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Democrats celebrate victory in

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Alabama where they have returned one

of their own to the Senate. It is a

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blow for President Trump, Steve

Bannon and other Republicans who

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campaigned for the controversial

candidate Roy Moore. A Democrat

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elected in the deep South is a big

shop but what does it mean?

We have

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shown not just in Alabama but we

have shown the country the way, that

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we can be unified.

Donald Trump now

says that he knew all along that Roy

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Moore could not win of the loss

shrinks his Senate majority and

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makes his job harder. US secretary

of state Rex Tillerson said America

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would sit down to talk to North

Korea without preconditions. The

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White House says, not so fast. Also

the British Government accused of

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being deaf to the Brexit concerned

of its own MPs. The prime Minster

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faces rebellion on a key piece of

Brexit legislation, the vote

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expected in Parliament any time now.

And the words of the year, what do

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events around the world tell us

about what people are searching for

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online. Do get in touch with us.

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Hello I'm Katty Kay in Washington,

Christian Fraser is in London.

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Democrats today are triumphant,

celebrating their first big victory

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in Alabama in more than 20 years.

They're hoping it is a sign that the

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political tide is turning in their

favour. Democratic voters turned out

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in almost record numbers. Party

leaders suggest it is the President

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Trump affect. But how much does it

reflect the rest of the country. The

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Republican candidate Roy Moore was

both extreme and exceptional.

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Democrats are unlikely to run

against someone quite like him

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anywhere else. A short time ago

President Trump expressed his regret

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over not picking up that Alabama

seat.

We lost a seat, many

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Republicans feel they were happy it

turned out that way.

But I would

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have liked to have the seat. With

more on the dramatic results last

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night here is Nick Bryant.

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Modern-day Democrats aren't supposed

to win staunchly conservative

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states like Alabama.

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It's 25 years since that happened.

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So no wonder this blizzard

of confetti to mark the shock

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victory of Doug Jones.

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Alabama has been at a crossroads.

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We have been at a

crossroads in the past.

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And unfortunately we have usually

taken the wrong fork.

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Tonight, ladies and gentlemen,

you took the right road!

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The losing Republican

candidate, Roy Moore, thought

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he was on his way to Washington.

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But he was hit by allegations,

which he denies, of sexual

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misconduct against teenage girls.

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And shunned by senior figures

in the Republican establishment.

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That is where the anger of his

dejected supporters was directed.

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It is really sad for the people

of Alabama, what took place

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in this state tonight.

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You think you have been betrayed

by the Republican establishment?

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Absolutely.

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No doubt about that.

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You know, there was a lot

of dirty politics going on.

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I have never seen such ugly slander,

what I believe were blatant lies.

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I have never seen such

despicable behaviour.

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# You can't always

get what you want...

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It's true.

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You can't always get what you want.

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A lesson for Donald Trump,

who has strongly backed Roy Moore.

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So get out and vote for Roy Moore...

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So this is a big black eye

for the president and also a failure

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of the Trump political playbook.

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To deny accusations of wrongdoing

as fake news and to attack accusers.

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In Washington this reduces

the Republican majority in the US

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Senate to a single seat,

making it even harder

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for Donald Trump to get

legislation through Congress.

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It also boosts Democratic hopes

of winning back control

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of Capitol Hill in congressional

elections next year.

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A key battleground will be

the suburbs, and this

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election revealed a weakness

there for Donald Trump amongst

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moderate Republicans.

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On his Twitter feed this morning

the president was blaming a flawed

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Republican candidate

for this humiliating defeat.

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But Donald Trump

was also a big loser.

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Nick Bryant, BBC News, Alabama.

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Senior Republicans

on the Hill had been telling

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the President for weeks that

Roy Moore was a bad candidate.

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So perhaps there was a sense

of Shadenfreude among some today.

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Senator Jeff Flake,

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who was so appalled by Moore's

selection - he sent

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Doug Jones 100 dollars

for his campaign, tweeted this: -

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Decency wins.

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The Republican representative

Pete King went

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a little further: After Alabama

disaster GOP must do right thing

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and DUMP Steve Bannon.

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His act is tired, inane

and morally vacuous.

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If we are to Make America

Great Again for all

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Americans, Bannon must go!

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And go NOW!!

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Joining us now from Capitol Hill is

the BBC's Laura Bicker.

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What do they make of this on the

Democratic side?

I have been

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listening to one senator who has

been speaking to the networks and

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talking about a grassroots movement

in Alabama. He said they were on the

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ground way before the sexual

allegations came to light. They're

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saying that this is the path to

victory when it comes to 2018, but

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they can wrestle back control of the

Senate. The Republicans are throwing

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a bit of cold water on that because

they are saying when it comes to

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this victory it was a one-off, it

was extraordinary circumstances and

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that is what caused their man to

lose. That he was the wrong

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candidate in the first place. When

you look at the numbers and break it

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down it is interesting to see that

the Democratic vote came from

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predominantly African-American

voters, 90% of them of African

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American women voted for Dow Jones

and on the other side looking at Roy

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Moore most of his vote was

predominantly white and over 65.

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When you look at where the

Republicans on the hill apportion

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the blame clearly going after Steve

Bannon who was in the Hamptons last

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night ironically. They want the

president to listen a little less to

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Steve Bannon.

I think when it comes

to the kind of Steve Bannon versus

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establishment Republican argument

here today there is a lot of

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finger-pointing at Steve Bannon.

Elsewhere perhaps out in the Midwest

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there are saying hang on, Mitch

McConnell did not do much to support

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the candidate, establishment

Republicans were not there on the

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ground and that is why Roy Moore may

have lost. But when you speak to

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people hear what they're trying to

look at, lesson learned.

Here's what

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one had to say earlier. Should we be

concerned about being able to do

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better with younger voters and

African American voters, absolutely,

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we need to do better. We need to

have a good substantive agenda and

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communicated a lot better. We do a

poor job of communicating our agenda

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to people in the coalition and we

have got to go out and get more

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people, younger people, African

Americans, Hispanics, bring more

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people in to be a successful

majority party.

So both sides

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looking at this as a way to learn a

lesson. What worked, what did not

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stop both have got an eye on 2018.

