0:00:00 > 0:00:02from the chart company phoned up and asked for a quote. It was ten number
0:00:02 > 0:00:05ones in a row. I don't like to make a big deal out of it but I like to
0:00:05 > 0:00:10make a really big deal out of it! Everything I do at the moment, I get
0:00:10 > 0:00:34people to mention it!Well, I think it is fabulous!
0:00:34 > 0:00:39I think that Brexit is unstoppable. As the Chancellor at the time of
0:00:39 > 0:00:45German reunification is to say, it will go on.Will be bitter
0:00:45 > 0:00:54aftertaste of the night, before baby deal?President Jean-Claude Juncker
0:00:54 > 0:00:59has said that sufficient progress had been made. Yesterday, the
0:00:59 > 0:01:02British parliament overwhelmingly voted to accept that I commend it
0:01:02 > 0:01:07in.We will have all the latest from here in Brussels, but we will also
0:01:07 > 0:01:10bring action for Britain and Germany as it moves towards that second
0:01:10 > 0:01:26phase. Also broke on the programme, and at least four children are dead
0:01:26 > 0:01:31in France after a crash between a school bus and a train. Get in touch
0:01:31 > 0:01:41with us.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11But, what will win they want to hear from Mrs May? I am guessing that
0:02:11 > 0:02:15they will want to know what a deep and special partnership actually
0:02:15 > 0:02:23means.Prime Minister may admitted today that her Government lost an
0:02:23 > 0:02:27amendment last night. Bridget MPAs what a greater say on the deal with
0:02:27 > 0:02:30the EU. Does that undermine the Prime Minister's negotiating
0:02:30 > 0:02:43position in muscles? Our political editor has more.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Her job tonight, to get 27 countries of all political
0:02:54 > 0:02:56colours on her side, a day after failing to line up
0:02:56 > 0:02:57everyone in her own party.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Will Theresa May bend to her rebels' will?
0:02:59 > 0:03:02I'm disappointed in the amendment, but, actually, the EU withdrawal
0:03:02 > 0:03:04bill is making good progress, through the House of Commons,
0:03:04 > 0:03:06and we are on course to deliver on Brexit.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Remember last week, President Jean-Claude Juncker,
0:03:08 > 0:03:11said significant progress had been made to move on to phase two
0:03:11 > 0:03:12of our negotiations.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14Do you accept that as Prime Minister, you are going to have
0:03:14 > 0:03:17to make more copper misers, not just with the opposition party,
0:03:17 > 0:03:18but with your own site?
0:03:18 > 0:03:24Well, let's look at the passage of the EU Withdrawal Bill, so far.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26It has been making good progress through the House of Commons.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29We have actually had 36 vote on the EU withdrawal bill,
0:03:29 > 0:03:31and we have won 35 of those votes.
0:03:31 > 0:03:32Will you compromise more?
0:03:32 > 0:03:35We have won 35 out of a 36 vote on the EU withdrawal bill.
0:03:35 > 0:03:36Give and take at home?
0:03:36 > 0:03:37Not quite.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40But abroad, where she has had to come from ice,
0:03:40 > 0:03:42her cheery counterparts in a mixture of sympathy, and demand.
0:03:42 > 0:04:04This makes it even shorter, for Theresa May's Government,
0:04:04 > 0:04:06to make proposals, because if, afterwards, she needs to get
0:04:06 > 0:04:09an agreement in London, that does not help a lot.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11I have absolute faith in faith and confidence in her,
0:04:11 > 0:04:14that she speaks for the UK, and that as long as that
0:04:14 > 0:04:17is the case, as long as she is Prime Minister,
0:04:17 > 0:04:19we will deal with her, and treat her as if she has
0:04:19 > 0:04:20an overall majority.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23She is holding her cards close to her heart at the moment,
0:04:23 > 0:04:25which I understand, on the next phase.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27And this is probably a wise negotiating tactic.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30It is now for the UK to make up its mind and then together,
0:04:30 > 0:04:32to collectively see where we can get to.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34The closest friends maybe not quite convinced.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36We have made progress with Great Britain,
0:04:36 > 0:04:38said the German leader, but some questions are still open.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Where Brexit is being brokered, May's promises of "Strong
0:04:40 > 0:04:43and Stable" seem long ago, some Tories furious their colleagues
0:04:43 > 0:04:45sent the Prime Minister to her seat after defeat.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48But, for the rebels and their new found friends in the opposition,
0:04:48 > 0:04:49listening would add authority.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51She has caused this problem for herself, actually
0:04:51 > 0:04:55what she should now do is embrace what happened last night and say,
0:04:55 > 0:04:58yes, I will involve Parliament, and then it would be obvious
0:04:58 > 0:05:00in the negotiations that I have the support of Parliament
0:05:00 > 0:05:01in what I am doing.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04Barring last-minute disaster, the rest of the EU is to agree that
0:05:04 > 0:05:08Britain can move onto the next phase of our long goodbye, but Theresa May
0:05:08 > 0:05:09will enter that, knowing that the other
0:05:09 > 0:05:10countries provide 27 items on
0:05:10 > 0:05:12our list of problems, but parliament
0:05:12 > 0:05:13is perhaps the 28th, and the
0:05:13 > 0:05:16trickiest of all.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Remember, tomorrow's expected agreement is
0:05:18 > 0:05:22only a promise to move onto talks about the long-term relationship.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24That home, and here, there are still an awful
0:05:24 > 0:05:26lot to be worked out.
