 0:21:12this position and their irritated in fact that ministers, some of them
0:21:12 > 0:21:19junior ministers, have not tried to get a compromise. They have been
0:21:19 > 0:21:22many concessions along the way to avoid this kind of thing but on this
0:21:22 > 0:21:26occasion the government clearly felt they could get through and they have
0:21:26 > 0:21:38miscalculated.Thank you very much. A lot going on tonight and a lot of
0:21:38 > 0:21:40turmoil at the moment.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Wildfires continue to rage across parts of southern California
0:21:42 > 0:21:44as firefighters battle one of the largest blazes
0:21:44 > 0:21:45in the state's history.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47Hundreds of buildings and homes have been destroyed,
0:21:47 > 0:21:50with more than 100,000 people forced to evacuate.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53Emergency teams have now managed to slow the spread of the flames
0:21:53 > 0:21:58which have raged for the past week.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00The four times Tour de France champion, Chris Froome,
0:22:00 > 0:22:03is being investigated by cycling's world governing body
0:22:03 > 0:22:05after an adverse drugs test.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Analysis of a urine sample showed the cyclist had more than double
0:22:08 > 0:22:11the allowed level of an asthma drug in his system, during this year's
0:22:11 > 0:22:14grand tour of Spain.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16The 32-year-old British star - who has not been suspended -
0:22:16 > 0:22:20says the dosage was within the legal limits.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24The US reality TV star turned political operative,
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Omarosa Manigault, is to leave her role at the White House.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31The former star of The Apprentice will leave early next year.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34Press secretary Sarah Sanders confirmed the resignation.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Although one of the most prominent African-Americans
0:22:36 > 0:22:38in the Trump administration, colleagues often questioned
0:22:38 > 0:22:47what she actually did.
0:22:47 > 0:22:55What did she do?I have asked people that and they never quite knew what
0:22:55 > 0:23:00she did. She was there for public affairs and strategy. She is to turn
0:23:00 > 0:23:03up at meetings and be in the corridors but no one was clear what
0:23:03 > 0:23:08she did. Now there is a question about how she left, a lot of
0:23:08 > 0:23:11speculation on why. She is telling friends today that she decided to
0:23:11 > 0:23:16leave, she'd been there for one year and actually there are reports that
0:23:16 > 0:23:22she was asked to leave. I think this takes us to number nine perhaps of
0:23:22 > 0:23:25Trump administration officials who have left or resigned or been asked
0:23:25 > 0:23:29to resign in the course of not even his first year in office. She is
0:23:29 > 0:23:37also one of the kind of war by hard Trump fans who was there promoting
0:23:37 > 0:23:39the nationalist, populist economic agenda with him and now she has
0:23:39 > 0:23:49gone.Sebastian gawker was another, a strange character who seem to
0:23:49 > 0:23:52wander around the shadow the White House and no one seemed to know what
0:23:52 > 0:23:59she did.
0:23:59 > 0:24:06Scientists have warned that a warming Arctic is the new normal.
0:24:06 > 0:24:14But one researcher said human beings had left the refrigerator door open.
0:24:14 > 0:24:20It came at a meeting in New Orleans. Take a look.
0:25:25 > 0:25:35Some alarming statistics.
0:25:37 > 0:25:45Coming up, with UK on the way out, Macedonia once in. The Balkan
0:25:45 > 0:25:50country and its future on the EU and Nato. We hear from their Defence
0:25:50 > 0:25:54Minister. And what do these words tell us about 2017? We will be
0:25:54 > 0:26:03finding out. All still to come.
0:26:03 > 0:26:08tell us about 2017? We will be finding out. All still to come.