For the moment, thank you very much.

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That's the reaction on the Hill,

let's have a quick look

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at reaction from Alabama today.

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Here's the local morning papers.

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The Anniston Star goes

all in on the Democratic colour.

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Here's the Montgomery Advertiser -

"Sen Jones D for Democrat" -

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and the Auburn News -

"Alabama Stunner".

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So what does this mean

for Mr Trump's supporters?

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With me in the studio

is Republican Mica Mosbacher

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who serves on the national advisory

board of Trump for

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President in 2020.

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If there is one lesson for the

Republican party to learn what would

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it be?

Simply to choose a better

candidate. Roy Moore was a very

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flawed candidate and while the

sexual allegations in this climate

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are swirling around especially in

the entertainment industry and

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definitely it was a factor, it is

sending a message that we do need

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better candidates. I have to say as

a female I was squeamish once these

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women came out with allegations, I

did not really want to victimise

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them again. In regards to it being a

referendum on Donald Trump, it is

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not. Populism is alive and well in

this country and I judge that by

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looking at the RNC and the fact that

they've raised over $100 million in

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a non-election year, a record. A

large portion of that has come from

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small donors for the first time, the

grassroots base of the party. So the

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establishment of which I was apart

for many years, is still not a

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factor because the election was a

backlash against the establishment,

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the institutions in this country.

Even it it is not a referendum on

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the president he did come out in

support of Roy Moore and so does at

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Wigan in any way?

He would look bad

if he acted like John McCain or

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Senator Jeff Blake by not playing on

the same team. So he went out and

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supported the candidate that we had.

Unfortunately it all hat and no

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cattle candidate.

You said that you

were squeamish, and some of the

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voters blame the Republican

establishment again but I struggle

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to see why because Paul Ryan, Mitch

McConnell, senior figures did

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denounce Roy Moore and did not want

him as the candidate.

It was the

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president who backed him. They

denounced Roy Moore because I think

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they were concerned about their own

elections in 2018. And it is

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important to look at Steve Bannon,

the firebrand of the party and what

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he's doing is energising the base as

we go into 2018, there are 12 keys

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Senate races up for grabs, ten

Senate races that are in vulnerable

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areas for Democrats including

Pennsylvania, Michelin and

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Wisconsin. Trump carried them for

the first time since 1988. So with

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the robust ground game in the RNC

and the fact that they have ramped

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up those ground games in 12 Senate

races, I think the Democrats while

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they are taking a victory lap right

now will have challenges with very

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strong candidates going into the

following year.

Well the president

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will listen to Steve Bannon because

he puts him in touch with the base

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but will other candidates listen to

Steve Bannon and the president next

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year because maybe after this result

they would think they're better off

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going on there own path.

I do not

think so because riding on the

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coat-tails of Donald Trump right now

is absolutely at the heart and soul

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of this party. I those candidates

who have distanced themselves from

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Donald Trump will be vulnerable.

They will lose donor support. A lot

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of pundits missed the fact that

there was momentum with Donald Trump

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in the 2016 elections.

But Peter

King congressman has said that is

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enough of Steve Bannon, that he is

not helpful to the party and to

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candidates.

I disagree, I think he

continues to the base just as the

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president does when he tweets. And

President Trump listens to a variety

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of opinions and he departed from

Steve Bannon in terms of supporting

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Luther strange. So he is a person

that takes in a lot of different

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opinions but absolutely does not

follow one playbook.

Thank you for

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coming in. Great to get those

thoughts. She said riding on the

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coat-tails of Donald Trump is at the

heart and soul of the party at the

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moment. Well take a look at this

tweet...

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What do you make of that?

Democrats

today are talking about the prospect

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of an election coming next year and

that Donald Trump are so unpopular

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that they will manage to take

control of the Senate again and also

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take seats in the House of

Representatives. The energy we've

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seen in marches around the country

they say will be translated into

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votes. I would say Rory more was an

extreme candidate. They will not

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face candidates lacking in other

states. -- Roy Moore. Although

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states they have to defend to hold

the summit. They also say there is a

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demographic shift taking place in

the country. We spoke about this

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before the election in 2016. But

they seem to be saying that young

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voters in Alabama turned towards the

Democrat. And fairly conservative

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young voters in Alabama and this

could be a sign of things to come.

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This shift favouring the Democratic

public -- party of the Republican

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Party.

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Here, Theresa May faces a rebellion

this evening in her party on the key

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piece of Brexit legislation that

will transfer EU law

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into British law.

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Conservative MPs have put forward

an amendment to the so-called

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Withdrawal Bill that would secure

parliament a "meaningful vote"

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on any final deal before

Britain leaves the EU.

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We can listen in now.

Order. Order.

We all want to hear the result.

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Let's make sure that the result is

correct.

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The ayes to the right 309, the noes

to the left 305.

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Order.

I'm sure you want to hear the result

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to make sure it is correct. The ayes

to the right 309. The noes to the

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left 305. The eyes have it. Locke.

It would appear the government has

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lost a crucial vote this evening on

the Brexit legislation. The

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withdrawal bill is moving slowly

through Parliament at the moment but

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the rebels in the Conservative Party

have put forward an amendment and

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they were a meaningful vote, on any

final deal agreed with the EU at the

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end of this process rather than a

rubber-stamping exercise that they

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have currently been promised by the

government. Let's go to Westminster

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and Vicki Young. A major defeat on

the government on the eve of this EU

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summit in Brussels tomorrow.

A lot

of the arm-twisting from the

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government to their own rebel MPs

would have been to say look, Theresa

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May has had a good few days and

managed to get this preliminary deal

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with the EU meaning we can move to

the next stage of talks for top

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things going OK for the first time

in a long time and you want to

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scupper that by trying to defeat her

and they have succeeded in doing so

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by just four votes. All day it has

been looking incredibly close. Right

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at the last minute, a minister

offered a concession, some Tory MPs

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said it was too late to stop we have

been talking about this romance and

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in the end the government misjudged

this and they have been defeated. It

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is all about the power MPs want as

the process goes on, not necessarily

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now but further down the line when

you have the withdrawal bill, the

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terms of how we leave and the future

relationship. Who will be in charge

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of that, who is in the driving

street and enough MPs tonight felt

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they needed more powers to make sure

they are in charge and ministers

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cannot just change things as they go

along without any parliamentary

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scrutiny.

