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0:00:15 > 0:00:17Donald Trump imposes tariffs on China and South Korea -
0:00:17 > 0:00:20is this the first salvo in a trade war?
0:00:20 > 0:00:23As the populist President prepares to address the global elite in Davos
0:00:23 > 0:00:25he is setting out positions he knows they will hate.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27The US slaps steep tariffs on washing machines
0:00:27 > 0:00:28and solar panels from Asia.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30American consumers will see higher prices.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33US Attorney General was interviewed by special counsel
0:00:33 > 0:00:38Robert Mueller last week as part of the Russia probe.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40He's the first cabinet member to go before the investigation.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43Also on the programme:
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0:00:46 > 0:00:48President Macron will be the first world leader to pay a state visit
0:00:48 > 0:00:55to America under Donald Trump.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58And the Oscar nominations are out -
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0:01:15 > 0:01:17Hello and welcome, I'm Katty Kay in New York
0:01:17 > 0:01:18and Christian Fraser is in London.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21On the eve of a trip to shmooze with the world's elite,
0:01:21 > 0:01:23the US President appears to have launched the first salvo
0:01:23 > 0:01:25in his long promised trade war.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27It is classic disruptive Trump.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30In anticipation that tariffs against Asian goods are only
0:01:30 > 0:01:33the beginning of Mr Trump's populist mission, markets in Latin America
0:01:34 > 0:01:37also fell on the news.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40Last year the Chinese President Xi Jinping delighted Davos
0:01:40 > 0:01:43with a robust defense of free trade.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47They will get know such globalist love from the new American leader.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50And a the hefty tarrifs on Chinese washing machines and solar panels
0:01:50 > 0:01:54have already angered China and other US trade partners.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58So, how will Davos react to President Trump?
0:01:58 > 0:02:06Today one of the opening speakers, India's Narenda Modi gave us a clue.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09TRANSLATION:Forces of protectionism are raising their heads
0:02:09 > 0:02:15against globalisation.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Their intention, is not only to avoid globalisation themselves,
0:02:18 > 0:02:23but they also want to reverse its natural flow.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26The result of all of this is that we get to witness new types
0:02:27 > 0:02:29of tariff and nontariff barriers.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Bilateral and multilateral trade agreements and the negotiations have
0:02:31 > 0:02:36come to a kind of standstill.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Joining us from Davos is our business editor Simon Jack
0:02:39 > 0:02:44and from Washington Jon Sopel our north america editor
0:02:44 > 0:02:50and from Washington Jon Sopel our north America editor
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Simon, it
0:02:52 > 0:02:56Simon, it shows they are still relevant, but I think some
0:02:56 > 0:03:01nervousness Trump will eviscerate them on Friday?It has been set up
0:03:01 > 0:03:11very nicely, president Xi came to extol the virtues of globalisation
0:03:11 > 0:03:19and got a warm welcome, and Modi stepped into those shoes. South
0:03:19 > 0:03:30Korea have said they will sue the WTO, so a lot of anger. Voices
0:03:30 > 0:03:33within the US including Michael Bloomberg have said US households
0:03:33 > 0:03:37will pay for this and it will cost US jobs. So some clear fault lines
0:03:37 > 0:03:45drawn before President Trump arrives. Having said that, there is
0:03:45 > 0:03:49widespread euphoria, almost, about some of the tax reforms he has made.
0:03:49 > 0:03:55People see that as a real dose of rocket fuel into the global economy.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59I would say the atmosphere is economically very buoyant. Some
0:03:59 > 0:04:04would say it is too buoyant, and everyone is in a good mood and that
0:04:04 > 0:04:09is a bad sign. But on this issue of protectionism versus free trade it
0:04:09 > 0:04:15is nicely teed up for the president to arrive on Friday.Jon Sopel, just
0:04:15 > 0:04:20a hunch but I think the White House decided to drop this tariff
0:04:20 > 0:04:24bombshell deliberately this week, so he can go back to his base and say,
0:04:24 > 0:04:29I am still a populist?I have spoken to someone who has seen a draft of
0:04:29 > 0:04:35the speech he plans to deliver on Friday and the phrase they can use,
0:04:35 > 0:04:42and I hope I can say this, is kick ass. He will not be cosying up to
0:04:42 > 0:04:47the global elite, he will give a bit of Trumpism and America first, look
0:04:47 > 0:04:52at what we are doing in our own backyard, we are cutting taxes, the
0:04:52 > 0:04:56stock market is soaring and everybody loves what I am doing.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00Yes, I believe in free trade but I believe in fair trade and at the
0:05:00 > 0:05:06moment the scales are tilted against the US. Business leaders went in to
0:05:06 > 0:05:10see the president last Friday, begging him not to do anything that
0:05:10 > 0:05:17could upset the apple cart, like pulling out of Nafta and it seems
0:05:17 > 0:05:22like their message could have fallen on deaf ears? Why Michael Simon,
0:05:22 > 0:05:30what is the long-term or medium term imprecations on these rises on solar
0:05:30 > 0:05:33panels and washing machines, does one retaliation lead to another and
0:05:33 > 0:05:41then we end up looking like a trade war?Several business leaders have
0:05:41 > 0:05:47said it is looking rosy underworld, economic front. We have global
0:05:47 > 0:05:52growth forecast of 4%. The one thing they say can derail that is a trade
0:05:52 > 0:05:58war between the US and China. Secretly, they suspect, as Jon Sopel
0:05:58 > 0:06:02was saying, this is a message to his domestic audience and the bark on
0:06:02 > 0:06:06these things is often worse than the bike. But the tariffs proposals are
0:06:06 > 0:06:12real and they have brought up real dissatisfaction. And if that can
0:06:12 > 0:06:16upset the apple cart and make people put them of their champagne here in
0:06:16 > 0:06:21Davos it is the prospect of a trade war with China. That prospect has
0:06:21 > 0:06:26not retreated one inch as a result of this announcement.Some of the
0:06:26 > 0:06:31mood music is America is withdrawing from the world stage. We have news
0:06:31 > 0:06:35that countries within the Trans-Pacific Partnership are
0:06:35 > 0:06:40pressing on, signing up to the deal in March. We have just had a comment
0:06:40 > 0:06:45from Justin Trudeau who says the new deal will help reverse the growing
0:06:45 > 0:06:49trend of protectionism around the world. Is that why President Trump
0:06:49 > 0:06:58is going, so he is still relevant?I think he saw what happened last year
0:06:58 > 0:07:02with President Xi getting the headlines and the attention. When he
0:07:02 > 0:07:07saw President Macron on Bastille Day, he said to him you should go to
0:07:07 > 0:07:11Davos, set out your case and go to these world leaders, there are loads
0:07:11 > 0:07:18of them there. I think he thought it would be fun and engaging and it is
0:07:18 > 0:07:21interesting, the basketball term is a full-court press. The huge number
0:07:21 > 0:07:27of the cabinets of his cabinet, are going over to Davos as well. They
0:07:27 > 0:07:30want to sell their message, they don't want to be shy about doing
0:07:30 > 0:07:35that and they think it is a worthwhile exercise and a different
0:07:35 > 0:07:39argument to be put. That is the conventional argument heard at
0:07:39 > 0:07:45Davos.You were quickly going to come back on back, Simon?Yes,
0:07:45 > 0:07:51everyone is super keen to see President Macron. There is a big
0:07:51 > 0:07:57romance going on between Emmanuel Macron and some of the bank chiefs.
