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Beyond One Hundred Days.

1097 pages -

that's the length of President

Trump's big year end victory.

Congress has just passed

a massive tax reform bill -

will it drive up

inequality in America?

Critics say the rich get rich

and the poor get poorer under

the Republican plan.

Nonsense says Mr Trump -

it's a win for everyone.

President Trump threatens to cut US

financial aid to countries that vote

against America on the issue

of Jerusalem at the UN tomorrow.

Doing splits in your 80s -

how simply being flexible and

sociable could lengthen your life.

Also on the programme.

The EU sets out a tough opening

position on phase two

of the Brexit negotiation.

The transition will end, short

of two years, in December 2020.

From the beginning America has been

an nation defined by its people.

And Disney's Donald -

if imitation is the sincerest form

of flattery, we wonder

what the president makes of this?

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Hello and welcome -

I'm Katty Kay in New York

and Christian Fraser is in London.

Donald Trump has secured

the first big legislative

achievement of his presidency.

For the first time since

Ronald Reagan was in office America

has overhauled its wildly

complicated tax system.

But it's a triumph Republicans

secured without any buy

in from Democrats and with a plan

that polls suggest is

historically unpopular.

Critics say this bill will increase

inequality in America

and expand the US debt.

Mr Trump says it will boost growth

and benefit everybody.

An historic victory

for the American people.

It will go through the final

passage today in the House.

And the congressmen

and women and the

Senate will be coming over -

the Republican Senate.

Unfortunately, the Democrats don't

like to see tax-cutting.

They like to see tax increases.

We can now speak to Democratic

Congressman Joaquin Castro who joins

us live from Capitol Hill.

Democrats voted, all of you, against

the tax reform Bill but President

Trump says that Democrats always

vote against tax cuts.

Well like the

American people, and you mentioned

the opinion polls showing the

American people are mostly against

this tax bill, we realised it is a

sham. That 83% of the benefits on

this tax cut goes to the top 1% in

this country. To the very wealthy.

Most of the benefits also go to

corporations, the corporate tax cuts

are permanent, tax cuts for

individual Americans are not. So for

many reasons this is just a very raw

deal and a bad deal for the American

people.

So under this tax plan

corporate tax is brought more in

line with corporate tax rates in

other Western countries. American

companies will bring a lot of money

back on shore to the US and may

invest that in jobs, capital

infrastructure, that would be a good

thing for American workers?

That is

the theory and the hope but at the

same time right now the United

States corporations basically are

doing better than ever before. The

stock market is higher than ever.

And so would question the timing and

the wisdom of such a steep corporate

tax cut right now. That with this

bill overall would add summer

between 145 trillion and $2 trillion

to the deficit, which is already at

$20 trillion of debt. So again it

was a poorly planned and poorly

executed tax bill.

Incorporated in

this is the repeal of the Obamacare

individual mandate. Does that mean

Obamacare practically speaking is

now dead?

I would not say Obamacare

is dead, but certainly it strikes a

blow to the Affordable Care Act but

most importantly a blow to the

American people because this will

likely lead to an increase in

premiums, individual premiums for

Americans. So that will hurt

everyone at every economic class.

Thank you very much indeed.

Let's get reaction

from Grover Norquist -

he's the President of the advocacy

group Americans for Tax

Reform and joins me now.

Is this bill going to make President

Trump richer?

Well it is going to

make the American economy stronger

and the good news is it cuts taxes

on all Americans, every income group

will see a lower tax rate. You asked

about the tax that Obamacare has on

people who do not want Obamacare,

6.6 million Americans in 2015 were

penalised, a $700 tax, penalising

them because they did not want to

buy Obamacare. And all of those

people will no longer be assaulted

by the government every year, and

penalised because they do not buy

Obamacare. 80% of people hit by the

Obamacare tax burden less than

$50,000 a year so that is one of the

taxes that Obama put in that hurt

politically lower-income people. We

have not got rid of all of them but

this we did get rid of and we also

double the individual and couples

standard deduction, the first

$24,000 and buy a couple has a 0%

tax rate. I know the Democrats say

it is all about millionaires but the

problem is every two weeks for the

rest of this year Americans will see

more money in their pay cheques and

they will get tired of that untruth.