The government had

promised a vote on the final deal.

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Why all the fuss about the vote that

they had been promised, what is the

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difference with the vote they want?

Well it is all about the kind of

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vote it is. What MPs were offered by

the government was really a yes or

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no vote on a resolution of the

house. That is not necessarily

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binding and also means it is just

take it or leave it. MPs wanted to

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make sure this was put into law, put

into legislation so they scrutinise

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it, every single line. But it went

through this place in the normal way

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and also in decent pint so not done

far too late to make any changes. Of

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course critics and Brexiteers said

those on the remain side are simply

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using this device to try to scupper

Brexit. Some in some parties, that

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will be the case but others say it's

all about democracy. A lot of chat

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about Brexit was about bringing back

power and control to Parliament and

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they say that is what this about.

Always winners and losers in

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politics. The rebels appear to have

won by defeating the government but

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they're sending the Prime Minister

to Brussels tomorrow and she now

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looks weaker.

I think she does but

I'm sure they are well aware of her

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situation. This is what minority

government looks like. She's in this

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arrangement with the Democratic

Unionist Party but in the end she

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could not persuade enough of her own

MPs to come along with her on this.

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I think there will be questions

asked about the way the government

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dealt with this. A concession at the

last minute which literally in the

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last few minutes did win over people

who were Tories about to vote

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against the government some for the

first time in their career and they

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did change their minds but not quite

enough. Maybe if they had done it

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earlier they would have won. So the

question certainly about tactics

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here but ultimately it will add to

the bad blood there is between

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people in the Conservative Party,

some of whom say they are refighting

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the referendum campaign.

Just on

that point, tactically speaking, the

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Prime Minister must have known there

was a chance that she was going to

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lose this vote. Perhaps she could

have thrown them a bone tonight and

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allowed them to get away with this

already is it just quite

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embarrassing.

I think she knew it

was on the cards, everyone has known

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that for a while. She even called in

some of rebels today, they went to

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speak to her, I'm sure that she

tried to persuade them. But in the

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end it just has not been enough. She

is weakened in all of this. A lot of

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them do it with a heavy heart, some

of them it is the first time they've

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ever rebelled against their own

government and did not want to be in

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this position and their irritated in

fact that ministers, some of them

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junior ministers, have not tried to

get a compromise. They have been

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many concessions along the way to

avoid this kind of thing but on this

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occasion the government clearly felt

they could get through and they have

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miscalculated.

Thank you very much.

A lot going on tonight and a lot of

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turmoil at the moment.

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Wildfires continue to rage

across parts of southern California

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as firefighters battle one

of the largest blazes

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in the state's history.

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Hundreds of buildings and homes

have been destroyed,

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with more than 100,000 people

forced to evacuate.

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Emergency teams have now managed

to slow the spread of the flames

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which have raged for the past week.

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The four times Tour de France

champion, Chris Froome,

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is being investigated by cycling's

world governing body

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after an adverse drugs test.

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Analysis of a urine sample showed

the cyclist had more than double

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the allowed level of an asthma drug

in his system, during this year's

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grand tour of Spain.

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The 32-year-old British star -

who has not been suspended -

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says the dosage was within

the legal limits.

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The US reality TV star turned

political operative,

0:22:200:22:24

Omarosa Manigault, is to leave her

role at the White House.

0:22:240:22:27

The former star of The Apprentice

will leave early next year.

0:22:270:22:31

Press secretary Sarah Sanders

confirmed the resignation.

0:22:310:22:34

Although one of the most

prominent African-Americans

0:22:340:22:36

in the Trump administration,

colleagues often questioned

0:22:360:22:38

what she actually did.

0:22:380:22:47

What did she do?

I have asked people

that and they never quite knew what

0:22:470:22:55

she did. She was there for public

affairs and strategy. She is to turn

0:22:550:23:00

up at meetings and be in the

corridors but no one was clear what

0:23:000:23:03

she did. Now there is a question

about how she left, a lot of

0:23:030:23:08

speculation on why. She is telling

friends today that she decided to

0:23:080:23:11

leave, she'd been there for one year

and actually there are reports that

0:23:110:23:16

she was asked to leave. I think this

takes us to number nine perhaps of

0:23:160:23:22

Trump administration officials who

have left or resigned or been asked

0:23:220:23:25

to resign in the course of not even

his first year in office. She is

0:23:250:23:29

also one of the kind of war by hard

Trump fans who was there promoting

0:23:290:23:37

the nationalist, populist economic

agenda with him and now she has

0:23:370:23:39

gone.

Sebastian gawker was another,

a strange character who seem to

0:23:390:23:49

wander around the shadow the White

House and no one seemed to know what

0:23:490:23:52

she did.

0:23:520:23:59

Scientists have warned that a

warming Arctic is the new normal.

0:23:590:24:06

But one researcher said human beings

had left the refrigerator door open.

0:24:060:24:14

It came at a meeting in New Orleans.

Take a look.

0:24:140:24:20

Some alarming statistics.

0:25:250:25:35

Coming up, with UK on the way out,

Macedonia once in. The Balkan

0:25:370:25:45

country and its future on the EU and

Nato. We hear from their Defence

0:25:450:25:50

Minister. And what do these words

tell us about 2017? We will be

0:25:500:25:54

finding out. All still to come.

0:25:540:26:03

tell us about 2017? We will be

finding out. All still to come.

0:26:030:26:08

Hello once again, not quite done

with winter just yet and there is

0:26:110:26:16

more snow overnight for some areas

in the British Isles. A lot of

0:26:160:26:20

weather is still to be had at the

moment, we have various bands of

0:26:200:26:24

whether moving across the British

Isles over the course of the day.