0:07:57 > 0:08:02And on the point of the reality prospect of a trade war with China,
0:08:02 > 0:08:06global trade has picked up very aggressively in the last year. So
0:08:06 > 0:08:11even a threat of a falling out between the US and China hasn't
0:08:11 > 0:08:16stopped the engines of trade firing on all cylinders.Thank you very
0:08:16 > 0:08:20much. Nothing would make President Trump happier that he has put the
0:08:20 > 0:08:26champagne cork back in the bottle in Davos and bursts of the celebratory
0:08:26 > 0:08:30balloon that is invading that town.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33The tarrifs the President has imposed ARE the most significant
0:08:33 > 0:08:34measures he has taken since withdrawing from
0:08:34 > 0:08:35the Trans Pacific Partnership.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38There will be a futher decision taken in the coming weeks
0:08:38 > 0:08:40with regards to steel and aluminium.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42On washing machines, the US International Trade Commission found
0:08:42 > 0:08:44local manufactures were being hurt by imports, many of
0:08:44 > 0:08:45them from South Korea.
0:08:45 > 0:08:50So there will be a minimum 20% tarrif slapped on imported machines.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52The ITC found that Chinese solar panel manufacturers were getting
0:08:52 > 0:08:53government subsidies and undercutting
0:08:53 > 0:08:55American competitors.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Initially there will a 30% tarrif imposed on solar
0:08:57 > 0:09:00cells and components.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03Although 11 million panels will still be allowed into America
0:09:03 > 0:09:10tarrif free each year.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14In the last few minutes the president has been talking about
0:09:14 > 0:09:18these tariffs.Let's see what he has had to say. We are bringing business
0:09:18 > 0:09:24back to the United States after many years, many decades. That is why the
0:09:24 > 0:09:28stock market is reacting the way it is. Thank you all very much, very
0:09:28 > 0:09:38proud. Thank you.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44The Chinese have responded and that those puts a strain on the
0:09:44 > 0:09:47relationship with South Korea and the president needs South Korea when
0:09:47 > 0:09:52he's dealing with North Korea. But the whole trip to Davos is
0:09:52 > 0:09:56interesting. He likes the fact he's going there to ruffle feathers, he
0:09:56 > 0:10:02is the ultimate disruptor and wants to go to this global environment and
0:10:02 > 0:10:06preach protectionism and nationalism and poke them in the eye. And that
0:10:06 > 0:10:09is what his supporters here want to see him doing as well. Putting
0:10:09 > 0:10:15America first.There will be a lot of people in America who are saying,
0:10:15 > 0:10:21washing machine companies and solar panel manufacturers, taking state
0:10:21 > 0:10:25subsidies and manufacturing with cheap labour, exporting into our
0:10:25 > 0:10:29country and taking away American jobs. That is why they voted in
0:10:29 > 0:10:33Donald Trump.Let's see what happens when those consumer prices go up and
0:10:33 > 0:10:38there is a slowdown in the economy because of any trade war. That could
0:10:38 > 0:10:40be a problem for the American economy.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Mr Trump can go to Davos because the US government
0:10:43 > 0:10:44is back up and running.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Mr Trump is blaming Democrats for the shutdown
0:10:46 > 0:10:48and suggesting a future deal to protect the children
0:10:48 > 0:10:50of undocumented migrants is by no means sure.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52"Nobody knows for sure that the Republicans and Democrats
0:10:52 > 0:10:55will be able to reach a deal on DACA by February eight, but everyone
0:10:55 > 0:10:58will be trying, with a big additional focus put
0:10:58 > 0:11:02on Military Strength and Border Security.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05The Dems have just learned that a Shutdown is not the answer!"
0:11:05 > 0:11:07A political ploy by Democrats that backfired is how
0:11:07 > 0:11:10it was described by spokesperson for the Republican National
0:11:10 > 0:11:17Committee, Kayleigh McEnany.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19She's the author of the book, 'The New American Revolution'
0:11:20 > 0:11:23and joins us now from Washington.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27Thank you for coming on. The people you spoke to when you were
0:11:27 > 0:11:32researching your book, what would they make of this shindig in Davos?
0:11:32 > 0:11:38I think they would love it. I sat side of two factory workers who lost
0:11:38 > 0:11:43their job. Donald Trump brought back those jobs before he became
0:11:43 > 0:11:47President Trump but they were frustrated. They felt they were left
0:11:47 > 0:11:53behind by government. One voted for Bernie Sanders and the other one
0:11:53 > 0:11:58voted for Donald Trump. But they like this protectionism, and at the
0:11:58 > 0:12:05time Bernie Sanders.Let me ask you about the shutdown and the whole
0:12:05 > 0:12:09issue of immigration. The president clearly claiming victory over this
0:12:09 > 0:12:13one, the Republicans happy with the way it went and they have seen it as
0:12:13 > 0:12:16a victory for them as well. The broader issue, these young people
0:12:16 > 0:12:22brought into America, the dreamers, by their parents. There is
0:12:22 > 0:12:25overwhelming support for doing something to help them stay in the
0:12:25 > 0:12:28country legally and overwhelmingly, people do not want to see them
0:12:28 > 0:12:34deported. How does that match with the protectionist, nationalists,
0:12:34 > 0:12:37anti-immigration message we keep hearing from the people who voted
0:12:37 > 0:12:43for Donald Trump in the election campaign?It is not so much
0:12:43 > 0:12:47anti-immigration but pro-American worker. That is one of the misnomers
0:12:47 > 0:12:53of this populist movement which has been mischaracterised as this angry,
0:12:53 > 0:12:56populist nationalists. But it is putting the American worker first,
0:12:56 > 0:12:59moving to an merit-based system where immigrants coming in will fill
0:12:59 > 0:13:03voids in the market and not take jobs from those who need them, from
0:13:03 > 0:13:08a lot of these factory workers. But when you look at immigration, there
0:13:08 > 0:13:13is wide support for these Daca recipients, 62% of Republicans want
0:13:13 > 0:13:22to see a permanent fix for them. So does the President, but according to
0:13:22 > 0:13:25a poll yesterday, 79% one border security as well. It has got to be
0:13:25 > 0:13:31give and take. The Democrats have taken and President Trump has been
0:13:31 > 0:13:37given on Daca. The there will be people in Davos who said they will
0:13:37 > 0:13:42play host to this president because he won't be there forever, but where
0:13:42 > 0:13:50does the revolution go? Does it start and end with Donald Trump? I
0:13:50 > 0:13:55think it continues. We have seen on the Paris climate accord, a lot of
0:13:55 > 0:14:00pressure, even within Donald Trump's own government not to withdraw from
0:14:00 > 0:14:03that agreement. There are factions within his own administration that
0:14:03 > 0:14:08said yes, the other said no. He's stayed true to his promise. If the
0:14:08 > 0:14:15economy keeps going, which is great in America, if the economy is going
0:14:15 > 0:14:19the way it is and those promises become material action, it continues
0:14:19 > 0:14:27for a long time to come.Kayliegh, let me pick up on the point, the
0:14:27 > 0:14:31historic unemployment, you write in your book, I found Americans played
0:14:31 > 0:14:36by the greatest issues of our time. If things are going so well, what is
0:14:36 > 0:14:43it causing them so disquiet? Is it social issues and not economic
0:14:43 > 0:14:47issues?The disquiet was during eight years of President Obama. Even
0:14:47 > 0:14:51before that, factory workers have been neglected by both parties for a
0:14:51 > 0:14:56long time. The disquiet was the latter end of the Obama
0:14:56 > 0:15:01Administration. And with terrorism and the attacks we have seen across
0:15:01 > 0:15:07the country and across Europe as well, with factory jobs going
0:15:07 > 0:15:14overseas, regulations, owners where you cannot even do your job without
0:15:14 > 0:15:18ad hearing to five or six different new codes that were put in place.