0:05:26 > 0:05:35Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News, Brussels.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Joining me now is Tony Connelly, Europe Editor for Ireland's
0:05:37 > 0:05:42national broadcaster RTE.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45Why do you listening to data some of EU leaders as they arrived in a
0:05:45 > 0:05:49building. How do you think they will react to treat Mac's defeat last
0:05:49 > 0:05:54night. I think they will feel that it is not ideal for her coming to a
0:05:54 > 0:05:58summit, but I think earlier on in the autumn, there was a sense that
0:05:58 > 0:06:01there were such disarray in the Conservative Party, and that she
0:06:01 > 0:06:04seemed to be facing a crisis every week, and there was real concern
0:06:04 > 0:06:12that there might be a replacement, but she seemed to ride out those
0:06:12 > 0:06:16particular storms, and think there was a consensus at the end, or a
0:06:16 > 0:06:20prevailing wisdom at EU level is, that she would probably survive for
0:06:20 > 0:06:24the time being, because there wasn't a clear challenger within the
0:06:24 > 0:06:28Conservative Party, and that would simply have to deal with her. The
0:06:28 > 0:06:32whole formulation of hard being a week but stable, is something that
0:06:32 > 0:06:36people here have grown accustomed to, and they think that she will be
0:06:36 > 0:06:42around for quite some time, afterwards.For Theresa May it is a
0:06:42 > 0:06:48bit of a roller-coaster at the moment. The issue is, that,
0:06:48 > 0:06:51confidence was undermined, perhaps more by David Davis who said that
0:06:51 > 0:06:55the agreement they came to last Friday was a statement of intent, it
0:06:55 > 0:06:59was not legally binding. What I heard from other leaders, was that
0:06:59 > 0:07:04they want that agreement put into a legal text.I think there was real
0:07:04 > 0:07:07concern earlier this week, especially among French and German
0:07:07 > 0:07:12officials, that the personal envoys of other leaders, they normally come
0:07:12 > 0:07:17to the party summit in advance, and, I think they were concerned about
0:07:17 > 0:07:23any sense of backsliding, and there was language I think from Michel
0:07:23 > 0:07:28Barnier, and others, really spelling out, that while formally speaking,
0:07:28 > 0:07:34the joint report last Friday is not legally binding, yet, it is a
0:07:34 > 0:07:37political commitment, as the European Commission says. A
0:07:37 > 0:07:41gentleman agreement. Sadly, the Irish Government will quickly say,
0:07:41 > 0:07:46look, this has to be legally binding, and there is angered in the
0:07:46 > 0:07:48guidelines that will be adopted tomorrow that any commitments that
0:07:48 > 0:07:59are made in phase one, such as the financial settlement, citizen's
0:07:59 > 0:08:04rights, that it will have to be agreed at the end of March two dozen
0:08:04 > 0:08:0819.I know that you are going to stay with us. We will get plenty
0:08:08 > 0:08:12more from you through the programme. We did CB Chancellor Angela Merkel
0:08:12 > 0:08:16who arrived here this afternoon. She has got her own domestic problems.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20She is facing great difficulty forming a Rome coalition, but she
0:08:20 > 0:08:24did save that she believes that they will move to the next phase.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27Probably tomorrow, when it needs to rubber-stamp the agreement that is
0:08:27 > 0:08:38on the table. Let's get a view on that.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43Very good to have you here this evening. Do you agree that it will
0:08:43 > 0:08:48move to the next phase?Yes, I do expect that. I think, it will be
0:08:48 > 0:08:53back even the more difficult phase. It is a bit like a divorce. The
0:08:53 > 0:08:57first is to fix the past, and is the especially what you can do within
0:08:57 > 0:09:01the financial area, and financial affairs, but now, it is about
0:09:01 > 0:09:05shaping the future, the future relationship, and that is I think
0:09:05 > 0:09:09more difficult, or can become more difficult than the first step. But,
0:09:09 > 0:09:17they should start it now.A lot of figures at -- on the defeat last
0:09:17 > 0:09:21night, but I was here a year ago, what a difference a year made. She
0:09:21 > 0:09:28got the cold shoulder from the last 27 leaders. Today, they are saying
0:09:28 > 0:09:32that she is a formidable negotiator, she is the person they want to deal
0:09:32 > 0:09:37with. Why?Well, actually, we do want stable and very intense
0:09:37 > 0:09:47relations with the UK after they have left the EU. So, we need a
0:09:47 > 0:09:51partner, in the United Kingdom to deal with, and Theresa May is this
0:09:51 > 0:09:55partner. She is head of the Government, and it is important. I
0:09:55 > 0:10:00would say, the more concrete, the more clear, the more strongly
0:10:00 > 0:10:05mandate is there for the British Government to negotiate in the
0:10:05 > 0:10:11negotiations will develop. And, so, of course, we would love to see a
0:10:11 > 0:10:16strong position, and a clear idea, where a challenge you to be found
0:10:16 > 0:10:22out, in the next weeks and months, what actually is, what the United
0:10:22 > 0:10:27Kingdom wants the future relationship to be.Well, one of the
0:10:27 > 0:10:29issues, about that future relationship is going to be the
0:10:29 > 0:10:33issue of immigration. I would ask you about that. It's not clear what
0:10:33 > 0:10:37the German Government's position is going to be. You are on the more
0:10:37 > 0:10:41conservative spectrum when it comes to the issue of immigration, but
0:10:41 > 0:10:44your Government is trying to get in a coalition with the social
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Democrats, and a habit it clear that they want a more open immigration
0:10:47 > 0:10:54policy. If the Germans can't even sort this out, how was it going to
0:10:54 > 0:10:57be sorted out of the other 27 European Union countries goes like
0:10:57 > 0:11:01An well, if you take the bar selections that we have seen, in
0:11:01 > 0:11:07Europe, in the Netherlands, in France, in Austria. Even the Brexit
0:11:07 > 0:11:12vote, most of it was about migration. That is one of the most
0:11:12 > 0:11:17political and most important issues we have on the table right now. If,
0:11:17 > 0:11:21I think only the European Union can fix it, and there are three areas,
0:11:21 > 0:11:25one is fighting the roots, the reasons for migration, for that, for
0:11:25 > 0:11:31example the European Union Africa summit, the recent one was very
0:11:31 > 0:11:37important. Secondly, about the securing of the Borders, we have
0:11:37 > 0:11:44more power, more army there, and it is not up to human traffic to decide
0:11:44 > 0:11:50who is to entered the European Union, and the third step is, and
0:11:50 > 0:11:58that is what the current argument about, is the solidarity within the
0:11:58 > 0:12:03EU, it cannot just be the border gates, like Italy or Greece to
0:12:03 > 0:12:07actually share the burden, it should be all of us. And that, is the
0:12:07 > 0:12:12package, I would say of all these three areas, and these to be solved
0:12:12 > 0:12:18together. Let me ask you about the secret thing, because over the next
0:12:18 > 0:12:23few months, they will start to talk about the in the meditation period
0:12:23 > 0:12:27as the Government calls it. I already see it on addiction. Theresa
0:12:27 > 0:12:31May thing that the March two dozen 19, the UK will leave the single
0:12:31 > 0:12:37market and the customs union, and Angela Merkel is saying that know
0:12:37 > 0:12:41you will stay in the single market under the jurisdiction of the ECJ.