0:26:240:26:30

And now as we look towards the West,

things are brewing yet again. It

0:26:300:26:34

looks as though there could be

another impression of snow are quite

0:26:340:26:39

low levels for a time through the

Midlands, getting down towards East

0:26:390:26:45

Anglia. And following on behind

further pulses of snow into areas of

0:26:450:26:50

Wales, the North West of England,

Northern Ireland and the western

0:26:500:26:54

side of Scotland. Further to the

east the skies is mainly clearer

0:26:540:26:59

especially across the eastern side

of Scotland. So again getting close

0:26:590:27:06

to 0 degrees if not alone in a

number of locations. And for the new

0:27:060:27:13

day, having had that moisture coming

through overnight there will be

0:27:130:27:18

further issues on untreated surfaces

with ice. So just bear that in mind

0:27:180:27:25

for your commute. We have been here

before this week but those icy

0:27:250:27:31

patches may not be just in the same

locations. Plenty of showers around,

0:27:310:27:36

quite wintry across the higher

ground of Scotland and even through

0:27:360:27:41

the Central Belt of well at quite

low-level. And also quite windy as

0:27:410:27:46

well. But a bit of sunshine to be

had but not doing much for the

0:27:460:27:53

temperatures. As we move towards

Friday, the isobars coming in from

0:27:530:28:02

north to south and that will be the

flow of the wind meaning it is

0:28:020:28:06

coastal areas that get the peppering

of showers down the spine of the

0:28:060:28:10

country. A lot of dry and bright

weather but doing nothing to those

0:28:100:28:16

temperatures. But into the weekend

we see milder air coming in from the

0:28:160:28:20

Atlantic. To the extent that the

temperatures through Saturday and

0:28:200:28:26

Sunday will bump up by 23 degrees at

the very least. -- two or three

0:28:260:28:33

degrees.

0:28:330:28:35

This is Beyond 100 Days, with me,

Katty Kay, in Washington.

0:30:110:30:14

Christian Fraser's in London.

0:30:140:30:15

Our top stories...

0:30:150:30:16

Doug Jones is the first Democrat

to win in Alabama in 25 years -

0:30:160:30:19

beating the Republican contender

for the Senate, Roy Moore.

0:30:190:30:25

At Westminster, the Prime Minister

faces rebellion on a key piece

0:30:250:30:28

of Brexit legislation.

0:30:280:30:31

Coming up in the next half hour...

0:30:310:30:33

Lining up for EU membership -

why Macedonia wants to be part

0:30:330:30:36

of that club, and Nato.

0:30:360:30:37

We'll be speaking to

the Defence Minister.

0:30:370:30:39

And...

0:30:390:30:40

A prestigious dictionary is out

with its word of the year -

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you'll have to stay with us

for the big reveal.

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Let us know your thoughts

by using the hashtag...

0:30:450:30:51

The tiny land-locked

country of Macedonia wants

0:31:010:31:03

a seat at the table.

0:31:030:31:04

The EU table and the Nato table.

0:31:040:31:06

This former Soviet bloc nation

emerged this summer from ten

0:31:060:31:09

years of nationalist rule

and its new government -

0:31:090:31:12

elected on a ticket

of anti-corruption and economic

0:31:120:31:14

reform - is now

pushing to get ahead.

0:31:140:31:16

To that end, the country's

Minister of Defence -

0:31:160:31:18

who is also the country's

Deputy Prime Minister -

0:31:180:31:20

is on a tour of Europe's capitals.

0:31:200:31:24

Last week, Radmila

Sekerinska was in Berlin.

0:31:240:31:28

Today she is in London.

0:31:280:31:29

And she joins us in the studio.

0:31:290:31:34

Why does Macedonia want to be a

member of the European Union?

Being

0:31:340:31:38

a tiny landlocked country in the

Balkan Peninsula, it is enough. We

0:31:380:31:43

have gone through the 1990s and the

difficulties of Yugoslavia falling

0:31:430:31:47

apart. And we know how important it

is to have stable governance, decent

0:31:470:31:53

democratic values and to belong to

something which is better and

0:31:530:31:57

bigger. These were the key issues

that have emerged from our citizens.

0:31:570:32:03

I was on your border a couple of

years ago, actually. Greece,

0:32:030:32:09

Macedonia, you were an important

staging post on the route through

0:32:090:32:12

the Balkans to Europe. A lot of

migrants came your way and then your

0:32:120:32:18

defence forces pulled down the

drawbridge and that was it. There

0:32:180:32:20

was no way forward. Do you feel at

that point that you got enough help

0:32:200:32:25

from the European Union? Because

there is a feeling tomorrow that

0:32:250:32:34

European countries are not taking

enough of the quarter. That is what

0:32:340:32:36

they will be talking about in

Brussels.

We got a lot of positive

0:32:360:32:41

supportive messages by many EU

officials. We got some equipment. We

0:32:410:32:47

even have now some police officers

that are part of this joint European

0:32:470:32:50

support. But it is true that without

a co-ordinated European response

0:32:500:32:56

generally dealing with the migration

issue, Macedonia is not strong

0:32:560:33:01

enough to sustain the pressure. So

it is really, if you asked me what

0:33:010:33:05

kind of support we need from the E,

it is first and foremost a plan of

0:33:050:33:09

how to deal with future migration.

-- from the EU.

It is solidarity.

0:33:090:33:14

That is what it is founded on. If

there is not solidarity to share the

0:33:140:33:20

migrants, countries like yours get

lumbered with an unclear proportion.

0:33:200:33:23

-- unfair proportion.

We did not

have a single migrant wishing to

0:33:230:33:31

stay in Macedonia because they also

look for social and economic

0:33:310:33:35

opportunities. Macedonia is also in

dire straits, unfortunately. It is

0:33:350:33:39

true that we have the support needed

to control the border. We can still

0:33:390:33:44

take advantage of some of that

equipment. But it is true that we

0:33:440:33:47

had to use additional military

support for police officers and army

0:33:470:33:53

men are still there. Macedonia is

still playing a huge budgetary price

0:33:530:33:58

four other control at the Borders.

We'll we said we are prepared to

0:33:580:34:02

share the burden. What we are also

looking at is a possibility of open

0:34:020:34:09

doors of it comes to Nato and the

EU. If we can help Nato at times of

0:34:090:34:13

need, it is helpful if we get

solidarity and support when it comes

0:34:130:34:17

to our strategic goal of becoming a

member.