0:15:18 > 0:15:23The disquiet, I think a lot of it has been addressed. In a year we
0:15:23 > 0:15:26have seen a lot of change, but there is a lot more that needs to be
0:15:26 > 0:15:31addressed. Veterans, we had a problem in our country with veterans
0:15:31 > 0:15:35dying on waiting lists for care. It is a big problem, but we are seeing
0:15:35 > 0:15:42a turnaround already.Thank you very much. The book is called The New
0:15:42 > 0:15:48American Revolution. This issue of whether Democrats and Republicans
0:15:48 > 0:15:53can get along, don't expect this to last very long, because Chuck
0:15:53 > 0:15:56Schumer, the leader of the Democrats in the Senate has said, you know
0:15:56 > 0:16:00that money I was going to give you for building the wall, I am taking
0:16:00 > 0:16:06it off the table. We could end up back where we were at a time of a
0:16:06 > 0:16:10lot of acrimony.Right where we were.Yes.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12For the first time a member of Donald Trump's cabinet
0:16:12 > 0:16:14has been interviewed in the Russia investigation.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been questioned as part
0:16:17 > 0:16:19of the FBI probe into possible Russia meddling in the 2016
0:16:20 > 0:16:21Presidential election.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23That's according to the New York Times, which cites
0:16:23 > 0:16:25a Justice Department spokeswoman.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27We don't know what special counsel Robert Mueller asked Mr Sessions
0:16:27 > 0:16:30but we do know the Attorney General held several meetings
0:16:30 > 0:16:32during the campaign with the Russian Ambassador to Washington.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35It's because he failed to disclose those meetings that he had to recuse
0:16:35 > 0:16:37himself from the whole probe into whether the Trump campaign
0:16:37 > 0:16:42colluded with Moscow to get Trump elected.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Let's get the thoughts of our North America Editor Jon Sopel.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48He joins us again from Washington.
0:16:48 > 0:16:55What words special Counsel Robert Muller want to ask Jeff Sessions on
0:16:55 > 0:16:58the issue of obstructing justice, which seems to be the issue that
0:16:58 > 0:17:06he's really focusing on?Just to rewind a bit, the Justice Department
0:17:06 > 0:17:08has confirmed that interview took place, so it is not just the New
0:17:08 > 0:17:13York Times saying there was a meeting between Jeff Sessions and
0:17:13 > 0:17:17the special counsel's office, the Justice Department has confirmed it
0:17:17 > 0:17:21took place last week and it lasted several hours. I think what they
0:17:21 > 0:17:26would want to know is what were the circumstances that led up to the
0:17:26 > 0:17:30firing of James Comey. You will remember at the time when that came
0:17:30 > 0:17:34out, there was a statement by the White House and it was to do with
0:17:34 > 0:17:44James Komi performance as FBI director and the way he investigated
0:17:44 > 0:17:50Hillary Clinton and her e-mails. Then it was the Russian think that
0:17:50 > 0:17:56led to his firing and then the day after, Donald Trump was hosting the
0:17:56 > 0:17:59Russian Foreign Minister at the White House and some of the details
0:17:59 > 0:18:03of that meeting also leaked, where Donald Trump having talked about
0:18:03 > 0:18:09relieving the pressure on him. What I think Robert Muller will want to
0:18:09 > 0:18:13know, was there a clear causal relationship? Was James Komi fired
0:18:13 > 0:18:17because of Russia and if that was the case, was there and obstruction
0:18:17 > 0:18:21of justice. If there is an obstruction of justice and an
0:18:21 > 0:18:27attempt to obstruct justice, well then that is one of the crimes are
0:18:27 > 0:18:34misdemeanours that could lead to impeachment. But that is clearly the
0:18:34 > 0:18:38direction in which Robert Muller is travelling and having interviewed a
0:18:38 > 0:18:41lot of relatively junior people, it is now getting a lot closer to
0:18:41 > 0:18:50Donald Trump.OK, Jon Sopel, thank you very much for joining us. A
0:18:50 > 0:18:55quick look at other news around the world.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57On the fourth day of its Afrin offensive, Turkish troops been
0:18:57 > 0:18:59targeting Kurdish positions in northern Syria with air
0:18:59 > 0:19:00and artillery fire.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Turkish media reports ground troops pushing several
0:19:02 > 0:19:03kilometres into the enclave.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06Kurdish leaders in Afrin have urged civilians to fight
0:19:06 > 0:19:08against the Turkish army, with the local administration
0:19:08 > 0:19:18saying it was to announce a general mobilisation.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21French president Emmanuel Macron is to visit the White House in late
0:19:21 > 0:19:22April, says a senior US administration official.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25This will be the first visit to the White House by a head
0:19:25 > 0:19:28of state and will include the first state dinner hosted by Trump
0:19:28 > 0:19:29and his wife, Melania.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Donald Trump was welcomed by Mr Macron in Paris in July last
0:19:32 > 0:19:38year, where he joined the Bastille Day celebrations.
0:19:38 > 0:19:43He has played this quite well, managing to get himself that big
0:19:43 > 0:19:46state visit, state dinner, the kind of thing lots of global leaders
0:19:46 > 0:19:54would like. Unusual Donald Trump hasn't had one already. He manages
0:19:54 > 0:19:57to do it without being labelled a poodle back home in France, how did
0:19:57 > 0:20:02he do that?He bosses the relationship. This handshake that
0:20:02 > 0:20:06went on for ever on Bastille Day and the one when they first met, that
0:20:06 > 0:20:11goes down well with the French public. You are bound to compare
0:20:11 > 0:20:18that with Theresa May, who has been accused in the press of being the
0:20:18 > 0:20:22lapdog of President Trump. She is in a weaker position because she needs
0:20:22 > 0:20:26the trade deal. Whatever she did, the feeling here, she is playing
0:20:26 > 0:20:31undue attention to Donald Trump and she shouldn't be, given his
0:20:31 > 0:20:35behaviour. That doesn't seem to play in the United States. The one
0:20:35 > 0:20:39question I have, can Theresa May get a state visit question why he is the
0:20:39 > 0:20:45president and the head of state in France, what about Theresa May?She
0:20:45 > 0:20:48can have a steak dinner because David Cameron had a steak dinner
0:20:48 > 0:20:53when he was Prime Minister. I was lucky enough to get an invitation to
0:20:53 > 0:21:00it, so she can have a steak dinner with all the trappings, you get to
0:21:00 > 0:21:05stay in Blair house and I guess technically, the state visit would
0:21:05 > 0:21:09be for the Queen. But David Cameron got a pretty good turnout when he
0:21:09 > 0:21:14came.There we are, the special relationship that is Macron and
0:21:14 > 0:21:18Trump at the moment. People on Twitter saying we should be inviting
0:21:18 > 0:21:23trouble here. We are being outdone by the French. Anyway, we will move
0:21:23 > 0:21:28on.There is always that rivalry!