0:12:41 > 0:12:48Is there any wiggle room on that? Well, actually, we need to wait what
0:12:48 > 0:12:52Theresa May is saying tonight and what is the proposal of the United
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Kingdom, for example how this transition period shall be, how it
0:12:55 > 0:13:00shall be shaped. But, as I understand, there is still the
0:13:00 > 0:13:05enforcement of European law in the UK for these two years. And then,
0:13:05 > 0:13:10The Next Step is what comes after, how intense is the relationship
0:13:10 > 0:13:22then, the one thing, if you want to have a very intense access to the
0:13:22 > 0:13:25internal market, or the financial market you have got to accept the
0:13:25 > 0:13:36freedom of movement as well. There is much room for a compromise, and
0:13:36 > 0:13:42that is what needs to be found that in the upcoming weeks, but, first of
0:13:42 > 0:13:46all, we need to know what the British side want and what their
0:13:46 > 0:13:50expectations are, and I hope he has something to light.OK, thank you so
0:13:50 > 0:13:56much for joining us. Christian, you have spent an awful lot of time in
0:13:56 > 0:14:00Brussels, recently. What is your sense going there today? Is very
0:14:00 > 0:14:04sense that things are moving forward? That the you believe that
0:14:04 > 0:14:07they have got Theresa May where they want to have her in order to start
0:14:07 > 0:14:11these discussions on phase two and actually start making progress more
0:14:11 > 0:14:15quickly?Well, I think there is one thing to say about their
0:14:15 > 0:14:19relationship with Theresa May. They are very much behind her. They don't
0:14:19 > 0:14:23want her to start negotiations again with a new leader, because, if she
0:14:23 > 0:14:48goes, they could get someone more hardline. There were two
0:14:48 > 0:15:00interview, one, is that they wanted no
0:15:08 > 0:15:15Will the UK be able to organise its own trade deals? Will they get some
0:15:15 > 0:15:20deal on the EU fisheries policy? There are a lot of things the UK
0:15:20 > 0:15:28wants to do after 2019.We now seem to have got beyond phase one but the
0:15:28 > 0:15:35message is that the ball is if London's court and they need to move
0:15:35 > 0:15:40out -- sort out what they want.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Four people have died after a train collided with a school bus
0:15:43 > 0:15:44in the south of France.
0:15:44 > 0:15:4619 others have been injured - seven seriously.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49The accident happened at a level crossing at Millas, near Perpignon.
0:15:49 > 0:15:55The bus was thought to be carrying children aged between 11 and 15.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Emergency services are still at the scene.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Local authorities have set up an emergency coordination centre.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Let's get the latest on this - Lucy Williamson is in Paris.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06Brass details trickling through, someone on French media said that
0:16:06 > 0:16:11they thought the youngest victim might actually be a. A lot younger,
0:16:11 > 0:16:14some of those passengers than were previously thought. Looking at the
0:16:14 > 0:16:19pictures are from the scene, there have been some dramatic which is
0:16:19 > 0:16:22coming out. Emergency helicopters being fed into trying get those
0:16:22 > 0:16:25seriously injured people to hospital. That has now happened. The
0:16:25 > 0:16:29primaries, the transport minister making their way down to be sad, and
0:16:29 > 0:16:31I think, what the voters are starting to shift towards, what
0:16:31 > 0:16:38caused this collision, we know that the school bus was leaving the
0:16:38 > 0:16:43school and driving the pupils back to their homes when it arrived at a
0:16:43 > 0:16:47railway crossing point and was hit by the train. Officials were saying
0:16:47 > 0:16:50that the weather conditions were good, the train was not going
0:16:50 > 0:16:53particular fast, and when you look at the pictures of what has happened
0:16:53 > 0:16:59the bus, and the injuries that we are seeing, there are certainly a
0:16:59 > 0:17:02lot of questions to be answered about how this happened. With all of
0:17:02 > 0:17:10the senior officials going down there tonight, that will be the
0:17:10 > 0:17:14focus for tomorrow.Such a sad story, this one.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Some leaders hold Christmas parties at this time of year,
0:17:16 > 0:17:18Vladimir Putin holds a press conference.
0:17:18 > 0:17:19A three-hour 40-minute press conference.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Today he used the marathon to answer questions from national
0:17:22 > 0:17:24and international reporters on everything from President Trump,
0:17:24 > 0:17:26to Olympic doping, to his own decision to seek
0:17:26 > 0:17:36another six-year term.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39Mr Putin said his opponents in Russia were hoping
0:17:39 > 0:17:40for a coup against him.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42And he dismissed the FBI's investigation into Donald Trump's
0:17:42 > 0:17:45alleged Russia ties as the work of people trying to
0:17:45 > 0:17:54delegitimise the US President.
0:17:54 > 0:17:59Do you want to bring it all back? I am sure that the prevailing majority
0:17:59 > 0:18:03of Russian citizens do not want that and would not allow it to happen.
0:18:03 > 0:18:11This has all been invented by the people who oppose trump to give his
0:18:11 > 0:18:14work and illegitimate character. This is strange for me. This is
0:18:14 > 0:18:18being done without understanding, but by doing this, the people who do
0:18:18 > 0:18:22this, they are dealing a blow to the situation of the domestic politics
0:18:22 > 0:18:26in the country.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29And joining us now is Angela Stent, a Russian expert who teaches
0:18:29 > 0:18:32at Georgetown University.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35Thank you for coming in. To some extent these things are fascinating,
0:18:35 > 0:18:38because they give you a set of the body language of how he is doing.
0:18:38 > 0:18:43What did you make of this marathon? Well, as you have already reported,
0:18:43 > 0:18:50it was an hour less than it usually is. He is in full command of
0:18:50 > 0:18:52everything full stop is looking forward to his re-election in March.
0:18:52 > 0:19:00He dealt with the opposition, he put her in her place.She was the
0:19:00 > 0:19:02journalist who was running for politics, but asked the question
0:19:02 > 0:19:08because of the press conference. Absolutely. He criticised her for
0:19:08 > 0:19:12not having a programme, for being against everything. As you reported,
0:19:12 > 0:19:17he reached out to president Tom. He has been consistent with this. I
0:19:17 > 0:19:23would in a conference when he did the same thing. He criticised the
0:19:23 > 0:19:26American people for not allowing President trump to do his job for
0:19:26 > 0:19:32the Congress interfering with him trying to implement his programme.
0:19:32 > 0:19:48Today, he congratulated President Trump, on not getting the...What to
0:19:48 > 0:19:57make of President Putin and his allegations of collusion to be
0:19:57 > 0:20:01president. Are the Russians nervous about this?I think they are
0:20:01 > 0:20:05nervous. On the one hand, they did succeed in the sense that they are
0:20:05 > 0:20:12aided and abetted... We know that. But, they did not really fully think
0:20:12 > 0:20:15through the potential consequences, so now that they have had very tough
0:20:15 > 0:20:20sanctions passed by the Congress, which President Trump cannot
0:20:20 > 0:20:23unilaterally written, they have had their conference at San Francisco
0:20:23 > 0:20:28closed down, and there are other factors pending. I think, maybe that
0:20:28 > 0:20:31was not what they cultivated, with, and think what they are trying to do
0:20:31 > 0:20:36is try to get around that, but they understand, as we know, living in
0:20:36 > 0:20:41this country that Russia is a toxic subject, and until the investigation
0:20:41 > 0:20:47has completed its work, and we know there is very little to what the
0:20:47 > 0:20:51president can do to advance the relationship.When you are speaking
0:20:51 > 0:20:54to Russian officials, do you hear any whispering? Any talk about what
0:20:54 > 0:20:58they were doing gym because of the campaign, and what they may have
0:20:58 > 0:21:04been offered from the Trump campaign during it.That is not something
0:21:04 > 0:21:08that they talk about. The only know what we read in the press, here. I
0:21:08 > 0:21:14do think that many ordinary Russians and that we have built up President
0:21:14 > 0:21:20Putin and the Russians into these all powerful people, and they did
0:21:20 > 0:21:24understand why we have done that.So interesting. You're right, he is
0:21:24 > 0:21:28portrayed as a great strategist who got a lot for very little money.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Thank you for coming in.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33Rupert Murdoch has sold a majority of his company 21st
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Century Fox to Disney - in one of the biggest
0:21:35 > 0:21:36media deals for years.