Minister, let me ask you

0:34:170:34:21

about Macedonian politics. Earlier

this year, you were physically

0:34:210:34:26

attacked by your political

opponents. I think we have the

0:34:260:34:29

pictures. Extraordinary scenes that

came to us out of Macedonia. We can

0:34:290:34:32

see them there. Nationalist members

of your Parliament blocked in and

0:34:320:34:40

punched you and I think you ended up

in an orthopaedic place. Firstly,

0:34:400:34:44

how are you, I hope you're better. I

was the kind of images you think a

0:34:440:34:49

country that wants to join the EU

can have passed around the

0:34:490:34:52

continent?

Democratic and serious

countries get into trouble. I think

0:34:520:34:57

the key question is...

We don't

often see those images from EU

0:34:570:35:05

member states.

How do we prevent

this? Macedonia has been going

0:35:050:35:09

through a protracted crisis through

the past three years. It was

0:35:090:35:14

specifically the lack of checks and

balances and anti-corruption

0:35:140:35:19

efforts, and of course a lot of

pressure on media, on opponents, and

0:35:190:35:24

businesses that have led the country

into such a situation. But, you

0:35:240:35:30

know, Macedonia is a small country

and manages to recover it strength

0:35:300:35:33

rather quickly. Not more than seven

months have passed from these

0:35:330:35:37

images. And we are talking about the

country that can actually be a

0:35:370:35:43

beacon of hope for many Balkan

countries, especially. We are very

0:35:430:35:48

diverse country. We have emerged

from this crisis as a more united,

0:35:480:35:55

more cohesive country. And this is,

at least this is what I had from my

0:35:550:36:02

colleagues in Bosnia, Kosovo and

elsewhere in the Balkans, this is a

0:36:020:36:05

reassuring sign that you can go

through the ordeal but with the

0:36:050:36:11

right policy and leadership, you can

make your country stronger. So the

0:36:110:36:14

new government is only focusing very

much on a democratic reform agenda.

0:36:140:36:19

We have a thing come up with

tangible results. Very decent

0:36:190:36:23

elections where we have got the

endorsement of a wide part of our

0:36:230:36:27

population. I think that we are,

again, the positive all can example

0:36:270:36:32

for the EU and Nato.

We hope that

you find the support that you want.

0:36:320:36:37

Thank you for coming in.

Thank you

for the invitation and the

0:36:370:36:41

opportunity.

0:36:410:36:44

Muslim countries have declared

Jerusalem as the Palestinian capital

0:36:440:36:49

and asked other countries to follow

suit.

0:36:490:36:54

The declaration was made at the end

of a summit in Turkey of more

0:36:540:36:57

than 50 Islamic states,

who all condemned President Trump's

0:36:570:36:59

move to recognise Jerusalem

as the capital of Israel.

0:36:590:37:01

The Palestinian President Mahmoud

Abbas said the US had now

0:37:010:37:04

"disqualified" itself from future

Middle East peace talks.

0:37:040:37:06

From Istanbul, Mark Lowen reports.

0:37:060:37:07

Standing together, but can

they stand up to Donald Trump?

0:37:070:37:14

Leaders from the 57

strong Organisation for

0:37:140:37:17

Islamic Corporation in Istanbul

today to respond to the US

0:37:170:37:20

recognition of Jerusalem

as Israel's capital.

0:37:200:37:22

The Muslim world hardening

its reaction to the divisive move.

0:37:220:37:30

Turkey played host, its president

the most forthright critic, having

0:37:300:37:32

warned the US it was plunging

the world into a fire with no end.

0:37:320:37:35

President Erdogan gave a history

lesson about Israeli expansion and

0:37:350:37:38

didn't mince his words.

0:37:380:37:48

TRANSLATION:

With this

decision, Israel, the

0:37:480:37:50

perpetrator of crimes such

as occupation, siege, illegal

0:37:500:37:51

settlements, demolishing houses,

displacements, property and land

0:37:510:37:53

grabs, disproportionate violence

and murder, has been rewarded

0:37:530:37:55

for all its terror acts.

0:37:550:38:03

The US, he said, was supporting

terrorism and accused

0:38:030:38:05

it of bullying the world.

0:38:050:38:06

The Palestinian

president also hit out

0:38:060:38:08

at Washington.

0:38:080:38:13

TRANSLATION:

With this step,

the United States of

0:38:130:38:15

America will have chosen to lose

its competency as a mediator.

0:38:150:38:18

And to disqualify

itself from playing a

0:38:180:38:19

role in the peace process.

0:38:190:38:21

We shall not accept any

role for the United

0:38:210:38:23

States in the peace process.

0:38:230:38:31

After hours of talks,

the OIC issued a

0:38:310:38:33

joint statement including...

0:38:330:38:36

Declaring East Jerusalem the capital

of Palestine and asking all

0:38:360:38:38

countries to recognise

a Palestinian state.

0:38:380:38:45

Rejecting and condemning the US

decision on Jerusalem as null and

0:38:450:38:47

void.

0:38:470:38:48

And calling on the UN to reaffirm

the city's legal status as

0:38:480:38:51

the capital of two states.

0:38:510:38:52

It is time...

0:38:520:38:53

President Trump's move last week

delighted his conservative

0:38:560:38:58

voters at home but prompted

condemnation abroad.

0:38:580:39:00

Large protests rocked

the Muslim world, from

0:39:000:39:02

Istanbul to Amaan,

Beirut to Ramallah.

0:39:020:39:06

Yet the reaction was more

muted than expected.

0:39:060:39:09

The call for a new intifada

or uprising hasn't

0:39:090:39:12

materialised.

0:39:120:39:14

There is a sense of

powerlessness against the US

0:39:140:39:18

decision.

0:39:180:39:19

That is one of the problems

here, another that among

0:39:190:39:22

the members, positions

on Donald Trump differ.

0:39:220:39:25

Saudi Arabia and Egypt sending only

ministers, possibly to

0:39:250:39:27

keep the US onside.