0:21:28 > 0:21:31It is awards season in LaLa land and today we found out
0:21:31 > 0:21:34who is in the running for an Oscar this year.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36The American fantasy romance, The Shape of Water, swept the board
0:21:36 > 0:21:37with 13 nominations, including for best picture
0:21:37 > 0:21:38and best director.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41And Oscars history was made today with the first nomination
0:21:41 > 0:21:46for a female cinematographer, it's only taken almost 90 years!
0:21:46 > 0:21:49Guillermo del Toro's amphibian fantasy love story
0:21:49 > 0:21:52The Shape Of Water leads the way with 13 Oscar nominations,
0:21:52 > 0:21:57including best picture.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59A category which also sees the critically acclaimed
0:21:59 > 0:22:03dark comedy thriller Three Billboards Outside Ebbing,
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Missouri nominated.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08I want to go where culture is.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12As well as the coming-of-age drama Lady Bird.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16Good to see another brother around here.
0:22:16 > 0:22:21Also short listed is the horror mystery Get Out.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25And a couple of British World War II films, Christopher
0:22:25 > 0:22:26Nolan's Dunkirk...
0:22:26 > 0:22:29When will the lesson be learned?
0:22:29 > 0:22:33And Darkest Hour, which sees Mr Churchill struggling in his early
0:22:33 > 0:22:39days as Britain's wartime Prime Minister.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41Several of the scenes in Darkest Hour were shot
0:22:41 > 0:22:44in a replica of this place, the Churchill War Rooms
0:22:44 > 0:22:46in Westminster, where I am joined by the editor in chief
0:22:46 > 0:22:49of the film magazine Empire.
0:22:49 > 0:22:50Terri, welcome.
0:22:50 > 0:22:51Thank you.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53We're going to go through the runners and riders,
0:22:53 > 0:22:54starting with Best Film.
0:22:54 > 0:22:55Will Darkest Hour win?
0:22:55 > 0:22:57I don't think it will.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59I think it will go to The Shape Of Water,
0:22:59 > 0:23:01Guillermo del Toro's fantasy monster epic.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04Actually, the film I think should win is Get Out.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07Which has a British rising star, Daniel Kaluuya, in the lead role.
0:23:07 > 0:23:14He gets a best actor nomination.
0:23:14 > 0:23:15Along with Daniel Day Lewis for Phantom Thread...
0:23:15 > 0:23:24Timothee Chalamet for Call Me By Your Name...
0:23:24 > 0:23:30And Gary Oldman for Darkest Hour.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Quite a list for best actor, quite a lot of stories.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Will Daniel Day-Lewis win yet another Oscar
0:23:34 > 0:23:36in what might be his last film?
0:23:36 > 0:23:38Will Gary Oldman win for Churchill for Darkest Hour
0:23:38 > 0:23:39in the Cabinet War Rooms?
0:23:39 > 0:23:41Or will it be somebody else?
0:23:41 > 0:23:42I think it is Gary Oldman's year.
0:23:42 > 0:23:46How he has never won an Oscar is beyond me and Darkest Hour feels
0:23:46 > 0:23:49like his finest moment.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52The best actress category will be really competitive.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56So who will win - Sally Hawkins for The Shape of Water?
0:23:56 > 0:24:00Or Frances McDormand for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri?
0:24:00 > 0:24:04Maybe Margot Robbie for I, Tonya.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Or Saoirse Ronan for Lady Bird.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10Or even perhaps Meryl Streep for The Post.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12That's a great list.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Are you going to say we're going to get another British
0:24:15 > 0:24:17win for Sally Hawkins, or maybe Meryl Streep?
0:24:17 > 0:24:21No way, this year it's all about Frances McDormand
0:24:21 > 0:24:23in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, one of the great dramatic
0:24:23 > 0:24:26performances of the year.
0:24:26 > 0:24:27I suspect she is right.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31We will find out on the 4th of March, when the Oscars are awarded.
0:24:31 > 0:24:39Will Gompertz, BBC News.
0:24:39 > 0:24:47Loads of good movies. Have you seen The Post?No, I haven't.It is your
0:24:47 > 0:24:55weekend viewing.I did see Dunkirk, that was the last time I went to the
0:24:55 > 0:24:58cinema.It was scary, a lot of people drowned.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01As if the Hawaii false missile alert incident wasn't
0:25:01 > 0:25:03embarrassing enough already, Hawaii's governor has now admitted
0:25:03 > 0:25:05that he took 15 minutes longer to tweet a reassurance
0:25:05 > 0:25:08because he had forgotten his Twitter password.
0:25:08 > 0:25:15Heap didn't know his password for Twitter?I think the watchword for
0:25:15 > 0:25:22this is confidence.When you are facing a nuclear attack, you don't
0:25:22 > 0:25:28look for the governor's tweet. You look for cover. It is ridiculous it
0:25:28 > 0:25:33would make any difference to the mass panic across Hawaii as
0:25:33 > 0:25:38everybody scuttles further tunnels of the...Do we know what the
0:25:38 > 0:25:45password was?I don't know, what was it?I don't know, I am guessing. It
0:25:45 > 0:25:54was rocket man or it was Kim jung-un.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57This is Beyond 100 Days from the BBC.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00Coming up for viewers on the BBC News Channel and BBC World News -
0:26:00 > 0:26:03Can Angela Merkel work her magic to form a coalition after four
0:26:03 > 0:26:04months with no government?
0:26:04 > 0:26:07And after more than a hundred women testify against Larry Nasser USA
0:26:07 > 0:26:10Gymnastics is accused of turning a blind eye to his sexual abuse.