Let me ask about the prospects for

American growth under this tax plan

because one of the big premises of

the tax plan is that by cutting

taxes on corporations they will

bring the money back to the United

States and the economic growth rate

will increase. But there are several

surveys suggesting that American

workers will only feel about 20% of

that tax cut to corporations and the

rest will go to shareholders in a

share buy-back and dividends to

their shareholders and they will not

actually investing capital or by

increasing wages. They will just

keep it for the corporation, for

their shareholders.

Well half of

Americans are in the stock market so

with individual retirement accounts,

pensions, even people with

government jobs, their pensions are

backed up by the stock market. But

half of Americans directly in the

stock market have direct ownership

through their retirement plans that

they own. And they will see every

month, they will get a letter saying

that your life savings have just

increased. And because capital is so

fluid it goes to where it is treated

best. Where it is not taxed as

heavily. We used to scare capital

away from the US, we have a largely

free economy but we will be

attracting a lot more investment not

just from American companies

overseas but from around the world.

Because if you are a dollar in the

US you get to keep 79 cents and not

65 as we do now.

One of the 12

Republicans who voted against the

bill yesterday was the chair of the

house Appropriations Committee, an

influential committee on the hill.

He said the people of New Jersey

already carry an extremely heavy tax

burden, they need and deserve tax

cuts and this will lead to tax

increases for far too many

hard-working New Jersey families.

How do you respond? Well he has it

backwards, a number of states have

abusively high income taxes, state

income taxes and property taxes. New

Jersey is the poster child for that

problem, New Jersey, New York City,

some cities in California. Well were

no longer having other states

subsidise your high income taxes on

property taxes. Almost all Americans

are covered but maybe 5% of the

population live in very high tax

districts. What is going to happen

is people in New Jersey said going

to start caring how the city spends

its money and that is why the public

sector unions are not happy, why the

Liberal Democrats are not happy and

it is incompetent governors and

corrupt mayors who are going to have

to change their ways or get voted

out of office.

Thank you very much.

This has caused a lot of

controversy, you've seen it here in

the US and is all centres on the

fundamental issue of income

inequality. This is a time when

richer people are taking a bigger

share of wealth and poorer people

are getting left all across the

western world. And there has been

criticism yesterday from the United

Nations saying that the American tax

bill will increase that divide

between rich and poor. Half of

Americans have their money in the

stock market as we had but have to

not. And which health does not have

pension plans invested in the stock

market, that is poorer Americans and

critics of the bill say they will

suffer underneath it.

Conservatives

in this country would save the rich

have never paid more tax than now.

But that aside how either Democrats

going to see this, see this as a win

win?

That is what they've said --

what they've said to me but they

said if Republicans had not passed

the bill it would've been a win

because President Trump would have

not had any major legislation but

because the bill is polling so badly

amongst people at the moment they

feel it will galvanise voters as

part of the Trump agenda and again

they will keep pressing for the next

eight months that this is a bill

that increases inequality for

middle-class families. Let's move

onto other news.

The Polish President has signed

into law judicial reforms

which the EU believes will undermine

the independence of

the country's judiciary.

Earlier in the day the European

Commission threatened to strip

Poland of its voting rights

within the EU.

The reforms in Poland

sparked widescale protest.

They hand control of the judicial

council that nominates judges

in Poland to the governing Law

and Justice party.

They also strengthen the President's

influence over the Supreme Court.

Catalans will go to the polls

on Thursday in regional elections.

The vote will determine

whether the majority

want to stay part of Spain -

or be independent.

The crisis was triggered

by an unauthorised

referendum in October -

after which, the Catalan government

declared independence.

Spain dissolved the regional

government and imposed direct rule.

The European Court of Justice

has ruled that Uber,

is a transport firm and should be

regulated like any

other taxi company.

The company maintains it's a digital

information provider that connects

passengers with drivers.

Experts say the judgement could have

implications for other firms

in what's known as the gig economy.

President Trump has threatened

to cut off financial aid

to countries that go against the US

in a United Nations

vote on Jerusalem.

The UN General Assembly will

on Thursday consider a resolution.

Earlier, US ambassador

to the United Nations, Nikki Haley,

said she will be "taking names"

of countries that vote

to reject Donald Trump's

recognition of Jerusalem

as the capital of Israel.

Then the president reiterated it.

They take hundreds of millions

of dollars and even billions

of dollars, and then

they vote against us.

Well, we're watching those votes.

Let them vote against us.

We'll save a lot.

We don't care.