0:39:270:39:30

Today's summit gives

the semblance of unity but

0:39:300:39:32

it's unlikely to change

the White House position.

0:39:320:39:35

And beyond the tough talk,

there is little bite.

0:39:350:39:43

We're getting mixed messages today

from the White House on North Korea.

0:39:430:39:46

Yesterday, the US Secretary

of State Rex Tillerson offered

0:39:460:39:50

to start talks with Pyongyang any

time and without preconditions.

0:39:500:39:53

It was a notable statement.

0:39:530:39:54

Today, however, Reuters

news is quoting a senior

0:39:540:39:56

White House official

contradicting that offer.

0:39:560:40:00

According to that report,

the White House says there can be no

0:40:000:40:03

talks with North Korea

until the country "fundamentally

0:40:030:40:05

improves its behaviour."

0:40:050:40:06

So are talks imminent or not?

0:40:060:40:16

Stephen McDonell sent us his take

from the South Korean capital Seoul.

0:40:190:40:21

Since the most recent North Korean

ballistic missile test,

0:40:210:40:24

Washington appears to have

softened its stance.

0:40:240:40:25

The Trump administration says

it is now offering Pyongyang a first

0:40:250:40:29

round of talks without

preconditions, in what is described

0:40:290:40:31

as the beginning of

a process of engagement.

0:40:310:40:33

Let's just meet.

0:40:330:40:34

And let's...

0:40:340:40:37

We can talk about the

weather if you want.

0:40:370:40:39

We can talk about whether it's

going to be a square table

0:40:390:40:42

or a round table if that's

what you are excited about.

0:40:420:40:45

CHUCKLING.

0:40:450:40:48

But can we at least sit down and see

each other face-to-face?

0:40:480:40:52

The United States Secretary of State

did say that for this meeting

0:40:520:40:57

to take place, America would require

a quiet period without fresh

0:40:570:41:00

North Korean nuclear

or missile tests.

0:41:000:41:05

However, he appeared to suggest that

denuclearisation would not have

0:41:050:41:07

to be on the table,

at least initially.

0:41:070:41:11

It's not realistic to say

we are only going to talk

0:41:110:41:13

if you come to the table ready

to give up your programme.

0:41:130:41:16

They have too much invested in it.

0:41:160:41:18

The President is very

realistic about that as well.

0:41:180:41:21

This comes as North Korea's leader

has urged to make his country

0:41:210:41:25

the world's strongest nuclear power.

0:41:250:41:28

He was attending a munitions

industry conference

0:41:280:41:30

in the North Korean capital.

0:41:300:41:35

However, a senior United Nations

envoy who has just returned

0:41:350:41:40

from Pyongyang says a key message

he received from North Korea

0:41:400:41:42

was that the isolated regime,

above all, does not want conflict.

0:41:420:41:48

Washington has given Beijing certain

assurances regarding its troops

0:41:480:41:51

based here in South Korea.

0:41:510:41:55

The US Secretary of State says

he has told China that,

0:41:550:41:58

if for any reason, American soldiers

should cross the border

0:41:580:42:02

into North Korea,

that they won't stay.

0:42:020:42:04

Perhaps this is something

that the leaders of South Korea

0:42:040:42:07

and China might discuss

when they meet this week.

0:42:070:42:10

Stephen McDonell, BBC News, Seoul.

0:42:100:42:19

I was watching the director of

national and to this morning and he

0:42:190:42:22

said he was thinking back to his

negotiation with North Korea three

0:42:220:42:26

years ago and he said it took five

minutes. A lot of that time was

0:42:260:42:30

taken up by a translation for him to

understand that denuclearisation was

0:42:300:42:36

not going to be any precondition for

further talks. They are not going to

0:42:360:42:40

give up nuclear weapons. The other

thing he said was, how many more

0:42:400:42:44

times as the Secretary of State

going to be undermined, and in this

0:42:440:42:48

case, by the press Secretary of the

White House?

It is interesting

0:42:480:42:53

because he has been undermined once

by the president on the whole issue

0:42:530:42:56

of negotiations with North Korea. He

had said earlier in the autumn that

0:42:560:43:01

he wanted our talks and the

President sent out a tweak to say it

0:43:010:43:04

was a waste of time. Cillessen

yesterday had some quite striking

0:43:040:43:07

remarks in Seoul and said, any time,

anywhere, basically. -- Rex

0:43:070:43:13

Tillerson yesterday. Now we have

someone talking to Reuters saying,

0:43:130:43:22

not so fast, this is not the right

time to go ahead with negotiations.

0:43:220:43:25

You have to wonder at some point,

does Rex Tillerson say, I can't keep

0:43:250:43:30

making statements like this and have

them refuted the next day by the

0:43:300:43:33

White House and be an effective

Secretary of State. Everyone knows

0:43:330:43:36

around the world that you have to

have a Secretary of State that has

0:43:360:43:39

the era of the President, his

respect, because otherwise they are

0:43:390:43:43

powerless.

Talks without

preconditions is probably the only

0:43:430:43:48

way to go, given the rather dire

military options on the table. The

0:43:480:43:52

problem is, even if the North

Koreans were going to give the CD is

0:43:520:43:56

fought, and presumably they would,

if it comes without any

0:43:560:43:58

preconditions, the administration

has just undermined the man putting

0:43:580:44:02

the offer on the table. They must be

saying, how serious is the US about

0:44:020:44:06

this?

You have jewelled tracts of

speculation reported by analysts in

0:44:060:44:11

Washington. Those saying Kim Jong Un

byes-mac mission all along was to

0:44:110:44:19

get himself called a nuclear state

and then step down. The North

0:44:190:44:23

Koreans in a few weeks have

suggested they are in that position

0:44:230:44:26

and would be prepared to talk. At

the same time, the White House

0:44:260:44:29

clearly ratcheting up tensions in

saying, look, we're not prepared to

0:44:290:44:34

negotiate unless they prepare

better. -- behave better. We are

0:44:340:44:40

going round and speculation in

Washington at the moment the

0:44:400:44:43

prospect of military action on the

Korean Peninsula is much closer than

0:44:430:44:46

people are aware of.