0:21:36 > 0:21:37After decades of expanding his empire,
0:21:37 > 0:21:40the 86-year-old media mogul has taken the decision to shrink his
0:21:40 > 0:21:43business by selling off a major wing of Fox -
0:21:43 > 0:21:50which also owns Sky - for more than $55 billion.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53The US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, has put on show
0:21:53 > 0:21:55what she says are missiles that were supplied to rebels
0:21:55 > 0:21:57in Yemen by Iran, and then fired into Saudi Arabia.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Speaking in front of the remains of a rocket,
0:22:00 > 0:22:02she said the display revealed the way Iran was fanning
0:22:02 > 0:22:09conflicts in the Middle East.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Now to a White House departure which had a lot more drama
0:22:12 > 0:22:13than we first realised.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15On yesterday's programme we told you about reality TV star
0:22:15 > 0:22:20turned political operative Omarosa Manigault leaving her post
0:22:20 > 0:22:21in the Trump administration.
0:22:21 > 0:22:29It turns out that's not the whole story.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31It seems she was actually fired by chief of staff John Kelly
0:22:31 > 0:22:40but when she didn't like the terms she tried to make
0:22:40 > 0:22:41a high level appeal.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44The problem was she tripped the alarms in the White House
0:22:44 > 0:22:46residence, angering Kelly, who had her escorted
0:22:46 > 0:22:47from the building.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49Today she appeared on morning television maintaining she resigned
0:22:49 > 0:22:52and wasn't shown the door.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54But she also revealed that there were things
0:22:54 > 0:22:56in the White House that made her both unhappy
0:22:56 > 0:23:06and uncomfortable.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14I am happy and uncomfortable, but they did drag me out of the office
0:23:14 > 0:23:18kicking and screaming. Maybe they should.This is all going round the
0:23:18 > 0:23:21Internet, and then she gives this interview, in which it says that
0:23:21 > 0:23:25there were things that made her uncomfortable. She is the classic
0:23:25 > 0:23:30reality TV shows star. Who knows how to give 80s. She didn't say what was
0:23:30 > 0:23:33that made her uncomfortable in the White House, and watches all that
0:23:33 > 0:23:37didn't like, but he said that she would do that at some later date.
0:23:37 > 0:23:42Two. That little nugget into the American media. You know, this is
0:23:42 > 0:23:47kind of episode 387, the reality television presidency, in which the
0:23:47 > 0:23:53Trump administration is continually consumed in drama stories around his
0:23:53 > 0:24:01personnel, it has died down a little bit, from the summer, but it is
0:24:01 > 0:24:13still there, and Kelly does not seem to be able to impose tittle order.
0:24:13 > 0:24:18Do you think the president knows what happened. He was saying that he
0:24:18 > 0:24:24was wishing her the best, that she goes on to future success was that
0:24:24 > 0:24:29sort of good riddance, or in the dark. He didn't know that she had
0:24:29 > 0:24:36been dragged out.Trump has this affinity with certain people, and he
0:24:36 > 0:24:38collected the ball that make him feel comfortable around him. We have
0:24:38 > 0:24:43seen is in the reporting of out John Kelly, that John Kelly has started
0:24:43 > 0:24:49to try and restrict the access to certain people, but those people
0:24:49 > 0:24:52also make him feel comfortable, and stayed in the course of the
0:24:52 > 0:24:56campaign, said there is a downside to taking them away. She was
0:24:56 > 0:25:00somebody who felt that she had had a good relationship with the
0:25:00 > 0:25:07president, she had been through all of the apprentice, and the reporting
0:25:07 > 0:25:12said today, felt that she could appeal to him directly, and that is
0:25:12 > 0:25:16when the small incident happened with the alarms. Those come over to
0:25:16 > 0:25:23my house,...Is that why you keep me around, do I make you feel
0:25:23 > 0:25:30comfortable?No, no. Because you keep telling me how old I am,
0:25:30 > 0:25:35because I can't remember which the first Star Wars was, but Cathy can.
0:25:35 > 0:25:49OK, that's enough. This is Beyond 100 Days from the BBC.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Coming back the first London building to need a defensive mode.
0:25:52 > 0:25:57We will be finding out why. And, we will explain why you could end up
0:25:57 > 0:26:11bending more on your online services. That is all still to come.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18Good evening. A cold feel across the country. We had some snow showers
0:26:18 > 0:26:24across the Lake District. A little bit of lying button melting snow
0:26:24 > 0:26:27further east, the best of the sunshine, here. Nevertheless, as
0:26:27 > 0:26:36temperatures struggled a little. The showers are fairly frequent to the
0:26:36 > 0:26:42west, and they will continue overnight. A wintry mix, rain sleet
0:26:42 > 0:26:47and snow, we're not expecting too many issues, but it could lead yet
0:26:47 > 0:26:51again to icy patches tomorrow morning. Here, temperatures will
0:26:51 > 0:26:56fall close to freezing. Maybe a little freezing fog, across England.
0:26:56 > 0:27:01As well, we start the date slightly quieter for Scotland. But as many
0:27:01 > 0:27:09snow showers around. Most of them should be to the north-west coast.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11The winds swing round to a northerly, and maybe through
0:27:11 > 0:27:22north-east England, just one or two... Sandwiched in between the
0:27:22 > 0:27:26two, a chilly start, but hopefully some sunshine. That'll be the order
0:27:26 > 0:27:30of the day, without wind direction coming in from the north, we will be
0:27:30 > 0:27:34dragging in some showers from the north. Sandwiched in between the
0:27:34 > 0:27:38two, it will be quieter, it will be dry with some sunshine coming
0:27:38 > 0:27:41through, temperatures not particularly warm, three to 7
0:27:41 > 0:27:46degrees at the very best. Now, that is going to lead to a cold night,
0:27:46 > 0:27:51Friday to Saturday morning. A widespread frost is likely, so, a
0:27:51 > 0:27:56pretty chilly start if you are and of early. The cold air stays with us
0:27:56 > 0:28:00for one more day. The first half of the weekend stays cold, the wind
0:28:00 > 0:28:03direction changes to south-westerly, and mild asset to arrive for the
0:28:03 > 0:28:07second half of the weekend. So, we start cold and frosty on Saturday, a
0:28:07 > 0:28:13little bit small allowed. That will produce a view more showers, here,
0:28:13 > 0:28:17but not as cold. Seven or 8 degrees, but under those clear skies, to
0:28:17 > 0:28:21which they few degrees above freezing, so chilly. Aldridge the
0:28:21 > 0:28:28Sunday, a south-westerly wind drag in more cloud, and eventually rain.