24 carat Trump! The issue of

financial aid is complicated,

something that the president does

not like something many Republicans

think should be smaller. Most

financial aid goes through Congress

through the appropriations committee

and is not actually in the remit of

the President to wipe it out at the

stroke of a pen. Do you think this

will make suddenly people who are

going to vote against the American

position at the UN tomorrow say OK,

we will vote with President Trump?

No, he wants to be seen to be

backing down in the face of bullying

which essentially it is, in the face

of US strength. Certainly countries

in the Middle East will not back

down or stop they did not back down

earlier in the week in the Security

Council with the US will the vote.

190 odd countries tomorrow will have

the vote because the Palestinians

saw the US veto I want to vote in

the General Assembly. Some smaller

countries are supposed to bend on US

aid and maybe will think twice but

the bigger countries, I do not think

so.

I would not be surprised that if

they voted against America President

Trump would say the world does not

like my position, it must be the

right one.

The EU's chief negotiator

Michel Barnier says a transition

after Brexit will help both Europe

and the UK adjust to

the new relationship.

But Mr Barnier stressed

the transition should

be time-limited ending

in December 2020.

The deadline set by the commission

is shorter than the two years

the British Prime Minister

had initially envisaged.

Mr Barnier said he expected the UK

would eventually move to a deal

similar to that signed by Canada.

But not with a free trade agreement

in financial services.

In response Mrs May said

Mr Barnier was setting

out his 'opening position'.

Here's the UK's Political

Editor Laura Kuenssberg.

She made it this far.

The Prime Minister leaving her

house today for work.

Still in Number Ten

after a year when that did not

always looks certain.

Are you looking forward

to a break, Prime Minister?

No easy answers on how

government's biggest job,

how we leave the EU.

Can the government have the trade

deal ready before we leave?

That is what we are working to and

that is what I believe we can do.

Everybody wants to know

on what basis they are going to be

operating in the future.

There are big doubts

in Brussels about that,

and the Tories' expectation that it

will take about two years to make

the changes we need after Brexit,

a transition, and there is nothing

surprising about the European Union

getting its arguments in early.

The chief negotiator

saying today we would have

to stick to all of the rules

during transition and that

period would have to be

over by the end of 2020,

earlier than she believes.

It is not just the government,

Labour thinks two

years is about right.

We need at least two years.

We need clarity about what that

transition deal means and I think

membership of the customs union

and single market for that

period but there needs

to be more flexibility.

But don't be fooled, there is no

real outbreak of Christmas cheer

between the two main parties.

Last year the Prime Minister told

the Radio Times that

on Christmas Day she likes

to prepare and cook her own goose.

LAUGHTER.

In the spirit of Christmas,

can I suggest you heard that

in order to extract the maximum

pleasure from the messy job

of stuffing her goose that she names

it either Michael or Boris.

The applause gave the Chancellor

time to help out the Prime Minister

with her own punch line.

I think I will have

to resist the temptation

to call the goose Jeremy.

It was Prime Minister's Questions,

not the Christmas panto.

But for Theresa May's party

at least, the end of the year has

brought a little cheer.

Joining us now is our

favourite Brexit duo,

the Conservative Nigel Evans

who voted for Brexit, and the Labour

MP Seema Malhotra who voted Remain.

Good tidings to you both, lovely to

see you. As you head off into the

Christmas recess, honestly did you

think that the first phase would be

done and dusted by now and did you

expect Theresa May to be sitting on

the front bench today?

Well as we

approach the season of goodwill,

were not quite out of this place

yet, we have boats taking a slate

into the night tonight. And I think

there has been strong debate today

in Parliament. It is something that

I'm struck by today, Theresa May is

getting a big law more for all the

long grass she would have to deal

with next year because it is clear

that she's managed to kick a lot of

stuff into the long grass. Were not

clear what will happen with the

customs union, with Ireland, whether

the agreement last week, the joint

report, is going to be legally

binding. Because David Davis seemed

to change his mind after the

agreement was reached. So Theresa

May I think I stumbled to the end of

the year but the idea that she goes

out on a high is I think something

to be believed. It is not where

Theresa May is and I think that she

wishes she was in a very different

place and probably is quite grateful

that Christmas is coming.

There was

an audible sigh of relief in

Brussels last week when the first

phase was completed. But today we

heard from Michel Barnier that he

wants to cut short the transition to

December 2020. Can we get everything

done in that amount of time?