In the last

hour, the United States Central

0:44:460:44:52

Bank, the central reserve, has said

it will raise its percentage point

0:44:520:44:57

by a quarter of a percent. The move

is another step in reversing

0:44:570:45:02

policies put in place after the

financial crisis.

0:45:020:45:09

This is Beyond 100 Days.

0:45:090:45:10

Still to come...

0:45:100:45:12

Joy for Doug Jones

and his supporters -

0:45:120:45:14

why one group in particular felt

compelled to get out and vote.

0:45:140:45:24

In sport, England's

cricketers will be

0:45:250:45:28

fighting to keep their Ashes

hopes alive tomorrow

0:45:280:45:30

as they take on Australia

in the third test in Perth.

0:45:300:45:34

England lost the first two tests

and need at least a draw

0:45:340:45:37

to avoid a series defeat.

0:45:370:45:42

But it'll be a tough task - they've

not won at the Waca since 1978,

0:45:420:45:45

as Andy Swiss reports from Perth.

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In one of the most isolated

cities in the world,

0:45:480:45:51

one of the loneliest places

for English cricket.

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The Waca is where so many

Ashes dreams have died.

0:45:570:46:00

So many decades of

disappointment for England's

0:46:000:46:03

players and their fans.

0:46:030:46:06

But here, a team trailing

on the pitch and in turmoil off it

0:46:060:46:09

know they need something

extraordinary.

0:46:090:46:11

It's an opportunity

to create history.

0:46:110:46:16

It's a real chance to flip

the dynamic of this series

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on its head and, if we do come away

2-1 from this game, it does blow

0:46:190:46:23

the series wide open.

0:46:230:46:26

Well, for England over the years

the Waca has normally

0:46:260:46:28

lived up to its name.

0:46:280:46:32

They've lost their last seven tests

here and they've arrived for this

0:46:320:46:35

one with not just their cricket,

but their conduct

0:46:350:46:38

under the spotlight.

0:46:380:46:39

The latest barroom incident,

in which bowler Jimmy Anderson had

0:46:390:46:41

a drink poured over him,

has given Australia's headline

0:46:410:46:44

writers another field day.

0:46:440:46:50

And some believe the culture

of the team needs to change.

0:46:500:46:53

They do behave like students.

0:46:530:46:54

You know, when they go out,

they think they're students.

0:46:540:46:56

They're not, they're

England cricketers.

0:46:560:46:59

The perception is that

they drink too much.

0:46:590:47:00

In terms of everything that's

happened to the team,

0:47:000:47:06

their performance levels,

the off-field antics,

0:47:060:47:08

I would be staggered if England got

a victory this week.

0:47:080:47:10

This will be the last

Ashes Test at this

0:47:100:47:13

atmospheric ground -

for so long, Australia's

0:47:130:47:14

western stronghold.

0:47:140:47:17

But, for one final time,

they could watch the sun set

0:47:170:47:19

on England's hopes.

0:47:190:47:20

Andy Swiss, BBC News, Perth.

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You're watching Beyond 100 Days.

0:47:310:47:34

As we pour over the exit polls

from the Alabama Senate

0:47:340:47:39

race, it's clear some groups

were more motivated to vote in this

0:47:390:47:42

election than others.

0:47:420:47:43

The Democratic campaign really

focused on African-American

0:47:430:47:44

neighbourhoods and it paid off.

0:47:450:47:47

30% of those who voted in Alabama

yesterday were black -

0:47:470:47:50

that's an even bigger proportion

of the total turnout than

0:47:500:47:53

when Barack Obama was on the ballot.

0:47:530:47:55

And 96% of them cast

their ballot for

0:47:550:47:57

the Democrat, Doug Jones.

0:47:570:47:58

Some of them told us why.

0:47:580:48:03

I was so happy that we came out in

numbers to vote. And made history.

0:48:030:48:08

So I was happy to be part of that.

We actually made a difference. I

0:48:080:48:14

think if the African-American

population had not gone out in the

0:48:140:48:18

numbers that we did and voted, we

would have Roy Moore the Senate

0:48:180:48:26

instead of Dub Jones. -- as senator

instead of Dub Jones.

Roy Moore, the

0:48:260:48:37

way he carried him the Mac himself

in the past, I did not feel that he

0:48:370:48:43

represented Dummett deserve to be in

Washington representing the state of

0:48:430:48:46

Alabama.

0:48:460:48:47

Let's get more on this

with the BBC's Anthony Zurcher.

0:48:470:48:49

He is in the studio with me. I am a

bit of a Nadler comes to things like

0:48:490:48:54

exit polls and I have a whole stack

of them here. You could go for hours

0:48:540:48:58

and hours going through these. We

talked about the African-American

0:48:580:49:01

vote and one of the things are

really interested me was in

0:49:010:49:07

particular, African-American women.

17% of the people who voted in

0:49:070:49:10

Alabama's race yesterday were black

women. 98% of imported the

0:49:100:49:14

Democratic candidate.

90%. An

astounding figure. Lacks in Alabama

0:49:140:49:21

make up about 25% of the electorate.

The fact that 30% unit, surpassing

0:49:210:49:27

the turnout for Barack Obama, the

first black American president, is

0:49:270:49:31

truly astounding. It is a testament

to the town notability on the ground

0:49:310:49:36

that Doug Jones did. He focused on

black turnout. He had the black New

0:49:360:49:44

Jersey senator comment. Charles

Barkley, a famous basketball player.

0:49:440:49:47

That ever played off.

We saw black

voters to me to leave a Junior race

0:49:470:49:54

as well as mine. But look at the

state is the Democrats have to

0:49:540:49:57

defend if they want to take this

Sennett next year. Missoula, North

0:49:570:50:03

Dakota... These are not state

whether flood of the population is

0:50:030:50:06

black. -- Missouri.

It is going to

be difficult. Those are states where

0:50:060:50:12

Donald Trump one big. More than this

black turnout, although it is

0:50:120:50:16

important, if you look at the junior

and Alabama, it is young voters also

0:50:160:50:20

coming out. Suburban voters.