0:28:28 > 0:29:46It be milder then take out. -- it will be milder by then. Take care.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10This is Beyond 100 Days, with me, Katty Kay, in Washington.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14Christian Fraser's in Brussels.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16The British Prime Minister is in Brussels
0:30:16 > 0:30:20trying to push Brexit talks through to the next phase
0:30:20 > 0:30:27despite deep divisions within her own party.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30The German Finance Minister told this programme the next phase will
0:30:30 > 0:30:37be harder.It's a bit like a divorce, the first step is to fix
0:30:37 > 0:30:42the past and see what you can do in the financial area but now it's
0:30:42 > 0:30:44about shaping the future.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47A horror crash between a train and a school bus in southern France
0:30:47 > 0:30:51has killed four children - many others are injured.
0:30:51 > 0:30:59Coming up in the next half hour:
0:30:59 > 0:31:01A community comes together to remember the victims
0:31:01 > 0:31:03of London's Grenfell Tower tragedy -
0:31:03 > 0:31:07six months on, many questions remain.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09Inside the new US embassy in London.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12We get a look around just as the doors are about to open.
0:31:12 > 0:31:22Let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag #Beyond100Days.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30Aside from Brexit, there have been other important discussions today,
0:31:30 > 0:31:35here in Brussels, and on an issue that is equally contentious.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38The 28 leaders have been talking about migration,
0:31:38 > 0:31:42how to slow the flow of illegal immigration, how to support
0:31:42 > 0:31:46southern European countries who face the biggest burden,
0:31:46 > 0:31:49and how to disperse and resettle those migrants
0:31:49 > 0:31:54who are already here in Europe.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57And it's on that particular issue - migrant quotas -
0:31:57 > 0:31:58that a row is brewing.
0:31:58 > 0:32:02Eastern European countries have refused to take their fair share
0:32:02 > 0:32:04of migrants, insisting immigration remains a national issue.
0:32:04 > 0:32:06Ahead of the summit, the European Council president
0:32:06 > 0:32:09Donald Tusk said the quota system had failed and was divisive.
0:32:09 > 0:32:14The Commission says that is "un-European".
0:32:14 > 0:32:20Joining me now is our Europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas.
0:32:20 > 0:32:26You have just come back from Lesbos, worried you have been looking at
0:32:26 > 0:32:32migration and what a row is brewing here about migrant quitters.It's
0:32:32 > 0:32:37happening about now, over dinner this is one of the issues leaders
0:32:37 > 0:32:43are discussing and it's an open discussion, they are not reaching
0:32:43 > 0:32:48any conclusions tonight because they know this is tough and there is a
0:32:48 > 0:32:53big division between countries in the EU, the countries who have
0:32:53 > 0:32:59received most of the arrivals, Greece, Italy, Germany and they few
0:32:59 > 0:33:05other countries, and they want other nations, especially eastern European
0:33:05 > 0:33:10countries, to take more. We had this row at the height of the migrant
0:33:10 > 0:33:16crisis when the EU was trying to deal with 2 million who came in and
0:33:16 > 0:33:21eastern European countries were told they had to take a set quote. The
0:33:21 > 0:33:26issue has not been resolved, eastern European countries or against it and
0:33:26 > 0:33:34there still coming into Italy and Italy and Greece and again, should
0:33:34 > 0:33:38some countries be compelled to help? You have been to Lesbos and seen the
0:33:38 > 0:33:45people who were there. Where are they coming in from?The Route 30,
0:33:45 > 0:33:57so we were on Lesbos last week, the numbers arriving were around 2000 to
0:33:57 > 0:34:003000 a month, that deal with Turkey by year ago brought the numbers
0:34:00 > 0:34:09down, we're fat 50,000 to 60,000 from Libya, Syria, Afghanistan,
0:34:09 > 0:34:15African countries and the issue is that the arriving, European policy
0:34:15 > 0:34:20is now to contain them on Greek islands, try to sort out their
0:34:20 > 0:34:24asylum claims and then deal with them that they are building up
0:34:24 > 0:34:29there, conditions are awful in those camps so we sought by camp on Lesbos
0:34:29 > 0:34:36built for 2000 odd, three times over capacity, people are camping on
0:34:36 > 0:34:42plastic sheets and it is getting very cold.Thank you, Damian,
0:34:42 > 0:34:50migration is a big issue in Europe. It is a big issue here in the US as
0:34:50 > 0:34:55well and they have not come to a satisfactory conclusion but it was
0:34:55 > 0:34:59into arresting listening to the German Finance Minister revising it
0:34:59 > 0:35:08is not just an issue among EU countries but even in Germany. He is
0:35:08 > 0:35:11on the conservative spectrum but Angela Merkel is trying to do a deal
0:35:11 > 0:35:19with Democrats who want to do a more open deal, so how is it in the EU
0:35:19 > 0:35:25went even countries cannot settle this?I think Donald Tusk has thrown
0:35:25 > 0:35:30a hand grenade into the room because he put out a statement to say the
0:35:30 > 0:35:37quota system was not working and then you got our row from EU
0:35:37 > 0:35:43commissioners asking where is the solidarity that keeps us together? I
0:35:43 > 0:35:46think Donald Tusk knows this is contentious and he is right to say
0:35:46 > 0:35:52he is not working so why are we not discussing it at the highest level,
0:35:52 > 0:35:57that is why he has put the contentious issues on the table.
0:35:57 > 0:36:05Christian, you keep turning a rather lovely shade of blue, conservative
0:36:05 > 0:36:11in Europe, democratic in America, it is very fetching but we will lead
0:36:11 > 0:36:14you to sort out your blue tint.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16Six months after the Grenfell fire tragedy in west London,
0:36:16 > 0:36:19survivors and relatives of the dead were joined by hundreds of others -
0:36:19 > 0:36:22including members of the Royal family - for a memorial service
0:36:22 > 0:36:23at St Paul's Cathedral.
0:36:23 > 0:36:2671 people - 18 of them children - died following the blaze
0:36:26 > 0:36:28in the early hours of June the 14th.
0:36:28 > 0:36:31For many the disaster has come to symbolise the huge disparity
0:36:31 > 0:36:33between rich and poor in one of London's wealthiest boroughs.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36Speaking at the service the Bishop of Kensington asked why so many
0:36:36 > 0:36:38in the community have been left feeling neglected.
0:36:38 > 0:36:44Here's Mark Easton.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46BELLS RING.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49They came to St Paul's, to mourn those who were lost, to comfort
0:36:49 > 0:36:55those who still suffer, and to thank those who worked to heal.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58This is the family we lost, five people.
0:36:58 > 0:36:59On the 21st floor?