It will

give us focus at least. I'm just

hoping that if he wants to cut short

the transition period to the end of

2020, that that will mean we cut the

amount of money that we were paying

to stay in the single market and

Customs union. So we might save a

few billions of pounds. But the

problem is we still have a few

people, who still do not believe

we're going to leave the EU. I have

got to tell you I went to last month

and I bought this wonderful EU tie.

I do not know if you can get to see

it. It is brilliant and I bought it

because the gift shop in Brussels is

now selling merchandise without the

Union Jack on it. Replaced with the

EU flag. I thought of the gift shop

in Brussels can get it why can

people here are not get that we're

leaving the EU.

I think the reality

is, the sounds -- the transition

period is not something that you

leave unwanted. But it will be

essential for getting us into the

right place. We do not have a big

crash risk of a crashed to the

economy. So I think it will be a

challenge from Michel Barnier to

stay -- to say stop procrastinating.

Because the UK has handled the last

18 months through procrastination.

The 1922 Committee was held to might

come committee were all MPs and

ministers listen to the Prime

Ministers speaking in the

Conservative Party. And they banged

tables to the rafters when she came

in, she spoke about Brexit, they

said we would not get past the first

phase and she has achieved that. And

we will achieve a good Brexit and I

believe by March 2019, she left two

people banging the tables again. So

I think that she is going to have a

very good Christmas.

Let me jump in.

Last week as we know there was quite

a significant defeat for the

government in Parliament and Theresa

May is doing her best to roll back

on that. I think if he continues --

if she continues into the New Year

saying that Parliament should not

have a voice there will be more

rebellion to come.

It is Christmas, you both mentioned

that and my request from you is that

you both say something nice about

the other's position. Nigel, say

something good that you like about

remainders.

It reminds me of a

Christmas Carol, Silent night. I

find it incredibly difficult. I

guess it is because they believe, I

do genuinely relieved this, she does

believe the future of the UK is best

handcuffed to 27 other countries who

are going down the plug hole

quickly. I do genuinely believe that

she believes it is in the best

interests of the UK.

Which it is. I

could easily say something nice

about those who voted leave, I think

people who want things to be

different, who want new ideas and

change, are those who can drive

positive change. The difference

between us is really the reality of

what the change is going to bring

and I think of issues we will see

next year be very important. But for

something that has shaken up British

politics and forced us to rethink

many fundamentals, that has some

positives.

And next year is the last

full year will remain in the EU,

that has cheered me up no end.

Merry

Christmas! A fine example of how the

debate should be conducted!

At the Disney Hall of Presidents -

yes such a thing really does exist -

there is a new installation.

ANNOUNCER:

Ladies and gentlemen,

the presidents of the

United States of America.

TRUMP:

From the beginning,

America has been a nation

defined by its people.

It is of course Donald Trump,

with a message he recorded specially

for the attraction.

But - does it really look like him??

The response on social media is not

'unanimously' positive.

Some think he looks little bit like

Mrs Doubtfire. And others think

maybe they started with Hillary

Clinton and changed halfway through

and made it into Donald Trump. Like

a hybrid of them. But it reminded

me, last week this was the waxwork

model of Boris Johnson and again not

a shining example of how to

replicate our leaders. So the thing

is if you are ever put into the

presenters Hall of Fame, you need to

ring me and I will make sure the

likeness is good.

I think just

taught me down from it. I saw that

photograph this morning and I

thought it looked like Margaret

Thatcher, oddly.

Let's have a quick

look.

The other one. Viewers, go to

your phones, look up Donald Trump at

the Disney Hall Presidents. I did

not even know that they had won.

Only in America.

This is Beyond 100

Days from the BBC.

Coming up for viewers on the BBC

News Channel and BBC World News -

they fought for America,

now they're forced to live in Mexico

- why these veterans don't

have the same rights

as their US-born comrades.

And the president,

the prime minister -

and the people watching

their every move.

The trans-Atlantic year

that was for our North America

and UK Political editors.

That's still to come.

Good evening. Murky weather

continues to be a feature for the

next few days. There was some

brightness around today, this was

the scene in the Scottish Highlands.