0:26:10 > 0:26:20That's still to come.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40That is Storm Georgina Howell Tinley Atlantic. It doesn't look very much
0:26:40 > 0:26:46but in the intervening hours and we will see the isobars dropping in and
0:26:46 > 0:26:50that means the wind is strengthening all the while. N'Gales will be
0:26:50 > 0:26:54widespread across western parts of the British Isles and to the course
0:26:54 > 0:26:59of the night we'll see the centre closing into the North West of
0:26:59 > 0:27:03Scotland. Not a cold night but watch out first thing on Wednesday if you
0:27:03 > 0:27:07are commuting. The wind will be very noticeable indeed and there will be
0:27:07 > 0:27:12heavy rain around as a weather front slumps across the whole of England
0:27:12 > 0:27:16and Wales. Closer to the centre, this is where we have got a
0:27:16 > 0:27:21combination of very strong winds and also some rain as well. Gradually
0:27:21 > 0:27:25pushing its way into the Northern Isles, perhaps the western portion
0:27:25 > 0:27:31coming back into the mainland of western Scotland. Further south,
0:27:31 > 0:27:35there will be a lull in proceedings until we get back into the frontal
0:27:35 > 0:27:38zone with a lot of rain and some of it heavy, particularly across the
0:27:38 > 0:27:46high ground of northern England, Wales and into the south-west. May
0:27:46 > 0:27:50have a dry start, but that won't last because the weather front will
0:27:50 > 0:27:53eventually come over all areas across East Anglia and the south
0:27:53 > 0:27:58east. Following Meehan, brighter skies. Still windy, a peppering of
0:27:58 > 0:28:02showers closer to the Centre across northern and western parts of
0:28:02 > 0:28:06Scotland. Getting into Northern Ireland as well. Temperatures
0:28:06 > 0:28:09dipping to single figures after an mild day through Tuesday. As we
0:28:09 > 0:28:15moved to the night and on into Thursday, we will find a raft of
0:28:15 > 0:28:18showers rattling around a new centre of low pressure close to Scotland
0:28:18 > 0:28:22and that will push the showers into the greater part of southern
0:28:22 > 0:28:26Scotland, England and Wales. A somewhat quieter day on Friday.
0:28:26 > 0:28:30Light winds for the most part, scattering of showers and a lot of
0:28:30 > 0:28:35dry weather to.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16This is Beyond 100 Days with me Katty Kay in Washington and
0:30:16 > 0:30:17Christian Fraser's in London.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20Our top stories: The US slaps steep tariffs on washing machines
0:30:20 > 0:30:21and solar panels from Asia.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23American consumers will see higher prices.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25The Special council investigating Russian meddling in the US
0:30:25 > 0:30:27election has interviewed one of the highest-ranking
0:30:27 > 0:30:28Government figures, Attorney-General Jeff Sessions.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31Coming up in the next half hour: As more women come forward
0:30:31 > 0:30:33to share their testimony, USA Gymnastics is accused
0:30:33 > 0:30:41of ignoring the abuse carried out by former team doctor Larry Nassar.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43In Antarctic waters, rare ecosystems have been found -
0:30:43 > 0:30:51but now the race is on to make sure they don't disappear.
0:30:51 > 0:30:55Just look at it, it's absolutely beautiful. No one can deny that this
0:30:55 > 0:30:57region needs protecting, but what is the best we could do it?
0:30:57 > 0:31:03Let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag #Beyond100Days.
0:31:10 > 0:31:16It is nearly four months since the German election
0:31:16 > 0:31:17and still no ruling coalition.
0:31:17 > 0:31:18Chancellor Angela Merkel is currently in talks
0:31:18 > 0:31:21with the Socialists the SPD, trying to find a compromise
0:31:21 > 0:31:23between left and right in order to form a new Government.
0:31:23 > 0:31:27The SDP is reluctant to get into bed with Angela Merkel's CDU party
0:31:27 > 0:31:30because the far-right would suddenly be the official opposition.
0:31:30 > 0:31:34Only today, the AfD were reported to have won the right
0:31:34 > 0:31:36to chair the powerful Parliamentary Budget Committee -
0:31:36 > 0:31:38another illustration of the growing influence they have.
0:31:38 > 0:31:42Earlier today, I talked to the CDU MEP David McAllister,
0:31:42 > 0:31:45a close ally of Mrs Merkel and himself involved
0:31:45 > 0:31:52in the coalition talks.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55These times are challenging and I would have liked to have seen a
0:31:55 > 0:31:58so-called Jamaica coalition be successful with our party, the
0:31:58 > 0:32:03Liberals and the Greens but it wasn't possible. And now we will
0:32:03 > 0:32:06continue, hopefully, the grand coalition and we need a stable
0:32:06 > 0:32:10Government in Germany, not only for national reasons but also because we
0:32:10 > 0:32:14have two is our responsibility for the future of element of the
0:32:14 > 0:32:22European Union. AfD will then be the official opposition and I regret
0:32:22 > 0:32:27that they got such a good result at the national elections but we will
0:32:27 > 0:32:32treat the AfD according to the rules but we will also make sure that the
0:32:32 > 0:32:36German parliament will never be a platform for racism and extreme
0:32:36 > 0:32:41nationalism again.Weird as the sleeve Angela Merkel? -- where does
0:32:41 > 0:32:47this leave Angela Merkel? Is she weak in the eyes of the German
0:32:47 > 0:32:56voters?She's a strong and well-respected Chancellor, leader of
0:32:56 > 0:33:00my political party. She won for the fourth time in a row in a national
0:33:00 > 0:33:04election which is something quite unique. We had experienced with
0:33:04 > 0:33:12grand coalitions in Germany, from 2005 until 2009 and until 2013 and
0:33:12 > 0:33:1722 larger parties in Germany co-operated, we do see good results
0:33:17 > 0:33:23for the people on the economy -- when the two larger parties
0:33:23 > 0:33:33cooperate.Emmanuel Macron has been setting out reform is he taking the
0:33:33 > 0:33:39shine away from Angela Merkel?No, I think it is good we have a French
0:33:39 > 0:33:45president who is engaged in European politics. He is pro-European and it
0:33:45 > 0:33:48was excellent that he defeated Marine Le Pen at the French
0:33:48 > 0:33:53presidential elections. We have had many French policy visions and we
0:33:53 > 0:33:58have to combine them with German pragmatism and if France and Germany
0:33:58 > 0:34:03cooperate, then we can move things forward in Europe. The French German
0:34:03 > 0:34:07cooperation isn't everything in Europe but we have seen in the last
0:34:07 > 0:34:10few decades that these two countries have two agree on a major policy
0:34:10 > 0:34:15issues and then it is easier to convince others. We need only form
0:34:15 > 0:34:19of the Eurozone. We had to make the Eurozone more strong to make our
0:34:19 > 0:34:22currency stable but we have to discuss the details not only with
0:34:22 > 0:34:28the French but also with the other partners in the Eurozone and we also
0:34:28 > 0:34:31agree that Europe should be bigger and bigger things and smaller and
0:34:31 > 0:34:35smaller things. I want the European Union to concentrate on the major
0:34:35 > 0:34:40issues which can be dealt better at European level than on a national or
0:34:40 > 0:34:43regional level but this means that the European Union will also have
0:34:43 > 0:34:47that respect, the principle of subsidiarity and proportionality
0:34:47 > 0:34:52better than perhaps has in the last years.Use it on the committee for
0:34:52 > 0:34:58European issues. Is it true that Europe is trying to push it towards
0:34:58 > 0:35:02a soft Brexit?Like many other Europeans, I deeply regret what
0:35:02 > 0:35:07happened at the British referendum in 2016 but we have to accept the
0:35:07 > 0:35:10will of the British people and the British Government to lead the
0:35:10 > 0:35:15European Union and now it is about getting this Brexit done in an
0:35:15 > 0:35:19orderly manner. It's up to the UK to decide what kind of future
0:35:19 > 0:35:23relationship they want. I think there are many good arguments to
0:35:23 > 0:35:28have a relationship which is as close as possible to the single
0:35:28 > 0:35:33market but it's up to the House of Commons to decide. We will accept
0:35:33 > 0:35:39any British decision but what we're in is to get this done in an orderly
0:35:39 > 0:35:42fashion and whatever happens, the UK will remain an important neighbour
0:35:42 > 0:35:53and trading partner and Nato ally for continental Europe.