Particularly suburban

0:50:200:50:25

college-educated women. If they can

replicate this coalition that they

0:50:250:50:28

are putting together, and meanwhile

you see Donald Trump's support fall

0:50:280:50:31

off when someone named Donald Trump

is not on the ballot, we have about

0:50:310:50:37

50% of Donald Trump's votes for Roy

Moore yesterday. A significant drop.

0:50:370:50:43

If that happens, even in the states

that are Trump territory, you can

0:50:430:50:47

see these rip -- incumbents hold on.

But in my ex Paul knows you, it said

0:50:470:50:58

a majority of college-educated women

voted for the Republican and not

0:50:580:51:03

Democrat candidate.

That is a good statistic but you're

0:51:030:51:06

not taking my stat of the day title.

Not yet, anyway

0:51:060:51:12

not taking my stat of the day title.

Not yet, anyway!

0:51:120:51:18

I am the statistician. People on

Twitter saying, were you not talking

0:51:180:51:21

about Dr -- Doug Jones?

He is a

former US attorney, part of a

0:51:210:51:30

successful prosecution of some KKK

members responsible for the death of

0:51:300:51:35

some black girls about ten years

ago. It was dating back to the civil

0:51:350:51:43

rights era, a crime that they dusted

off and re-prosecuted. He ran as a

0:51:430:51:49

model it in Alabama. You cannot be

too liberal. He stuck by traditional

0:51:490:51:54

democratic principles like abortion

rights. He took a number of hits

0:51:540:51:58

from the evangelical community in

Alabama for his support of late term

0:51:580:52:01

abortions. In the case of the health

of mothers. You had him in his

0:52:010:52:06

victory speech last night talk about

children's health care being a

0:52:060:52:09

priority. Democrats would love to

get him into Washington to vote

0:52:090:52:13

against the tax bill coming down the

pike, Lott does not look like that

0:52:130:52:17

will happen. He is not the most

charismatic personality but he was

0:52:170:52:21

able to put together this coalition

of not only black votes but also

0:52:210:52:26

young and suburban women. Suburban

educated voters. He has a certain

0:52:260:52:30

appeal, even in Alabama.

You said it

was good to be tough in those ten

0:52:300:52:35

areas they will be fighting at the

midterms in 2018, but of course what

0:52:350:52:38

will feed into that is just how much

Donald Trump has achieved. When you

0:52:380:52:42

look at the bigger national picture

now, 51 plays 49 in the Senate, it

0:52:420:52:47

is going to be a lot tougher.

It is.

They are going to most likely get

0:52:470:52:53

tax reform through before Doug Jones

comes into the Senate. But if you

0:52:530:52:58

look at the tax reform proposal, it

is not particularly popular right

0:52:580:53:01

now among the public at large. I

don't live much is going to help

0:53:010:53:04

make the case that Republicans

should stay in power after the

0:53:040:53:08

mid-term elections. And yes,

Democrats have an uphill battle to

0:53:080:53:12

take control of the Senate and they

are couple of pick-up opportunities

0:53:120:53:16

in Nevada and Arizona. That's third

pick-up that was tough to find, they

0:53:160:53:23

got it in Alabama. Meanwhile, those

of representatives could be in play.

0:53:230:53:26

It seems much more likely house

would go on the way of election.

0:53:260:53:33

What we are seen, especially in

Virginia, is that turnout is up

0:53:330:53:36

amongst Democrats. The enthusiasm of

the resistance movement will be seen

0:53:360:53:40

on the ground. That is translating

into votes. When the mid-term rolls

0:53:400:53:44

around. I think they are hoping that

repeats itself.

OK, thank you very

0:53:440:53:49

much coming in with all that. I have

one more statistic and I will not

0:53:490:53:53

let you get away, Christian, without

hearing it. From the Alabama race.

0:53:530:53:59

40% of people who voted in the

Alabama race believed that sexual

0:53:590:54:01

harassment allegations against Roy

Moore were false. 40%. A lot of

0:54:010:54:10

people. That takes us very neatly

into this.

0:54:100:54:15

If you want to encapsulate

the mood and events

0:54:150:54:18

of the last 12 months,

it seems the words that people have

0:54:180:54:21

been looking up online are a pretty

good place to start.

0:54:210:54:26

The American dictionary

Merriam Webster has issued its ten

0:54:260:54:28

most popular word searches

of the year and they make

0:54:280:54:30

for a fascinating insight

into the big themes of 2017.

0:54:300:54:33

In third place is recuse,

0:54:330:54:38

meaning "to disqualify oneself

as judge in a particular case",

0:54:380:54:47

that search of course connected to

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions,

0:54:470:54:49

who recused himself from the FBI's

Russia investigation.

0:54:490:54:51

In second place is "complicit" -

0:54:510:54:53

the word of the moment

when President's Trump's daughter

0:54:530:54:55

was asked on television

whether she and her husband,

0:54:550:54:57

presidential adviser

Jared Kushner, were "complicit"

0:54:570:54:58

in what was happening

in the White House.

0:54:580:55:01

She said she "didn't know what it

means to be 'complicit."

0:55:010:55:08

But in first place is feminism.

0:55:080:55:09

The dictionary defines feminism

as "the theory of the political,

0:55:090:55:12

economic and social equality

of the sexes".

0:55:120:55:14

It adds that it is also "organised

activity on behalf of women's

0:55:140:55:17

rights and interests".

0:55:170:55:21

This is interesting because it was

not very long ago here in the United

0:55:210:55:25

States... I am going to see the four

years ago that people were very

0:55:250:55:28

reluctant to call themselves

feminists. There had been a huge

0:55:280:55:32

backlash against the use of that

term and yet this year, with the

0:55:320:55:36

women's marches and the sexual

harassment stories, with women

0:55:360:55:39

turning out to vote in places like

Virginia and Alabama in big numbers.

0:55:390:55:43

It seems like being a feminist is

back in vogue again.

0:55:430:55:46

That is the word of the year. Coming

up next on BBC World News...

0:55:460:55:51

Ros Atkins is here with

Outside Source and for

0:55:510:55:55

viewers in the UK, we'll

have the latest headlines

0:55:550:55:57

from Clive Myrie.

0:55:570:55:59

For now - from Katty Kay

in Washington and me

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