Even hear some mist and fog to

contend with earlier. Misty

conditions in Cumbria courtesy of

some low cloud which has been coming

in from the West. We have a weather

front underneath this shield of

cloud, if we look at the forecast

through tonight you can see the

position of that front which will be

a focus for some spots of rain. To

the south of that particularly very

misty and murky conditions. To the

north some clear spells and turning

a bit chilly. Don towards the South

West temperatures back in double

digits or might long. Tomorrow the

weather front moves north and east

again bringing some outbreaks of

rain, mostly light and patchy. To

the south of that cloudy but largely

dry and to the north again the best

of the sunshine across the northern

half of Scotland. But a little on

the chilly side. Outbreaks of rain

moving across Northern Ireland into

parts of northern England and to the

south of that a lot of dry weather

but some hill fog around and some

drizzle. But double digit

temperatures. Into Friday similar in

many respects, against them cloudy

conditions but a better chance of

some brightness across north-east

Scotland perhaps filtering down into

north-east England at times. For the

most part it is mild, up to 13

degrees. On Saturday again eastern

Scotland best favoured for some

brightness and sunshine. That could

lift temperatures towards 14

degrees. Some rain into the North

West which will continue to fall on

Christmas Eve. Only moving South

East. Then once we move out of

Christmas Eve into Christmas Day is

all about this weather front which

brings outbreaks of rain to the

south of that. But to the north some

cold air is lacking and there is

uncertainty about the timing but it

looks like rain will move south and

then things start to turn colder

from the north.

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The motion to reconsider is laid on

the table.

The US House of

Representatives gives its final

approval to the biggest changes to

the country's Techsystems since the

1980s. President Trump calls it a

historic victory for the American

people. Be used in the UK must go it

alone from December 2020, sooner

than the British government

expected. Still coming up in the

next half an hour.

I was born on the

4th of July, still a firecracker.

Keeps my brain working. Helps my

memory.

America's Sun City pommes,

and the secret to a longer healthily

live. Our series on longevity

continues. The headline says it all.

We have the contest in Virginia

where every single vote counts, so

much it flipped the outcome.

This week we have run a brilliant

series of special reports on super

ages, people living longer and

healthier than many others in the

same health group. With life

expectancy continuing to rise, it is

forcing scientists to ask how long

will be live in the future.

Anti-ageing drugs could allow people

to live for centuries, is that the

staff of science fiction? Our

medical correspondent travels to

Arizona to find out.

I like to do

things, I don't want to sit in the

background.

Enthusiastic, engaged,

optimistic. He's 101, the oldest

resident of retirement village in

Sun City Arizona.

You will be

missing something if you moan and

groan about how horrible life is.

Show me your tea.

Do you hear the

sound? He gets a regular checks, as

part of a study into longevity. It

is an issue attracting interest from

unusual quarters. In silicon Valley,

California, some of the biggest

names, from Google to Facebook are

investing hundreds of millions of

dollars into defeating the diseases

of ageing. So why are tech

entrepreneurs suddenly interested in

human health?

Silicon Valley is

driven by curiosity. The same

curiosity that drives a 14-year-old

to programme computers in the

bedroom. Tries to put in their 20s

and 30s to apply their cash and mind

to the problem.

It is why this

British scientist set up in Silicon

Valley. Aubrey is the world's

leading advocate of life extension.

The idea that humans can and will

live in good health for hundreds of

years.

There will certainly be no

limit how long people can live once

we bring ageing under control.

People will still die. The fact is,

people were live on average live a

lot longer. Unless we get hit by an

asteroid.

That is a minority view.

Although extending life is possible

in the lab. With fruit flies yeast

and worms. He gets more difficult

higher up the evolutionary ladder.

In simple laboratory animals we can

increase life span by 100%, 200,

500%. Extraordinary differences in

lice than. Age is plastic and simple

lab animals. More complex as they go

mammal. Mice, it we have been able

to increase it 20, 30%. We don't

know what is possible with humans.

We know exercise is a magic formula

that can keep us healthy longer.

There are no drugs yet to match it.

There is probably an upper limit

expectancy, of around 115 years. The

quest for immortality is still the

stuff of science fiction. Increasing

our health span, the number of years

we spend free of chronic diseases,

that really could be a reality.

Finding something you enjoy, staying

socially engaged are key elements of

healthy ageing. Like these Sun City

Poms. Many of which are in 70s and

80s.

I was born on the 4th of July,

still a firecracker.

Keeps my brain

going. Helps my memory.

We get out

there, do we need to do, enjoy.