0:35:53 > 0:36:02Strange times, AfD as the official opposition but I agree, they felt it
0:36:02 > 0:36:04uncomfortable that they were leading in Europe, they want the balance of
0:36:04 > 0:36:08the French and German side for historic reasons, they don't want to
0:36:08 > 0:36:11be a country that is leading the rest.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14Manchester United have held onto their position as the richest
0:36:14 > 0:36:15football club in the world.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17According a list compiled by Deloitte, the team generated
0:36:17 > 0:36:20£581 million last season, coming ahead of Real Madrid
0:36:20 > 0:36:22by nearly £2 million.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24It marks the tenth time Manchester United have
0:36:24 > 0:36:34been top of the league.
0:36:35 > 0:36:39The United Nations says the blue flag and helmets no longer offer
0:36:39 > 0:36:45safely to its peacekeeping troops. It says they should be prepared to
0:36:45 > 0:36:49take the offensive to eliminate threats. Almost 200 peacekeepers
0:36:49 > 0:36:53were killed in the past five years. Missions in Africa and amongst the
0:36:53 > 0:36:54most dangerous.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56The funeral of Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan has taken
0:36:56 > 0:36:57place in County Limerick.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59Around 200 people attended the traditional, religious service
0:36:59 > 0:37:02held in her childhood home in the heart of the
0:37:02 > 0:37:03Irish countryside.
0:37:03 > 0:37:08Some Irish radio stations simultaneously played the band's
0:37:08 > 0:37:111996 hit When You're Gone at midday, in memory of Ms O'Riordan,
0:37:11 > 0:37:17who died suddenly in London last week, aged 46.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19Neil Diamond is to retire from performing after being
0:37:19 > 0:37:20diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22The singer, who turns 77 tomorrow, said he'd made
0:37:22 > 0:37:24the decision "with great reluctance and disappointment".
0:37:24 > 0:37:27In a statement, he apologised to fans who'd already bought tickets
0:37:27 > 0:37:29for his 50th anniversary tour in Australia and New Zealand.
0:37:29 > 0:37:39He says he'll continue writing and recording.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48For the past week, more than 100 young women have gone to a court
0:37:48 > 0:37:50in Michigan and told heart-wrenching stories of sexual abuse.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53Several of the girls were members of the US Olympic gymnastics team.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55The molester was the team's doctor.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58Larry Nassar sat in court day after day listening as one victim
0:37:58 > 0:38:01after another took the stand and told their stories.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05They confronted him from just a few metres away.
0:38:05 > 0:38:09Mr Nassar has been accused by 180 women, many of them underage.
0:38:09 > 0:38:14He has admitted ten criminal counts and could face life in prison.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16Here are just a couple of the many who gave testimony today.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18The first is just 16-year-old.
0:38:18 > 0:38:24The second is the mother of an under-aged victim.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27I was violated by Larry Nassar hundreds of times between the ages
0:38:27 > 0:38:30of ten and 14. The amount of physical, mental and emotional
0:38:30 > 0:38:34trauma this man has forced upon me is immeasurable. What he did to me
0:38:34 > 0:38:39and so many others is disgusting. He took advantage of not only me as a
0:38:39 > 0:38:43little girl but of my parents, friends and many others just like
0:38:43 > 0:38:47me. I trusted him to take care of me. My parents trusted him. And he
0:38:47 > 0:38:52used me as a toy for his own pleasure. Larry Nassar destroyed my
0:38:52 > 0:38:55childhood and shattered any positive experiences I had had in the
0:38:55 > 0:38:57gymnastics world. I willingly took my most precious
0:38:57 > 0:39:08gift in this world to you and you heard her -- hurt her, physically,
0:39:08 > 0:39:17mentally and emotionally and she was only eight. I will never get rid of
0:39:17 > 0:39:26the guilt that I have about this experience.This has been hard to
0:39:26 > 0:39:30listen to. Our correspondent is with us now.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32The BBC's Rajini Vaidyanathan has been following the case for us
0:39:32 > 0:39:35in Lansing Michigan and we can cross to her now.
0:39:35 > 0:39:39It's extraordinary what people have been saying about sexual abuse but
0:39:39 > 0:39:43through the voices of those who were young children.The one thing that
0:39:43 > 0:39:49I've been struck by and I have been here for a week so I sat in the
0:39:49 > 0:39:54courtroom as many of these emotional testimonies have been shared, is the
0:39:54 > 0:39:59fact that it is so rare for a young woman, a survivor of sexual abuse,
0:39:59 > 0:40:04to stand in court in the first place and relive their ordeal, let alone
0:40:04 > 0:40:11standing in court only a few meters away from your abuser. They have
0:40:11 > 0:40:16shown incredible courage and bravery as woman after woman is taking to
0:40:16 > 0:40:21the stand in the courtroom and come forward and spoken. When it started
0:40:21 > 0:40:25last Tuesday when I was first year, it was something 80 women who said
0:40:25 > 0:40:28they wanted to share their statements. Some are still
0:40:28 > 0:40:35anonymous, but as we've seen there, many are now waving their anonymity.
0:40:35 > 0:40:41The number is now around 158 to every morning when we come to court,
0:40:41 > 0:40:45more women say they now want to share their story, so there is a
0:40:45 > 0:40:49real sense of collective empowerment, the idea that as more
0:40:49 > 0:40:53women feel they can now speak out because they are not alone and what
0:40:53 > 0:40:56I am struck by is that most of these junk women who Larry Nassar targeted
0:40:56 > 0:41:01were young gymnasts and the stories are very painfully similar. He would
0:41:01 > 0:41:08treat them for back pain or injury related to their sport and instead
0:41:08 > 0:41:16of giving them medical treatment, he was sexually abused them. -- Ewood
0:41:16 > 0:41:20sexually abuse them.What I have heard repeatedly is not just
0:41:20 > 0:41:32criticism of the Doctor, but of the committee and organisation. Where
0:41:32 > 0:41:36were they? There is anger about the absence of the authorities.