0:26:11 > 0:26:16Hello once again, not quite done with winter just yet and there is
0:26:16 > 0:26:20more snow overnight for some areas in the British Isles. A lot of
0:26:20 > 0:26:24weather is still to be had at the moment, we have various bands of
0:26:24 > 0:26:30whether moving across the British Isles over the course of the day.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34And now as we look towards the West, things are brewing yet again. It
0:26:34 > 0:26:39looks as though there could be another impression of snow are quite
0:26:39 > 0:26:45low levels for a time through the Midlands, getting down towards East
0:26:45 > 0:26:50Anglia. And following on behind further pulses of snow into areas of
0:26:50 > 0:26:54Wales, the North West of England, Northern Ireland and the western
0:26:54 > 0:26:59side of Scotland. Further to the east the skies is mainly clearer
0:26:59 > 0:27:06especially across the eastern side of Scotland. So again getting close
0:27:06 > 0:27:13to 0 degrees if not alone in a number of locations. And for the new
0:27:13 > 0:27:18day, having had that moisture coming through overnight there will be
0:27:18 > 0:27:25further issues on untreated surfaces with ice. So just bear that in mind
0:27:25 > 0:27:31for your commute. We have been here before this week but those icy
0:27:31 > 0:27:36patches may not be just in the same locations. Plenty of showers around,
0:27:36 > 0:27:41quite wintry across the higher ground of Scotland and even through
0:27:41 > 0:27:46the Central Belt of well at quite low-level. And also quite windy as
0:27:46 > 0:27:53well. But a bit of sunshine to be had but not doing much for the
0:27:53 > 0:28:02temperatures. As we move towards Friday, the isobars coming in from
0:28:02 > 0:28:06north to south and that will be the flow of the wind meaning it is
0:28:06 > 0:28:10coastal areas that get the peppering of showers down the spine of the
0:28:10 > 0:28:16country. A lot of dry and bright weather but doing nothing to those
0:28:16 > 0:28:20temperatures. But into the weekend we see milder air coming in from the
0:28:20 > 0:28:26Atlantic. To the extent that the temperatures through Saturday and
0:28:26 > 0:28:33Sunday will bump up by 23 degrees at the very least. -- two or three
0:28:33 > 0:28:35degrees.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14This is Beyond 100 Days, with me, Katty Kay, in Washington.
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0:30:28 > 0:30:31of Brexit legislation.
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0:30:33 > 0:30:36Lining up for EU membership - why Macedonia wants to be part
0:30:36 > 0:30:37of that club, and Nato.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39We'll be speaking to the Defence Minister.
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0:31:01 > 0:31:03The tiny land-locked country of Macedonia wants
0:31:03 > 0:31:04a seat at the table.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06The EU table and the Nato table.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09This former Soviet bloc nation emerged this summer from ten
0:31:09 > 0:31:12years of nationalist rule and its new government -
0:31:12 > 0:31:14elected on a ticket of anti-corruption and economic
0:31:14 > 0:31:16reform - is now pushing to get ahead.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18To that end, the country's Minister of Defence -
0:31:18 > 0:31:20who is also the country's Deputy Prime Minister -
0:31:20 > 0:31:24is on a tour of Europe's capitals.
0:31:24 > 0:31:28Last week, Radmila Sekerinska was in Berlin.
0:31:28 > 0:31:29Today she is in London.
0:31:29 > 0:31:34And she joins us in the studio.
0:31:34 > 0:31:38Why does Macedonia want to be a member of the European Union?Being
0:31:38 > 0:31:43a tiny landlocked country in the Balkan Peninsula, it is enough. We
0:31:43 > 0:31:47have gone through the 1990s and the difficulties of Yugoslavia falling
0:31:47 > 0:31:53apart. And we know how important it is to have stable governance, decent
0:31:53 > 0:31:57democratic values and to belong to something which is better and
0:31:57 > 0:32:03bigger. These were the key issues that have emerged from our citizens.
0:32:03 > 0:32:09I was on your border a couple of years ago, actually. Greece,
0:32:09 > 0:32:12Macedonia, you were an important staging post on the route through
0:32:12 > 0:32:18the Balkans to Europe. A lot of migrants came your way and then your
0:32:18 > 0:32:20defence forces pulled down the drawbridge and that was it. There
0:32:20 > 0:32:25was no way forward. Do you feel at that point that you got enough help
0:32:25 > 0:32:34from the European Union? Because there is a feeling tomorrow that
0:32:34 > 0:32:36European countries are not taking enough of the quarter. That is what
0:32:36 > 0:32:41they will be talking about in Brussels.We got a lot of positive
0:32:41 > 0:32:47supportive messages by many EU officials. We got some equipment. We
0:32:47 > 0:32:50even have now some police officers that are part of this joint European
0:32:50 > 0:32:56support. But it is true that without a co-ordinated European response
0:32:56 > 0:33:01generally dealing with the migration issue, Macedonia is not strong
0:33:01 > 0:33:05enough to sustain the pressure. So it is really, if you asked me what
0:33:05 > 0:33:09kind of support we need from the E, it is first and foremost a plan of
0:33:09 > 0:33:14how to deal with future migration. -- from the EU.It is solidarity.