We

cannot slow time. We can put more

life in early years. And hopefully

become super

agers. I had been wondering what

about the series has captivated

people. Many people telling us that

they love the series. We're not

there yet. We are all aware the

ageing process is starting to

happen, even see you. We have

parents in that age bracket. 84, 80

seven. You see how much activity my

mum walks every day. She is not a

cheerleader. She does walk every

day. Makes a huge difference. If we

could make those older years better

for our parents. How great would

that be. I have met Shirley, a force

of nature. Another firecracker. Not

quite doing the splits. I would not

think so. The statistic of the day.

One in eight of us will live to the

age of 100. A third of our life will

be left in later life, with old age.

The problem is, a laughter that time

is spent with lots of conditions,

that facts of outfits. The idea you

could take drugs, surgery advancing

or improving the quality of life as

they get older, probably while

people are talking about this. The

overriding message, you can do a lot

of it yourself. Get out there and

exercise, exercise your mind. A lot

of it comes from your mind. Big

economic issue. Exponentially large

part of the American health budget

is spent on the last years of life.

If we give the healthier, drugs mean

we don't need surgery, we can get to

the stage where we not

disproportionately putting health

costs on all people at the expense

of younger people. Great series.

Let's move onto other stories. The

range human rights envoy to Myanmar

suggest the government's decision to

ban her to the country suggest

something happening to the Lindren

Muslims. She the Roman Catholic

Archbishop of Boston knew that to

resign over a child abuse scandal

has died in Rome. He was accused of

protecting paedophile priests for

years by transferring them to new

parishes. He was 86. There has been

a very interesting recount in

Virginia. The race I went down and

follow. If you need proof that every

single human vote counts, take a

quick look at this. The front page

of the daily press. On the left

Democrats Shelley Symons, who won

with 11,608 for its, to 11,000 607.

That single vote in Virginia flipped

a house in the house of delegates

from Republican to Democrat. Leaving

the lower chamber evenly split. Have

you ever thought, I would rather

walk the dog, watch another episode

of Seinfeld. To the knitting, clean

the dishes, not gone out and vote?

That story is for you. Lots of

sowing seeds in our election this

year. Just a few hundred. One in my

local area. I am in the Richmond

constituency, came down to a couple

of hundred votes. It does count. The

extraordinary thing, he was ten

votes ahead until the recount. She

was one ahead. A lot of spit and

lick to make sure they get every

single one. What happens when she

goes around the town. All the time,

I was on the show with her, Shelley

Symons. For the next to years, every

single person will come me, saying I

was that one vote, the reason you

are delegates. Great story. Go out

and vote, it matters. More than

12,000 foreign nationals on active

duty in the US military. Even though

they serve the country, they're not

entitled to the same privileges as

other veterans. If one of them

commits a crime, however minor, they

are deported. Campaigners say the

rules need to change. The border is

the closest Richard Kemp get to

America. I cannot believe it, does

not make any sense.

Especially since

I fought to defend that country.

A

Mexican citizen, Richardson in the

US militarily under a programme

which allows green card holders to

enlist.

I spent three years during

the Vietnam War, in Vietnam. An

hour. Philippines. I was discharged

a year earlier under undesirable

conditions. It had to do my drug

addiction.

Years after he left the

Marines he was involved in the

robbery. After serving time he was

deported back to Mexico.

I

understand, we are convicted of a

crime. Serving in the US military in

combat should count for something.

Home for Richard is Tijuana. He has

found a group of people who share

his story. More than 200 foreign

veterans have been deported from the

US.

Last, first.

We call this

affectionately the Funkasaurus

resource Centre, shelter, housing

for deported US military veterans.

Hector runs the centre. Former

paratrooper, he spent time in prison

after shooting at a car.

Obviously,

I thought's life, her mother has

multiple sclerosis. I am not doing

anything for them. It is hurtful.

Many people think committing a crime

is enough to be fought foreign

veterans.

I will take responsibility

for the fact I got myself in this

situation where I went to prison. I

do think it is right to do for

people who served in the military.

Just because we made mistakes

commission not find the rest of our

lives.

Hector is taking his case of

the federal courts. He says he's not

giving up its fight to return to

America, the country he risked his

life for. The actress Heather North,

better known as the voice of Daphne

in the Scooby Doo cartoons in the

1970s and 80s has died. She was 74.

What's that?

That must be the

creeper.