0:41:36 > 0:41:41Absolutely. There are two things going on here. Many of these women
0:41:41 > 0:41:45want to make sure that Larry Nassar is served justice but there is also
0:41:45 > 0:41:49the issue of accountability, he didn't operate on his own, he worked
0:41:49 > 0:41:55in a gym that was run by USA gymnastics. He also treated so many
0:41:55 > 0:41:58state-level gymnasts saw aspiring gymnasts all the way up to decorated
0:41:58 > 0:42:04Olympian 's and many of these women are blaming the people around for
0:42:04 > 0:42:08enabling this to happen. We have seen gold medal winning Olympians
0:42:08 > 0:42:14talk about this as well like Ali Raisman who testified here last
0:42:14 > 0:42:25week. Pointing the finger at USC Gymnastics and the head was here
0:42:25 > 0:42:32last year -- USC Gymnastics. She has not been seen since. Officials were
0:42:32 > 0:42:41Larry Nassar worked have been the source of criticism as well and the
0:42:41 > 0:42:46president of MSU was here and she has not been seen since. USA
0:42:46 > 0:42:50Gymnastics had a clear that the top, three members of the executive board
0:42:50 > 0:42:54resigned but many of the young woman I've spoken to say that is not
0:42:54 > 0:42:57enough. This is about an entire culture and the winner gymnastics
0:42:57 > 0:43:03works. These girls were very young and vulnerable when they entered the
0:43:03 > 0:43:07sport and it allowed people around them to abuse them but is physically
0:43:07 > 0:43:21late women who have accused Larry Nassar but also emotionally -- not
0:43:21 > 0:43:25just physically like the women who have accused Larry Nassar but also
0:43:25 > 0:43:30emotionally.It is so heartbreaking how many of them say it is not just
0:43:30 > 0:43:35the abuse itself, is the years that you live with the impact it has on
0:43:35 > 0:43:39you, how it makes you feel guilty and weak and traumatises you and
0:43:39 > 0:43:42impact your relationships and they're having their moments in
0:43:42 > 0:43:50court.This is part of his bargain? This is part of his bargain and his
0:43:50 > 0:43:56plea with the judges that he couldn't take hearing it any more on
0:43:56 > 0:44:00the judge turned around and said, too bad.
0:44:00 > 0:44:05The World Economic Forum, which is taking place in Davos,
0:44:05 > 0:44:06doesn't just attract political leaders and businessmen.
0:44:06 > 0:44:09Some very high profile singers and actors have also swept
0:44:09 > 0:44:10into the alpine town.
0:44:10 > 0:44:12The Australian actor Cate Blanchett is one of them.
0:44:12 > 0:44:14She's been speaking about her work as a UN
0:44:14 > 0:44:19Human Rights Goodwill Ambassador and the issue of refugees.
0:44:19 > 0:44:24We try to teach our children to be compassionate, to be tolerant, to
0:44:24 > 0:44:27accept diversity, to share, yet all of the structures that are around
0:44:27 > 0:44:31are not doing the same thing so it is quite a schizophrenic world that
0:44:31 > 0:44:36they are living in and I want to be on the compassionate path. That is
0:44:36 > 0:44:42far more opportunity. When you diversify your workforce and a
0:44:42 > 0:44:44population in Australia, I can think what would have happened if we
0:44:44 > 0:44:50hadn't had those waves of refugees coming. Our country would have been
0:44:50 > 0:44:54quarter as interesting as it was today -- as it is today. There are
0:44:54 > 0:44:59so many benefits to being welcoming and it is entrenched, lazy,
0:44:59 > 0:45:02short-term thinking and I certainly don't know when turning back
0:45:02 > 0:45:06innocent people have got into a boat became an election winning
0:45:06 > 0:45:13proposition, I don't understand how that happened.Some people will have
0:45:13 > 0:45:19sympathy but some say she is looking at it too simplistically. Half of
0:45:19 > 0:45:23those who come from Libya are not refugees but economic migrants and
0:45:23 > 0:45:27in five days last year, Italy took 11,000 people in at a time in
0:45:27 > 0:45:30northern borders were closing and Hungary and Poland didn't want to
0:45:30 > 0:45:33take their quarter so there isn't solidarity in Europe which is why
0:45:33 > 0:45:40boards are being turned around, that's part of the problem -- boats.
0:45:40 > 0:45:43Unless you start spreading the wealth and investing in countries
0:45:43 > 0:45:46where economic migrants coming from, then you will start to see these
0:45:46 > 0:45:55waves. That's what we got to tackle. It is one thing for Cate Blanchett
0:45:55 > 0:45:58to say this but the other thing is the political reality, we are living
0:45:58 > 0:46:02in a moment when people are sceptical about opening barriers and
0:46:02 > 0:46:06borders and inviting in lots of refugees and policymakers in Europe
0:46:06 > 0:46:09and in Australia as well are struggling with how to deal with
0:46:09 > 0:46:20that. Still to come: we will look at whether that is something afoot in
0:46:20 > 0:46:27the Pacific Ring of Fire.
0:46:28 > 0:46:32Theresa May has called for discussions about future NHS
0:46:32 > 0:46:34funding to remain private after Boris Johnson publicly called
0:46:34 > 0:46:35for more money after Brexit.
0:46:35 > 0:46:36Our political editor, Laura Kuenssberg,
0:46:36 > 0:46:43reports from Westminster.
0:46:43 > 0:46:50Long waits. Long days. Another glimpse of the pressure that the
0:46:50 > 0:46:57University of North Tees Hospital. We need more beds in the hospital.
0:46:57 > 0:47:02We need more beds for them to go to. Number ten nose hospitals, patients
0:47:02 > 0:47:06and the public looks to them for answers. However unwelcome the
0:47:06 > 0:47:14visitors making demands really are. He called for more cash at Cabinet
0:47:14 > 0:47:19for the health service, making public before what he plans to raise
0:47:19 > 0:47:23in private. The Prime Minister and others, unimpressed. Inside, Boris
0:47:23 > 0:47:27Johnson was told off for making it known he would be making such a
0:47:27 > 0:47:35call. No word after either way from him. The other ministers didn't
0:47:35 > 0:47:40quite manage to hide their annoyance at what he had done.You know as
0:47:40 > 0:47:45well as I do, you can't go discussing Cabinet.The Foreign
0:47:45 > 0:47:50Secretary has been discussing Cabinet! You are frustrated that not
0:47:50 > 0:47:55enough is being done.We got record funding going into the NHS and extra
0:47:55 > 0:47:59money for winter pressures, we got a good story to tell.The Health
0:47:59 > 0:48:04Secretary was hurried into a waiting car. He was not surprisingly
0:48:04 > 0:48:08sympathetic to the idea of more taxpayers money. This has stirred up
0:48:08 > 0:48:13a lot of fuss but don't expect the Foreign Secretary's announcements to
0:48:13 > 0:48:16make much difference soon but it's different for number ten, not
0:48:16 > 0:48:20because he is a loud voice doesn't always toe the line, not just
0:48:20 > 0:48:23because there are genuine concerns about how health services coping,
0:48:23 > 0:48:29but because there is an anxiety amongst Tory MPs that number ten is
0:48:29 > 0:48:34short of ideas and short on ambition, too.
0:48:34 > 0:48:37A key scientific research mission to the depths of Antarctic waters
0:48:37 > 0:48:39has revealed unique ecosystems so rare that scientists say
0:48:39 > 0:48:40they deserve special protection.
0:48:40 > 0:48:42Campaigners hope this will help build the case
0:48:42 > 0:48:44for the creation of the world's largest wildlife sanctuary.
0:48:44 > 0:48:51The proposal would ban all fishing in a large part of the Weddell Sea
0:48:51 > 0:48:55and around the Antarctic Peninsula.
0:48:55 > 0:48:57Our environment correspondent Claire Marshall travelled to the area
0:48:57 > 0:49:06on board a Greenpeace ship and sent this exclusive report
0:49:07 > 0:49:09Antarctica, the most remote continent in the world,
0:49:09 > 0:49:15encased in glaciers thousands of feet thick.