0:33:14 > 0:33:20That is what it is founded on. If there is not solidarity to share the
0:33:20 > 0:33:23migrants, countries like yours get lumbered with an unclear proportion.
0:33:23 > 0:33:31-- unfair proportion.We did not have a single migrant wishing to
0:33:31 > 0:33:35stay in Macedonia because they also look for social and economic
0:33:35 > 0:33:39opportunities. Macedonia is also in dire straits, unfortunately. It is
0:33:39 > 0:33:44true that we have the support needed to control the border. We can still
0:33:44 > 0:33:47take advantage of some of that equipment. But it is true that we
0:33:47 > 0:33:53had to use additional military support for police officers and army
0:33:53 > 0:33:58men are still there. Macedonia is still playing a huge budgetary price
0:33:58 > 0:34:02four other control at the Borders. We'll we said we are prepared to
0:34:02 > 0:34:09share the burden. What we are also looking at is a possibility of open
0:34:09 > 0:34:13doors of it comes to Nato and the EU. If we can help Nato at times of
0:34:13 > 0:34:17need, it is helpful if we get solidarity and support when it comes
0:34:17 > 0:34:21to our strategic goal of becoming a member.Minister, let me ask you
0:34:21 > 0:34:26about Macedonian politics. Earlier this year, you were physically
0:34:26 > 0:34:29attacked by your political opponents. I think we have the
0:34:29 > 0:34:32pictures. Extraordinary scenes that came to us out of Macedonia. We can
0:34:32 > 0:34:40see them there. Nationalist members of your Parliament blocked in and
0:34:40 > 0:34:44punched you and I think you ended up in an orthopaedic place. Firstly,
0:34:44 > 0:34:49how are you, I hope you're better. I was the kind of images you think a
0:34:49 > 0:34:52country that wants to join the EU can have passed around the
0:34:52 > 0:34:57continent?Democratic and serious countries get into trouble. I think
0:34:57 > 0:35:05the key question is...We don't often see those images from EU
0:35:05 > 0:35:09member states.How do we prevent this? Macedonia has been going
0:35:09 > 0:35:14through a protracted crisis through the past three years. It was
0:35:14 > 0:35:19specifically the lack of checks and balances and anti-corruption
0:35:19 > 0:35:24efforts, and of course a lot of pressure on media, on opponents, and
0:35:24 > 0:35:30businesses that have led the country into such a situation. But, you
0:35:30 > 0:35:33know, Macedonia is a small country and manages to recover it strength
0:35:33 > 0:35:37rather quickly. Not more than seven months have passed from these
0:35:37 > 0:35:43images. And we are talking about the country that can actually be a
0:35:43 > 0:35:48beacon of hope for many Balkan countries, especially. We are very
0:35:48 > 0:35:55diverse country. We have emerged from this crisis as a more united,
0:35:55 > 0:36:02more cohesive country. And this is, at least this is what I had from my
0:36:02 > 0:36:05colleagues in Bosnia, Kosovo and elsewhere in the Balkans, this is a
0:36:05 > 0:36:11reassuring sign that you can go through the ordeal but with the
0:36:11 > 0:36:14right policy and leadership, you can make your country stronger. So the
0:36:14 > 0:36:19new government is only focusing very much on a democratic reform agenda.
0:36:19 > 0:36:23We have a thing come up with tangible results. Very decent
0:36:23 > 0:36:27elections where we have got the endorsement of a wide part of our
0:36:27 > 0:36:32population. I think that we are, again, the positive all can example
0:36:32 > 0:36:37for the EU and Nato.We hope that you find the support that you want.
0:36:37 > 0:36:41Thank you for coming in.Thank you for the invitation and the
0:36:41 > 0:36:44opportunity.
0:36:44 > 0:36:49Muslim countries have declared Jerusalem as the Palestinian capital
0:36:49 > 0:36:54and asked other countries to follow suit.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57The declaration was made at the end of a summit in Turkey of more
0:36:57 > 0:36:59than 50 Islamic states, who all condemned President Trump's
0:36:59 > 0:37:01move to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the US had now
0:37:04 > 0:37:06"disqualified" itself from future Middle East peace talks.
0:37:06 > 0:37:07From Istanbul, Mark Lowen reports.
0:37:07 > 0:37:14Standing together, but can they stand up to Donald Trump?