For years, she voiced the

intrepid teenage detective, who kept

getting herself into trouble, only

to be rescued by her friends and

their dog. This is Beyond 100 Days.

Still to come, they watched

presidents and prime ministers

probably more than we do. The year

that was for our political editors,

and looking ahead to the year to

come.

Here in England homelessness is a

national crisis according to a group

of MPs who say efforts to tackle it

or an abject failure. More than 9000

people are sleeping rough 78,000

families in temporary accommodation.

The government says it is providing

more than £1 billion to reduce

homelessness.

Just go through this.

When his dad was made homeless,

seven-year-old Billy lived part-time

with him in one room

of this emergency shelter.

Billy had his own bed,

his dad used a folding bed.

So how does it work,

he has to fold it out every night?

Yes, just like this.

It is tough enough for an adult to

be here, but to be here with a child

and remain strong is difficult.

He should not be here.

He shouldn't be here at all.

I'm doing what I can do

to be a parent to him,

under these circumstances.

This report says the problem

of homelessness has been growing

for years, with the number of people

in short-term accommodation

up by 60% since 2010.

The MPs said there is

an unacceptable shortage

of realistic housing options.

There are estimated to be 9000

people sleeping rough

on the streets every night,

more than double the number in 2011.

There are a further 78,000 families

living in temporary accommodation,

often of a poor standard and that

includes 120,000 children.

The committee has described

the situation as shameful.

It has called on the government

to focus on the supply

and affordability of decent housing.

You need to stop being

complacent about this.

Labour said this report showed

that the Conservatives had caused

the crisis of rapidly rising

homelessness,

but had no plans to fix it.

Billy and his dad have now found

somewhere permanent to live.

But there are many others

who won't have a place

they can call home over Christmas.

Andy Moore, BBC News.

You're watching Beyond 100 Days. We

have been taken you look back at

2017 in the company about BBC

editors. Today the tone of political

correspondent Jelinek editor, Laura

Greensburg. And our North American

editor John Sobel.

The realities

with General Kelly in charge still

be a change how this place operates,

disciplined, United and working.

Only time will tell. In the meantime

the late-night comedians are making

hay.

This is the first time Theresa

May will meet European leaders in

this building. The last time the

Prime Minister will come here before

she pushes the bottom on Brexit.

Just as she started to grapple with

all the complexities in Brussels.

The scale of the potential

implications of leaving the EU are

coming Everclear at home.

They are

to of the hardest working people in

news. We were standing in the room

on Thursday when the Prime Minister

arrived in Brussels. I said on the

show on Thursday night, I thought

she looked a different person. There

was some relief, a lot of

confidence. She looked as if she was

really in her stride in this

negotiation.

A couple months ago

someone inside government crucial to

Theresa May said to me I think we

are going to be weak and stable.

That is our advantage. That was

after the disastrous election

disappointment for the Tories. Her

statement was strong and stable, she

lost the majority. A personal

humiliation. Why are the biggest

miscalculations and political

history. We joked about week and

stable. I said you were pushing it

if you are looking for that kind of

silver lining. When that comes to

the close this year, we can stable

does not look too bad. She has

managed to close off phase one of

the Brexit negotiations. In a couple

of hours' time she will have got the

first piece of Brexit legislation

through the House of Commons. There

was banging on the tables, and

cheering this afternoon. She ends

this political year in a place lots

political supporters fought there

was no way she would get back to

this kind of place. We can stable

feels like not a bad Christmas

present for Theresa May.

If someone

went to President Trump, we think

you well we can stable, he may throw

the window. That is a total

anathema. Strong and unpredictable

fevered love.

Yeah, we can stable,

he would pay for. The Twitter storm

that would erupt on the East Coast

at 6am on the morning. He seems to

thrive on the chaos Theresa May

would absolutely detest. She once

calm and serenity and order. Trying

to achieve that. Donald Trump seems

to love the fact that everything is

a fight. If you are finding two days

when he's not in the headlines, you

find he will manufacture a fight.

The Tweet of the former chief of

staff, chaos seem to rain. He said

I'm going to award this White House

for a Tony award for most drama. Not

best drama, just most drama. It

seemed to be absolutely bang on,

what we have witnessed. A dizzying

array of stories that come and go.

Some out of nowhere. Out of a Tweet.

You are thinking to days looking

quite. Here comes Donald Trump, and

everything changes.