0:36:59 > 0:37:04On the 21st floor, yes.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07How important is this event to you?
0:37:07 > 0:37:09Very important.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13Anything to remember them is important, for us.
0:37:13 > 0:37:17Every strand of British cultural life was woven into a service of
0:37:17 > 0:37:20remembrance, community and hope.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23Grenfell survivors, family and friends,
0:37:23 > 0:37:29politicians and royalty.
0:37:29 > 0:37:33The Grenfell fire exposed deep social divides in modern Britain.
0:37:33 > 0:37:37This morning, here at the cathedral, those destined to inherit a kingdom
0:37:37 > 0:37:42stand beside those who have lost everything from from highness to
0:37:42 > 0:37:46homeless, together beneath the dome of St Paul's.
0:37:46 > 0:37:56So now, together, we remember and reflect.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58Some politicians from Kensington were
0:37:58 > 0:38:00asked not to come today.
0:38:00 > 0:38:04Emotions are still too raw.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06Don't come and look at taking selfies.
0:38:06 > 0:38:10No, we want people to know what has happened.
0:38:10 > 0:38:14Using voices from the time, the lingering agony of the Grenfell
0:38:14 > 0:38:19tragedy was dropped into the calm of the Cathedral.
0:38:19 > 0:38:23We need to feel what they have felt.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25It has let us down, this borough.
0:38:25 > 0:38:35So many questions and no answers.
0:38:35 > 0:38:40Today we ask why warnings were not heeded,
0:38:40 > 0:38:42why a community was left feeling neglected, uncared for,
0:38:42 > 0:38:48not listened to.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52In a service rich with imagery, a commitment was made
0:38:52 > 0:38:57to turn Grenfell from a symbol of sorrow to a symbol
0:38:57 > 0:39:00of the time we learned to listen and to love.
0:39:00 > 0:39:10Schoolchildren scattered green hearts at the feet of faith leaders.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16Six months after that fateful day, the powerful were once again forced
0:39:16 > 0:39:23to look directly into the eyes of those whose trust was betrayed.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26It's like yesterday.
0:39:26 > 0:39:33The pain is deep...
0:39:33 > 0:39:43We shall not forget.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46For three centuries and more, St Paul's
0:39:46 > 0:39:51has marked the highs and lows of the capital.
0:39:51 > 0:39:55Today to that list was added Grenfell.
0:39:55 > 0:39:59A tragedy that awoke London to the injustice hidden in
0:39:59 > 0:40:08plain sight.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11Six months on and remembering the victims of Grenfell Tower.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14Net neutrality is not an obscure technicality - it is the bedrock
0:40:14 > 0:40:15of American democracy.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17I know that's a big statement but bear with us.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20The concept of free and open access to communications has been in place
0:40:20 > 0:40:21here for almost a century.
0:40:21 > 0:40:22Until now.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25In the past hour US regulators rescinded rules that guarantee
0:40:25 > 0:40:26equal access to the internet.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28At the moment, under laws originally drawn up in 1934,
0:40:28 > 0:40:31decades before anyone ever thought of the world wide web,
0:40:31 > 0:40:35telecommunications companies cannot discriminate in favour of
0:40:35 > 0:40:41any internet content providers.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44If you are a blogger in Sri Lanka or YouTube in San Francisco you can
0:40:44 > 0:40:47put your information on the web at the same speed.
0:40:47 > 0:40:48That will now change.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50The vote took place a short time ago in the building
0:40:50 > 0:40:52of Federal Communications Commission building here in Washington.
0:40:52 > 0:40:58Our correspondent Yogita Limaye is there.
0:40:58 > 0:41:04Put yourself in my position, an ordinary user of the internet who
0:41:04 > 0:41:07doesn't understand what net neutrality is. What will change for
0:41:07 > 0:41:16me now?Essentially that vote in this building today has removed the
0:41:16 > 0:41:21regulation that ensured an internet service provider, so telecoms
0:41:21 > 0:41:25company that gives you access to the internet, this company cannot charge
0:41:25 > 0:41:31you different prices for different websites, so irrespective of what
0:41:31 > 0:41:37you are watching, which paid you go to, you pay the same price, and also
0:41:37 > 0:41:42the company cannot determine if it wants to give you one website faster
0:41:42 > 0:41:47than another, so it has removed that regulation. The regulators say what
0:41:47 > 0:41:56they have done is removed hurdles for the industry, they say the rules
0:41:56 > 0:42:01set in 2015 were holding back the telecom sector and say this step
0:42:01 > 0:42:07they have taken will pave the path for more investment and innovation.
0:42:07 > 0:42:14To be clear, this affects America, this vote, but the expectation is
0:42:14 > 0:42:20that other countries will follow America's lead?The US is an
0:42:20 > 0:42:26important trendsetter and it is the place where the internet was founded
0:42:26 > 0:42:31so people around the world could look here for direction on policy as
0:42:31 > 0:42:37far as internet access is concerned but the European Union has
0:42:37 > 0:42:41regulation that ensures net neutrality, even a developing
0:42:41 > 0:42:47company like India, the telecoms regulator has said they see the
0:42:47 > 0:42:51internet as a public utility, a basic service that people should
0:42:51 > 0:42:57have access to so they have backed net neutrality. An argument could be
0:42:57 > 0:43:03made that people look at the US and say we should do that but that is
0:43:03 > 0:43:07not necessarily the case.Thank you.
0:43:07 > 0:43:08This is Beyond 100 Days.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10Still to come -
0:43:10 > 0:43:12A moment that crossed party lines.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15As Senator McCain's daughter deals with her father's cancer diagnosis
0:43:15 > 0:43:22it's Joe Biden lending his support.
0:43:22 > 0:43:25Doctors say they've achieved striking results with a new gene
0:43:25 > 0:43:27therapy to treat patients with a blood clotting disorder.
0:43:27 > 0:43:3013 people with Haemophilia A were treated, none of whom now requires
0:43:30 > 0:43:31medicine to control the condition.
0:43:31 > 0:43:41James Gallagher reports.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43Walking to work should be simple, but it was
0:43:43 > 0:43:44unthinkable for Jake Omer.
0:43:44 > 0:43:47Haemophilia A meant even the impact of his feet on the pavement led
0:43:47 > 0:43:48to bleeding in his joints.
0:43:48 > 0:43:49But no longer.
0:43:49 > 0:43:51I think the gene therapy has hopefully given me
0:43:52 > 0:43:53a new lease of life.
0:43:53 > 0:43:56It's going to allow me, as my boys grow up, to be a lot
0:43:56 > 0:43:58more active with them, so kick footballs around,
0:43:58 > 0:44:01climb trees with them, to hopefully run around in the park
0:44:01 > 0:44:03with them, and not be someone who has got to worry
0:44:03 > 0:44:04about what I'm doing.