0:37:14 > 0:37:17Leaders from the 57 strong Organisation for
0:37:17 > 0:37:20Islamic Corporation in Istanbul today to respond to the US
0:37:20 > 0:37:22recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
0:37:22 > 0:37:30The Muslim world hardening its reaction to the divisive move.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32Turkey played host, its president the most forthright critic, having
0:37:32 > 0:37:35warned the US it was plunging the world into a fire with no end.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38President Erdogan gave a history lesson about Israeli expansion and
0:37:38 > 0:37:48didn't mince his words.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50TRANSLATION:With this decision, Israel, the
0:37:50 > 0:37:51perpetrator of crimes such as occupation, siege, illegal
0:37:51 > 0:37:53settlements, demolishing houses, displacements, property and land
0:37:53 > 0:37:55grabs, disproportionate violence and murder, has been rewarded
0:37:55 > 0:38:03for all its terror acts.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05The US, he said, was supporting terrorism and accused
0:38:05 > 0:38:06it of bullying the world.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08The Palestinian president also hit out
0:38:08 > 0:38:13at Washington.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15TRANSLATION:With this step, the United States of
0:38:15 > 0:38:18America will have chosen to lose its competency as a mediator.
0:38:18 > 0:38:19And to disqualify itself from playing a
0:38:19 > 0:38:21role in the peace process.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23We shall not accept any role for the United
0:38:23 > 0:38:31States in the peace process.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33After hours of talks, the OIC issued a
0:38:33 > 0:38:36joint statement including...
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Declaring East Jerusalem the capital of Palestine and asking all
0:38:38 > 0:38:45countries to recognise a Palestinian state.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47Rejecting and condemning the US decision on Jerusalem as null and
0:38:47 > 0:38:48void.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51And calling on the UN to reaffirm the city's legal status as
0:38:51 > 0:38:52the capital of two states.
0:38:52 > 0:38:53It is time...
0:38:56 > 0:38:58President Trump's move last week delighted his conservative
0:38:58 > 0:39:00voters at home but prompted condemnation abroad.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02Large protests rocked the Muslim world, from
0:39:02 > 0:39:06Istanbul to Amaan, Beirut to Ramallah.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09Yet the reaction was more muted than expected.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12The call for a new intifada or uprising hasn't
0:39:12 > 0:39:14materialised.
0:39:14 > 0:39:18There is a sense of powerlessness against the US
0:39:18 > 0:39:19decision.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22That is one of the problems here, another that among
0:39:22 > 0:39:25the members, positions on Donald Trump differ.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27Saudi Arabia and Egypt sending only ministers, possibly to
0:39:27 > 0:39:30keep the US onside.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32Today's summit gives the semblance of unity but
0:39:32 > 0:39:35it's unlikely to change the White House position.
0:39:35 > 0:39:43And beyond the tough talk, there is little bite.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46We're getting mixed messages today from the White House on North Korea.
0:39:46 > 0:39:50Yesterday, the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson offered
0:39:50 > 0:39:53to start talks with Pyongyang any time and without preconditions.
0:39:53 > 0:39:54It was a notable statement.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56Today, however, Reuters news is quoting a senior
0:39:56 > 0:40:00White House official contradicting that offer.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03According to that report, the White House says there can be no
0:40:03 > 0:40:05talks with North Korea until the country "fundamentally
0:40:05 > 0:40:06improves its behaviour."
0:40:06 > 0:40:16So are talks imminent or not?
0:40:19 > 0:40:21Stephen McDonell sent us his take from the South Korean capital Seoul.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24Since the most recent North Korean ballistic missile test,
0:40:24 > 0:40:25Washington appears to have softened its stance.
0:40:25 > 0:40:29The Trump administration says it is now offering Pyongyang a first
0:40:29 > 0:40:31round of talks without preconditions, in what is described
0:40:31 > 0:40:33as the beginning of a process of engagement.
0:40:33 > 0:40:34Let's just meet.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37And let's...
0:40:37 > 0:40:39We can talk about the weather if you want.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42We can talk about whether it's going to be a square table
0:40:42 > 0:40:45or a round table if that's what you are excited about.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48CHUCKLING.
0:40:48 > 0:40:52But can we at least sit down and see each other face-to-face?
0:40:52 > 0:40:57The United States Secretary of State did say that for this meeting
0:40:57 > 0:41:00to take place, America would require a quiet period without fresh
0:41:00 > 0:41:05North Korean nuclear or missile tests.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07However, he appeared to suggest that denuclearisation would not have
0:41:07 > 0:41:11to be on the table, at least initially.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13It's not realistic to say we are only going to talk
0:41:13 > 0:41:16if you come to the table ready to give up your programme.