One heck of the

year. Laura, I have not had a chance

to ask you this.

That sounds

terrifying.

What do Brits makers

Theresa May fuzz my handling of

Donald Trump?

I think on balance,

something seems pretty negative. Of

course, around the time of the first

white House visit, anxiety about how

it would play. A lot of logic, he

was the most powerful man in the

Western world in politics. It made

sense to cosy up to the US. As we

have seen previously, the idea and

the optics of British prime

ministers cosying up to any

president has to be handled with

care. It can be very toxic. Throw in

the characteristics for many Brits

are Donald Trump, it is an anathema.

A lot of the focus on whether he

will come on a visit. If he does,

will he get the bells and whistles.

Will he get the golden carriage down

Whitehall? Number ten doing anything

to distance themselves from this

idea. Kind of like you invite this

person you have just met over the

Sunday lunch. You get to know them a

bit better, and have it better. You

say, sure we'll do it sometime. No

problem, maybe after Easter. You're

busy, so I? We will fit it in. On

vital things, like decision on

Jerusalem, Theresa May did make

clear her displeasure. She did raise

it in a phone call with Donald

Trump. Quite a long time after the

decision. What we have seen is a

change in her initial reluctance to

go anywhere near something that

might sound by criticism of him. At

the close of the year, much more on

the front that saying I don't like

that. You are still a friend, I

don't like that. We are quite used

to the cynicism in the UK about the

so-called special relationship. Many

British voters are not comfortable

with the optics, but the fact of the

relationship.

Remind me never to try

and schedule lunch review! The rebus

will be too bad. Can we pause for a

second, and played the moment when

you met Donald, John?

Where are you

from?

The BBC. Another good line.

Impartial, free and fair.

Just like

CNN. We can go back and forth. Only

travel ban, was that a good example?

I know who you are, just wait.

When

he was talking about another beauty,

why did you instinctively think he

was talking about the BBC, might be

talking about you. I think I heard

you say earlier, not being pretty.

Anything that. He has got there. Got

his tax reform, repealing the

individual mandate on Obama care.

Many people say, he has done it in

an unorthodox way.

I don't nephew

played football, and those people

used to come off the pitch after 90

minutes, and they did not have any

modern-day kit. Absolutely spotless.

He's covered in mud, grazes, and

bruises from the year that was

passed. A lot of people said he

would fail, to a lot of people who

voted for him to become the

president. They look at the fact the

stock market is soaring. The tax

reform measures, the Supreme Court,

the change in regulation. They are

starting to think OK, not a pretty

picture. He is delivering on what he

said he would do for us. That means

people who start making calculations

saying Trump's has peaked. His

approval ratings are rock bottom.

The core base. The core constituency

that voted for him last November are

still holding up surprisingly well.

Laura, I suspect the British leader

would never call a BBC correspondent

another beauty. Whichever party they

are from.

I don't know, these days.

These days it is tricky to do. I

want to ask you a question I am

often asked by people in Washington.

Whether Theresa May will be Prime

Minister of Britain this time next

year?

Listening to John from a funny

thing in a way to finger leaders are

telling you have common. They are

both governing in times of

volatility, that they have that

ability to keep going in different

ways. After the election, the former

Chancellor George Osborne said she

was a dead woman walking. One of her

colleagues said privately she was

wounded antelope. Suggesting there

was no way she could get one. There

was a coup attempt against after the

party speech. I'm sure you'll Ewers

would remember if they have the

awkward displeasure of watching some

of the clips. Yet here we are, she

is still in charge. Not necessarily

with enormous amounts of political

authority. Doing the most important

thing, showing up in Klingon. The

reason she's still there is the same

reason she stayed on the 9th of

June. The fundamental here is that

the Tory party do not agree on who

the best person would be to take

over from her. Not just that, they

don't agree on the details of how

they should approach the future

relationship with the European

Union. And therefore they look at

Theresa May, and they think right

now, in this difficult position, she

is probably just about the only

person who can kind of keep it all

together. Does that mean soaring

visions of the future? Political

inspiration, the kind of leader

people would follow to the end of

the world. It does not. But for now,

it does mean she seems to be in a

relatively safe position. Of course,

things being volatile. It could

change, and change very fast. As she

gets to the end of the year, does

not seem like she's going anywhere.

Thank you very much. That is my

favourite phrase of the whole

programme. We can stable. -- week

and stable. Coming up next,

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