0:44:04 > 0:44:06Haemophilia A is a hereditary condition that stops
0:44:06 > 0:44:12the blood clotting.
0:44:12 > 0:44:15Jake was one of 13 patients given gene therapy last year.
0:44:15 > 0:44:17All of them are now off their haemophilia medication.
0:44:17 > 0:44:18This is how it works.
0:44:18 > 0:44:20Haemophilia A is caused by a defect in patients' DNA.
0:44:20 > 0:44:24So scientists made a genetically modified virus.
0:44:24 > 0:44:28It contains the healthy DNA patients are missing.
0:44:28 > 0:44:32When the virus infects the liver, it leaves the DNA behind and it
0:44:32 > 0:44:35gives the liver the instructions for making proteins called
0:44:35 > 0:44:39factor VIII that clot the blood.
0:44:39 > 0:44:43If this is how much factor VIII you or I produce,
0:44:43 > 0:44:46well, this is how much is produced in a haemophilia patient.
0:44:46 > 0:44:49But you can see, after the gene therapy trial, it's almost
0:44:49 > 0:44:52up to normal.
0:44:52 > 0:44:54This is huge.
0:44:54 > 0:44:57It's groundbreaking.
0:44:57 > 0:44:59Because the option to think about normalising levels in patients
0:44:59 > 0:45:02with severe haemophilia is absolutely mind blowing.
0:45:02 > 0:45:05To offer people the potential of a normal life, when they've had
0:45:05 > 0:45:08to inject themselves with factor VIII every other day to prevent
0:45:08 > 0:45:11bleeding is transformational.
0:45:11 > 0:45:14Large studies will now take place to see if gene therapy can replace
0:45:14 > 0:45:18these regular injections and truly transform the lives
0:45:18 > 0:45:28of thousands of patients.
0:45:35 > 0:45:39Christian is back with us, he is no longer blue, which may or may not be
0:45:39 > 0:45:41an improvement.
0:45:41 > 0:45:43It's cost a billion dollars to build.
0:45:43 > 0:45:45The new United States embassy in London, which has
0:45:45 > 0:45:46just been completed, opens next month.
0:45:46 > 0:45:49It's a 12-storey glass cube on the banks of the Thames,
0:45:49 > 0:45:52and comes complete with a moat - the first of its kind to be built
0:45:53 > 0:45:54in England for 150 years.
0:45:54 > 0:45:57The US Ambassador to the UK said the new embassy is a "signal
0:45:57 > 0:46:02The US Ambassador to the UK said the new embassy is a "signal...
0:46:02 > 0:46:08Just when we were speaking! Now you are not just blue. Sorry about that.
0:46:08 > 0:46:18Richard Lister reports.
0:46:21 > 0:46:23This is what $1 billion looks like.
0:46:23 > 0:46:26The new US Embassy in London is said to be the most expensive
0:46:26 > 0:46:28in the world and almost a decade in the making.
0:46:28 > 0:46:30Inside there's a garden of American desert flora.
0:46:30 > 0:46:33It's all designed to be airy and welcoming, not words usually
0:46:33 > 0:46:34associated with embassies.
0:46:34 > 0:46:36I think this is a country of great dignity and
0:46:36 > 0:46:37it birthed the United States.
0:46:37 > 0:46:39And this building should be not some pop icon,
0:46:39 > 0:46:42but certainly a building of great dignity and serenity.
0:46:42 > 0:46:45But this embassy is also a fortress.
0:46:45 > 0:46:48It even has a moat, though they'd prefer we call it a pond.
0:46:48 > 0:46:51Some of the glass is six inches thick, a reminder that an embassy
0:46:51 > 0:46:56is the only place where one nation intersects with another.
0:46:56 > 0:46:59For decades that's been here, Grosvenor Square.
0:46:59 > 0:47:02The old embassy has been sold to become a hotel.
0:47:02 > 0:47:04But it's a place now associated with American
0:47:04 > 0:47:14triumphs and tragedies.
0:47:15 > 0:47:18ARCHIVE:At Grosvenor Square police, warned to expect trouble, waited.
0:47:18 > 0:47:19It was where British people repeatedly protested
0:47:19 > 0:47:20against the Vietnam War.
0:47:20 > 0:47:23ARCHIVE:A huge crowd waited for them at the American embassy.
0:47:23 > 0:47:25Where well-wishers greeted America's first men on the moon,
0:47:25 > 0:47:28and came to pay their respects after the attacks of 9/11.
0:47:28 > 0:47:30Now a new building will represent America.
0:47:30 > 0:47:33The US Ambassador says this glass-clad building represents
0:47:33 > 0:47:36America's global outlook, giving form, he says,
0:47:36 > 0:47:39to the core democratic values of transparency,
0:47:39 > 0:47:41openness and equality.
0:47:41 > 0:47:44What's not clear was whether President Trump will be
0:47:44 > 0:47:48at the opening next month, though he has been invited.
0:47:48 > 0:47:52It would be the most controversial visit by any American president,
0:47:52 > 0:47:56a moving-in present for the ambassador.
0:47:56 > 0:48:01Trump is coming when he sets the date for coming.
0:48:01 > 0:48:03He's been invited for a state visit.
0:48:03 > 0:48:06He's been invited and he's accepted but he hasn't set a date
0:48:06 > 0:48:10and for the ribbon-cutting of this and taking a look at this embassy,
0:48:10 > 0:48:15that will be announced when he selects the date.
0:48:15 > 0:48:17And, of course, the new embassy will outlive this presidency
0:48:17 > 0:48:19and many more to come.
0:48:19 > 0:48:26Richard Lister, BBC News.
0:48:26 > 0:48:28Now, in the current Washington climate there was a much-needed
0:48:28 > 0:48:31reminder yesterday that some things run deeper than political divisions.
0:48:31 > 0:48:34In 2008 Joe Biden and John McCain were on competing presidential
0:48:34 > 0:48:39tickets fighting it out.
0:48:39 > 0:48:42But yesterday it was the former vice president who was comforting
0:48:42 > 0:48:44Senator McCain's daughter Meghan as she deals with her
0:48:44 > 0:48:51father's cancer diagnosis.
0:48:51 > 0:48:55It's the same type of brain tumour that Mr Biden's son Beau died from
0:48:55 > 0:48:57nearly three years ago so his words of support
0:48:57 > 0:48:58were quite personal.
0:48:58 > 0:48:59This is the hard part.
0:48:59 > 0:49:00Bear with me, OK?
0:49:00 > 0:49:02I couldn't get through your book, I tried.
0:49:02 > 0:49:05Your son, Beau, had the same cancer that my father was
0:49:05 > 0:49:08diagnosed with, six months ago.
0:49:08 > 0:49:12Sorry...
0:49:12 > 0:49:15There is a lot of hope.
0:49:15 > 0:49:17I think about Beau almost every day.
0:49:17 > 0:49:22And, I was told, that this doesn't get easier.