0:41:16 > 0:41:18They have too much invested in it.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21The President is very realistic about that as well.
0:41:21 > 0:41:25This comes as North Korea's leader has urged to make his country
0:41:25 > 0:41:28the world's strongest nuclear power.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30He was attending a munitions industry conference
0:41:30 > 0:41:35in the North Korean capital.
0:41:35 > 0:41:40However, a senior United Nations envoy who has just returned
0:41:40 > 0:41:42from Pyongyang says a key message he received from North Korea
0:41:42 > 0:41:48was that the isolated regime, above all, does not want conflict.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51Washington has given Beijing certain assurances regarding its troops
0:41:51 > 0:41:55based here in South Korea.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58The US Secretary of State says he has told China that,
0:41:58 > 0:42:02if for any reason, American soldiers should cross the border
0:42:02 > 0:42:04into North Korea, that they won't stay.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07Perhaps this is something that the leaders of South Korea
0:42:07 > 0:42:10and China might discuss when they meet this week.
0:42:10 > 0:42:19Stephen McDonell, BBC News, Seoul.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22I was watching the director of national and to this morning and he
0:42:22 > 0:42:26said he was thinking back to his negotiation with North Korea three
0:42:26 > 0:42:30years ago and he said it took five minutes. A lot of that time was
0:42:30 > 0:42:36taken up by a translation for him to understand that denuclearisation was
0:42:36 > 0:42:40not going to be any precondition for further talks. They are not going to
0:42:40 > 0:42:44give up nuclear weapons. The other thing he said was, how many more
0:42:44 > 0:42:48times as the Secretary of State going to be undermined, and in this
0:42:48 > 0:42:53case, by the press Secretary of the White House?It is interesting
0:42:53 > 0:42:56because he has been undermined once by the president on the whole issue
0:42:56 > 0:43:01of negotiations with North Korea. He had said earlier in the autumn that
0:43:01 > 0:43:04he wanted our talks and the President sent out a tweak to say it
0:43:04 > 0:43:07was a waste of time. Cillessen yesterday had some quite striking
0:43:07 > 0:43:13remarks in Seoul and said, any time, anywhere, basically. -- Rex
0:43:13 > 0:43:22Tillerson yesterday. Now we have someone talking to Reuters saying,
0:43:22 > 0:43:25not so fast, this is not the right time to go ahead with negotiations.
0:43:25 > 0:43:30You have to wonder at some point, does Rex Tillerson say, I can't keep
0:43:30 > 0:43:33making statements like this and have them refuted the next day by the
0:43:33 > 0:43:36White House and be an effective Secretary of State. Everyone knows
0:43:36 > 0:43:39around the world that you have to have a Secretary of State that has
0:43:39 > 0:43:43the era of the President, his respect, because otherwise they are
0:43:43 > 0:43:48powerless.Talks without preconditions is probably the only
0:43:48 > 0:43:52way to go, given the rather dire military options on the table. The
0:43:52 > 0:43:56problem is, even if the North Koreans were going to give the CD is
0:43:56 > 0:43:58fought, and presumably they would, if it comes without any
0:43:58 > 0:44:02preconditions, the administration has just undermined the man putting
0:44:02 > 0:44:06the offer on the table. They must be saying, how serious is the US about
0:44:06 > 0:44:11this?You have jewelled tracts of speculation reported by analysts in
0:44:11 > 0:44:19Washington. Those saying Kim Jong Un byes-mac mission all along was to
0:44:19 > 0:44:23get himself called a nuclear state and then step down. The North
0:44:23 > 0:44:26Koreans in a few weeks have suggested they are in that position
0:44:26 > 0:44:29and would be prepared to talk. At the same time, the White House
0:44:29 > 0:44:34clearly ratcheting up tensions in saying, look, we're not prepared to
0:44:34 > 0:44:40negotiate unless they prepare better. -- behave better. We are
0:44:40 > 0:44:43going round and speculation in Washington at the moment the
0:44:43 > 0:44:46prospect of military action on the Korean Peninsula is much closer than
0:44:46 > 0:44:52people are aware of.In the last hour, the United States Central
0:44:52 > 0:44:57Bank, the central reserve, has said it will raise its percentage point
0:44:57 > 0:45:02by a quarter of a percent. The move is another step in reversing
0:45:02 > 0:45:09policies put in place after the financial crisis.