0:49:15 > 0:49:18It's still largely unexplored and we know even less
0:49:18 > 0:49:24about the icy seas that bring it.
0:49:24 > 0:49:30Now, machines are making it possible for us to catch a glimpse.
0:49:30 > 0:49:34A mini-submarine is taking marine biologist, Dr Susan Lockhart,
0:49:34 > 0:49:41down into the Antarctic deep.
0:49:41 > 0:49:45Above is a land of frigid ice, below is a thriving mass of life.
0:49:45 > 0:49:46That's really pretty.
0:49:46 > 0:49:50No light penetrates this deep.
0:49:50 > 0:49:56Plants can't grow, these are all animals.
0:49:56 > 0:50:00Then it was my turn to go down with pilot, John.
0:50:00 > 0:50:03We dropped much deeper.
0:50:03 > 0:50:06More than 1,000 feet down we find a wall of life.
0:50:06 > 0:50:08Sponges and corals, sea stars, feather stars, all thriving
0:50:08 > 0:50:17in complete darkness.
0:50:17 > 0:50:18in complete darkness.
0:50:23 > 0:50:25A robot arm captures samples.
0:50:25 > 0:50:28Some of these species have never been filmed before.
0:50:28 > 0:50:31They're threatened by an increase in fishing in the region.
0:50:31 > 0:50:34Too soon, we have to leave.
0:50:34 > 0:50:37There is a storm apparently brewing on the surface so the ship have
0:50:38 > 0:50:40asked us to come up.
0:50:40 > 0:50:4522, do you have a visual, over?
0:50:45 > 0:50:46We surface very close to some icebergs.
0:50:46 > 0:50:51We might have to nudge some ice out a way as well.
0:50:51 > 0:50:55That will be a massive chunk of ice.
0:50:55 > 0:50:58That will be a massive chunk of ice hitting our little sub.
0:50:58 > 0:51:07At last, the diver gets a hook on our sub.
0:51:07 > 0:51:10But then the crane breaks and we're stranded for an hour.
0:51:10 > 0:51:13It feels good to finally be down.
0:51:13 > 0:51:19That's nice.
0:51:19 > 0:51:24Yeah, yeah.
0:51:24 > 0:51:28We gathered evidence of a unique ecosystem that deserves protection.
0:51:28 > 0:51:30It's really exciting, really dense sea bed full
0:51:30 > 0:51:36of life and huge diversity.
0:51:36 > 0:51:39And also, organisms living together, creating a 3-D structure.
0:51:39 > 0:51:44So more organisms can move and they can be very
0:51:44 > 0:51:49vulnerable to disturbance and they need special protection.
0:51:49 > 0:51:51No one could deny this region needs protecting,
0:51:51 > 0:51:54but what is the best way to do it?
0:51:54 > 0:51:56Is a line on a map going to make much difference,
0:51:56 > 0:52:02and who is going to police anything out here?
0:52:02 > 0:52:05The proposal to protect all these creatures and their world will be
0:52:05 > 0:52:06heard by the Antarctic nations in October.
0:52:06 > 0:52:16Claire Marshall, BBC News, the Antarctic Peninsula.
0:52:18 > 0:52:21A powerful earthquake in the Gulf of Alaska this morning,
0:52:21 > 0:52:23which hit 175 miles southeast of the town of Kodiak,
0:52:23 > 0:52:26prompted warnings of a possible tsunami down the West Coast
0:52:26 > 0:52:27of Canada and the United States.
0:52:27 > 0:52:30Those warnings have now been lifted but a lower-level advisory remains
0:52:30 > 0:52:33effect for South Alaska.
0:52:33 > 0:52:36As well as the quake off the coast of Alaska,
0:52:36 > 0:52:38seismic activity has been recorded in Indonesia, the
0:52:38 > 0:52:39Philippines and Japan.
0:52:39 > 0:52:41I'm joined by Professor Tiziana Rossetto from
0:52:41 > 0:52:50University College London.
0:52:53 > 0:52:59We are much better acquainted with tsunamis nowadays. Now we know a
0:52:59 > 0:53:03thing as an earthquake, there is a tsunami threat and looking at Alaska
0:53:03 > 0:53:07today, everybody immediately moved to higher ground.DS, unfortunately
0:53:07 > 0:53:10because of the disasters, we know a lot more about what to do in the
0:53:10 > 0:53:21event of a tsunami -- yes. It was an extremely positive response, the
0:53:21 > 0:53:24evacuation happening in Alaska today.Talking about the Pacific
0:53:24 > 0:53:33Ring of Fire, the eruptions in the volcano in Japan, highly linked?
0:53:33 > 0:53:36They're all attached to the same sort of mechanism, the fact that you
0:53:36 > 0:53:42have the oceanic plate, the tectonic plates moving underneath the crust
0:53:42 > 0:53:50plates in Japan or in the northern USA and what they're doing, the
0:53:50 > 0:53:56crust is being destroyed and saw the seismically active -- so they are
0:53:56 > 0:54:01very seismically active. But they are not interconnected as such
0:54:01 > 0:54:08although there is no proof that seismic activity in one area will
0:54:08 > 0:54:12trigger it in another.I woke up this morning and saw these
0:54:12 > 0:54:16extraordinary graphs of how they would be three foot tsunamis and 12
0:54:16 > 0:54:19tsunamis all along the West Coast of the United States and everybody was
0:54:19 > 0:54:24very nervous and then it disappeared, what happened?It takes
0:54:24 > 0:54:28time to understand what the mechanism of the earthquake is after
0:54:28 > 0:54:31it has been triggered. It is a monitoring process and more
0:54:31 > 0:54:35information comes in and saw the updates on what is actually
0:54:35 > 0:54:39happening. Unless the Cinema displaces the ocean birds, causes a
0:54:39 > 0:54:48lift, there will not be a sin army -- tsunami. In this case, it was two
0:54:48 > 0:54:51parts of the crust moving side by side, quite a rare event in this
0:54:51 > 0:54:58area which is more associated with subduction and so it didn't create a
0:54:58 > 0:55:00sin army that could have been triggered but it is better to be
0:55:00 > 0:55:06cautious in those circumstances than not.Thank you very much for coming
0:55:06 > 0:55:15in. Before we go, news coming in, Robert
0:55:15 > 0:55:22Miller interviewed Jeff Sessions the Attorney General, it is emerging he
0:55:22 > 0:55:25interviewed the former FBI director James Qaumi last year about the
0:55:25 > 0:55:30memos he had written about the interactions with the President --
0:55:30 > 0:55:36James Comey.It is not surprising he would want to interview James Comey
0:55:36 > 0:55:42about why he was fired, especially because he was a note keeper
0:55:42 > 0:55:46contemporaneously. He kept notes about his meetings with the
0:55:46 > 0:55:49president and around the president, verbatim accounts on most of what
0:55:49 > 0:55:52took place in the meetings to that is definitely something that mother
0:55:52 > 0:56:01would have wanted to look at but that news is just coming in now --
0:56:01 > 0:56:02Muller would have