0:49:22 > 0:49:25But you cultivate the tools to work with it, and live with it.
0:49:25 > 0:49:28I know that your family have been through tragedy that I can
0:49:28 > 0:49:29barely conceive.
0:49:29 > 0:49:31What would you tell people...
0:49:31 > 0:49:34Not about me...
0:49:34 > 0:49:36No, no, no it is about everyone.
0:49:36 > 0:49:43But, look, one of the things that Beau carried, was
0:49:43 > 0:49:53John, your dad, you may remember when you are a little kid,
0:49:54 > 0:49:59your dad took care of my Beau, your dad became friends with him.
0:49:59 > 0:50:01And, Beau talked about your dad's courage, not about
0:50:01 > 0:50:07his illness, but about his courage.
0:50:07 > 0:50:13Joe Biden, what a guy. It's heart-warming to see, largely
0:50:13 > 0:50:17because American politics has been so divisive in the last year and
0:50:17 > 0:50:22there hasn't been much bipartisan bonhomie and there you have it in
0:50:22 > 0:50:26spades and a lot of people saying maybe the president could learn a
0:50:26 > 0:50:33thing or two from that.Joe Biden is known as uncle Joe here because of
0:50:33 > 0:50:39that touch she has but also the Archbishop of Canterbury said in the
0:50:39 > 0:50:43run-up to Christmas could be cool the tensions in the Brexit debate
0:50:43 > 0:50:48because it's getting better in the UK as well. There is a lot of it
0:50:48 > 0:50:53around and it's heartening to see somebody to reach out and say he's
0:50:53 > 0:50:58on the opposite side of politics to me but he's one of my best friends.
0:50:58 > 0:51:05We have wiggled all our wires, got rid of the blue, I think we will
0:51:05 > 0:51:10turn to Tony Connolly, who has been helping us through the summit. If we
0:51:10 > 0:51:19get rid of the first phase tomorrow, where does it go? What happens next?
0:51:19 > 0:51:25This is all about process and at the beginning in April, the EU heads of
0:51:25 > 0:51:29government gave Michel Barnier a blueprint for how he should conduct
0:51:29 > 0:51:34negotiations and that was where it was spelt out that the UK had to
0:51:34 > 0:51:39fulfil three criteria to get into phase two. Tomorrow they will say
0:51:39 > 0:51:44you have done those three things so we can move into phase two. The
0:51:44 > 0:51:50first thing they will talk about is the transition, the UK has asked for
0:51:50 > 0:51:54a two-year transition and they will talk about what that will look like.
0:51:54 > 0:52:00I think the EU will have strict conditions about what shape that
0:52:00 > 0:52:05transition will take, there will be a role for the European Court of
0:52:05 > 0:52:10Justice, the UK must abide by the EU rule book including Friedman of
0:52:10 > 0:52:15movement so some stuff may be hard to swallow for Eurosceptics but the
0:52:15 > 0:52:21EU are in control.So the trade deal is weighed down the line, we are
0:52:21 > 0:52:27talking about a framework for a deal and then when we leave in March 2019
0:52:27 > 0:52:32or later after the end of the transition, that is when we will get
0:52:32 > 0:52:37a shape for the deal?Even then they have delayed talking about the
0:52:37 > 0:52:41agenda for trade talks until March but that is because they are
0:52:41 > 0:52:48essentially saying to the British government, tell us what kind of
0:52:48 > 0:52:53precise trading relationship you want to have with the EU, until you
0:52:53 > 0:52:56do there is no point in us talking so they have put that off until
0:52:56 > 0:53:00March and then they will come back and start the agenda for trade
0:53:00 > 0:53:08talks.So they go into the dinner tonight, the wind is blowing, she
0:53:08 > 0:53:12makes a speech, in terms of where you get to speak in an EU summit, do
0:53:12 > 0:53:17you want to be talking during the dinner or is nobody paying
0:53:17 > 0:53:23attention?I always wondered how they manage to conduct negotiations
0:53:23 > 0:53:29while eating a Pavlova, until you and I've become heads of government
0:53:29 > 0:53:36we will never know, but I think the nature of these summits is that it
0:53:36 > 0:53:40is an intimate affair, no officials in the room, just heads of
0:53:40 > 0:53:45government and you can get through a lot of misunderstandings and find
0:53:45 > 0:53:50common ground. I think Leo Varadkar talked in his first summit about how
0:53:50 > 0:53:56enjoyable that was for him.Tony, thank you. It's difficult to
0:53:56 > 0:54:02disagree on Brexit when you have your mouth full of bread roll.Or I
0:54:02 > 0:54:08glass of red wine, ideally. This seems to be an issue we come back
0:54:08 > 0:54:14to, they have to sort out what kind of relationship it is, do they want
0:54:14 > 0:54:20to cohabit, is this casual dating or will we just be Facebook friends,
0:54:20 > 0:54:24and that is a difficult conversation the government has not had.How did
0:54:24 > 0:54:30a square the circle of having full alignment with Ireland, so all the
0:54:30 > 0:54:35goods flow through and could go elsewhere in the 26 countries, if
0:54:35 > 0:54:40that happens how can you have die virgins? A lot of people say you
0:54:40 > 0:54:45cannot have both so they think if this is a legally binding text,
0:54:45 > 0:54:52Theresa May is already halfway towards a soft Brexit.We will see
0:54:52 > 0:54:55how those conversations go in the Conservative Party.
0:54:55 > 0:54:58Now, Christmas is supposed to be the season of goodwill.
0:54:58 > 0:55:01And if you take a look at this picture, it looks like Christmas has
0:55:01 > 0:55:03well and truly arrived in Downing Street.
0:55:03 > 0:55:05Don't the British Prime Minister and her Foreign Secretary
0:55:05 > 0:55:07look united and cosy, in their joint Christmas jumper.
0:55:07 > 0:55:13Christmas means Christmas makes a change from Brexit means Brexit!
0:55:14 > 0:55:23I haven't seen that jumper before. This is fake news, these are not
0:55:23 > 0:55:27politicians but just wax figures from Madame Tussaud's in London.
0:55:27 > 0:55:31The new display is in aid of the charity Save the Children
0:55:31 > 0:55:37But I know there are two things come one, the Prime Minister would never
0:55:37 > 0:55:44be seen dead in a jumper with Boris Johnson and look at his hair, it has
0:55:44 > 0:55:51never been so well offered.Boris Johnson being seen in that sweater
0:55:51 > 0:55:54might be the sort of prank he would like to play.
0:55:54 > 0:55:58Coming up next on BBC World News - Ros Atkins is here with
0:55:58 > 0:56:01Outside Source and for viewers in the UK - we'll have the latest
0:56:01 > 0:56:02headlines from Ben Brown.
0:56:02 > 0:56:05For now, from Christian Fraser in Brussels and me from Katty Kay
0:56:05 > 0:56:09in Washington - goodbye.