0:45:09 > 0:45:10This is Beyond 100 Days.
0:45:10 > 0:45:12Still to come...
0:45:12 > 0:45:14Joy for Doug Jones and his supporters -
0:45:14 > 0:45:24why one group in particular felt compelled to get out and vote.
0:45:25 > 0:45:28In sport, England's cricketers will be
0:45:28 > 0:45:30fighting to keep their Ashes hopes alive tomorrow
0:45:30 > 0:45:34as they take on Australia in the third test in Perth.
0:45:34 > 0:45:37England lost the first two tests and need at least a draw
0:45:37 > 0:45:42to avoid a series defeat.
0:45:42 > 0:45:45But it'll be a tough task - they've not won at the Waca since 1978,
0:45:45 > 0:45:48as Andy Swiss reports from Perth.
0:45:48 > 0:45:51In one of the most isolated cities in the world,
0:45:51 > 0:45:57one of the loneliest places for English cricket.
0:45:57 > 0:46:00The Waca is where so many Ashes dreams have died.
0:46:00 > 0:46:03So many decades of disappointment for England's
0:46:03 > 0:46:06players and their fans.
0:46:06 > 0:46:09But here, a team trailing on the pitch and in turmoil off it
0:46:09 > 0:46:11know they need something extraordinary.
0:46:11 > 0:46:16It's an opportunity to create history.
0:46:16 > 0:46:19It's a real chance to flip the dynamic of this series
0:46:19 > 0:46:23on its head and, if we do come away 2-1 from this game, it does blow
0:46:23 > 0:46:26the series wide open.
0:46:26 > 0:46:28Well, for England over the years the Waca has normally
0:46:28 > 0:46:32lived up to its name.
0:46:32 > 0:46:35They've lost their last seven tests here and they've arrived for this
0:46:35 > 0:46:38one with not just their cricket, but their conduct
0:46:38 > 0:46:39under the spotlight.
0:46:39 > 0:46:41The latest barroom incident, in which bowler Jimmy Anderson had
0:46:41 > 0:46:44a drink poured over him, has given Australia's headline
0:46:44 > 0:46:50writers another field day.
0:46:50 > 0:46:53And some believe the culture of the team needs to change.
0:46:53 > 0:46:54They do behave like students.
0:46:54 > 0:46:56You know, when they go out, they think they're students.
0:46:56 > 0:46:59They're not, they're England cricketers.
0:46:59 > 0:47:00The perception is that they drink too much.
0:47:00 > 0:47:06In terms of everything that's happened to the team,
0:47:06 > 0:47:08their performance levels, the off-field antics,
0:47:08 > 0:47:10I would be staggered if England got a victory this week.
0:47:10 > 0:47:13This will be the last Ashes Test at this
0:47:13 > 0:47:14atmospheric ground - for so long, Australia's
0:47:14 > 0:47:17western stronghold.
0:47:17 > 0:47:19But, for one final time, they could watch the sun set
0:47:19 > 0:47:20on England's hopes.
0:47:20 > 0:47:30Andy Swiss, BBC News, Perth.
0:47:31 > 0:47:34You're watching Beyond 100 Days.
0:47:34 > 0:47:39As we pour over the exit polls from the Alabama Senate
0:47:39 > 0:47:42race, it's clear some groups were more motivated to vote in this
0:47:42 > 0:47:43election than others.
0:47:43 > 0:47:44The Democratic campaign really focused on African-American
0:47:45 > 0:47:47neighbourhoods and it paid off.
0:47:47 > 0:47:5030% of those who voted in Alabama yesterday were black -
0:47:50 > 0:47:53that's an even bigger proportion of the total turnout than
0:47:53 > 0:47:55when Barack Obama was on the ballot.
0:47:55 > 0:47:57And 96% of them cast their ballot for
0:47:57 > 0:47:58the Democrat, Doug Jones.
0:47:58 > 0:48:03Some of them told us why.
0:48:03 > 0:48:08I was so happy that we came out in numbers to vote. And made history.
0:48:08 > 0:48:14So I was happy to be part of that. We actually made a difference. I
0:48:14 > 0:48:18think if the African-American population had not gone out in the
0:48:18 > 0:48:26numbers that we did and voted, we would have Roy Moore the Senate
0:48:26 > 0:48:37instead of Dub Jones. -- as senator instead of Dub Jones.Roy Moore, the
0:48:37 > 0:48:43way he carried him the Mac himself in the past, I did not feel that he
0:48:43 > 0:48:46represented Dummett deserve to be in Washington representing the state of
0:48:46 > 0:48:47Alabama.
0:48:47 > 0:48:49Let's get more on this with the BBC's Anthony Zurcher.
0:48:49 > 0:48:54He is in the studio with me. I am a bit of a Nadler comes to things like
0:48:54 > 0:48:58exit polls and I have a whole stack of them here. You could go for hours
0:48:58 > 0:49:01and hours going through these. We talked about the African-American
0:49:01 > 0:49:07vote and one of the things are really interested me was in
0:49:07 > 0:49:10particular, African-American women. 17% of the people who voted in
0:49:10 > 0:49:14Alabama's race yesterday were black women. 98% of imported the
0:49:14 > 0:49:21Democratic candidate.90%. An astounding figure. Lacks in Alabama
0:49:21 > 0:49:27make up about 25% of the electorate. The fact that 30% unit, surpassing
0:49:27 > 0:49:31the turnout for Barack Obama, the first black American president, is
0:49:31 > 0:49:36truly astounding. It is a testament to the town notability on the ground
0:49:36 > 0:49:44that Doug Jones did. He focused on black turnout. He had the black New
0:49:44 > 0:49:47Jersey senator comment. Charles Barkley, a famous basketball player.
0:49:47 > 0:49:54That ever played off.We saw black voters to me to leave a Junior race
0:49:54 > 0:49:57as well as mine. But look at the state is the Democrats have to
0:49:57 > 0:50:03defend if they want to take this Sennett next year. Missoula, North
0:50:03 > 0:50:06Dakota... These are not state whether flood of the population is
0:50:06 > 0:50:12black. -- Missouri.It is going to be difficult. Those are states where
0:50:12 > 0:50:16Donald Trump one big. More than this black turnout, although it is
0:50:16 > 0:50:20important, if you look at the junior and Alabama, it is young voters also
0:50:20 > 0:50:25coming out. Suburban voters. Particularly suburban
0:50:25 > 0:50:28college-educated women. If they can replicate this coalition that they
0:50:28 > 0:50:31are putting together, and meanwhile you see Donald Trump's support fall
0:50:31 > 0:50:37off when someone named Donald Trump is not on the ballot, we have about
0:50:37 > 0:50:4350% of Donald Trump's votes for Roy Moore yesterday. A significant drop.
0:50:43 > 0:50:47If that happens, even in the states that are Trump territory, you can
0:50:47 > 0:50:58see these rip -- incumbents hold on. But in my ex Paul knows you, it said
0:50:58 > 0:51:03a majority of college-educated women voted for the Republican and not
0:51:03 > 0:51:06Democrat candidate. That is a good statistic but you're
0:51:06 > 0:51:12not taking my stat of the day title. Not yet, anyway
0:51:12 > 0:51:18not taking my stat of the day title. Not yet, anyway!
0:51:18 > 0:51:21I am the statistician. People on Twitter saying, were you not talking
0:51:21 > 0:51:30about Dr -- Doug Jones?He is a former US attorney, part of a
0:51:30 > 0:51:35successful prosecution of some KKK members responsible for the death of
0:51:35 > 0:51:43some black girls about ten years ago. It was dating back to the civil
0:51:43 > 0:51:49rights era, a crime that they dusted off and re-prosecuted. He ran as a
0:51:49 > 0:51:54model it in Alabama. You cannot be too liberal. He stuck by traditional
0:51:54 > 0:51:58democratic principles like abortion rights. He took a number of hits
0:51:58 > 0:52:01from the evangelical community in Alabama for his support of late term
0:52:01 > 0:52:06abortions. In the case of the health of mothers. You had him in his
0:52:06 > 0:52:09victory speech last night talk about children's health care being a
0:52:09 > 0:52:13priority. Democrats would love to get him into Washington to vote
0:52:13 > 0:52:17against the tax bill coming down the pike, Lott does not look like that
0:52:17 > 0:52:21will happen. He is not the most charismatic personality but he was
0:52:21 > 0:52:26able to put together this coalition of not only black votes but also
0:52:26 > 0:52:30young and suburban women. Suburban educated voters. He has a certain
0:52:30 > 0:52:35appeal, even in Alabama.You said it was good to be tough in those ten
0:52:35 > 0:52:38areas they will be fighting at the midterms in 2018, but of course what
0:52:38 > 0:52:42will feed into that is just how much Donald Trump has achieved. When you
0:52:42 > 0:52:47look at the bigger national picture now, 51 plays 49 in the Senate, it
0:52:47 > 0:52:53is going to be a lot tougher.It is. They are going to most likely get
0:52:53 > 0:52:58tax reform through before Doug Jones comes into the Senate. But if you
0:52:58 > 0:53:01look at the tax reform proposal, it is not particularly popular right
0:53:01 > 0:53:04now among the public at large. I don't live much is going to help
0:53:04 > 0:53:08make the case that Republicans should stay in power after the
0:53:08 > 0:53:12mid-term elections. And yes, Democrats have an uphill battle to
0:53:12 > 0:53:16take control of the Senate and they are couple of pick-up opportunities
0:53:16 > 0:53:23in Nevada and Arizona. That's third pick-up that was tough to find, they
0:53:23 > 0:53:26got it in Alabama. Meanwhile, those of representatives could be in play.
0:53:26 > 0:53:33It seems much more likely house would go on the way of election.
0:53:33 > 0:53:36What we are seen, especially in Virginia, is that turnout is up
0:53:36 > 0:53:40amongst Democrats. The enthusiasm of the resistance movement will be seen
0:53:40 > 0:53:44on the ground. That is translating into votes. When the mid-term rolls
0:53:44 > 0:53:49around. I think they are hoping that repeats itself.OK, thank you very
0:53:49 > 0:53:53much coming in with all that. I have one more statistic and I will not
0:53:53 > 0:53:59let you get away, Christian, without hearing it. From the Alabama race.
0:53:59 > 0:54:0140% of people who voted in the Alabama race believed that sexual
0:54:01 > 0:54:10harassment allegations against Roy Moore were false. 40%. A lot of
0:54:10 > 0:54:15people. That takes us very neatly into this.
0:54:15 > 0:54:18If you want to encapsulate the mood and events
0:54:18 > 0:54:21of the last 12 months, it seems the words that people have
0:54:21 > 0:54:26been looking up online are a pretty good place to start.
0:54:26 > 0:54:28The American dictionary Merriam Webster has issued its ten
0:54:28 > 0:54:30most popular word searches of the year and they make
0:54:30 > 0:54:33for a fascinating insight into the big themes of 2017.
0:54:33 > 0:54:38In third place is recuse,
0:54:38 > 0:54:47meaning "to disqualify oneself as judge in a particular case",
0:54:47 > 0:54:49that search of course connected to US Attorney General Jeff Sessions,
0:54:49 > 0:54:51who recused himself from the FBI's Russia investigation.
0:54:51 > 0:54:53In second place is "complicit" -
0:54:53 > 0:54:55the word of the moment when President's Trump's daughter
0:54:55 > 0:54:57was asked on television whether she and her husband,
0:54:57 > 0:54:58presidential adviser Jared Kushner, were "complicit"
0:54:58 > 0:55:01in what was happening in the White House.
0:55:01 > 0:55:08She said she "didn't know what it means to be 'complicit."
0:55:08 > 0:55:09But in first place is feminism.
0:55:09 > 0:55:12The dictionary defines feminism as "the theory of the political,
0:55:12 > 0:55:14economic and social equality of the sexes".
0:55:14 > 0:55:17It adds that it is also "organised activity on behalf of women's
0:55:17 > 0:55:21rights and interests".
0:55:21 > 0:55:25This is interesting because it was not very long ago here in the United
0:55:25 > 0:55:28States... I am going to see the four years ago that people were very
0:55:28 > 0:55:32reluctant to call themselves feminists. There had been a huge
0:55:32 > 0:55:36backlash against the use of that term and yet this year, with the
0:55:36 > 0:55:39women's marches and the sexual harassment stories, with women
0:55:39 > 0:55:43turning out to vote in places like Virginia and Alabama in big numbers.
0:55:43 > 0:55:46It seems like being a feminist is back in vogue again.
0:55:46 > 0:55:51That is the word of the year. Coming up next on BBC World News...
0:55:51 > 0:55:55Ros Atkins is here with Outside Source and for
0:55:55 > 0:55:57viewers in the UK, we'll have the latest headlines
0:55:57 > 0:55:59from Clive Myrie.
0:55:59 > 0:56:01For now - from Katty Kay in Washington and me