0:00:09 > 0:00:10You're watching Beyond 100 Days,
0:00:10 > 0:00:12with me, Christian Fraser, in London.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Our top stories - the Deputy Director
0:00:14 > 0:00:18of the FBI steps down with immediate effect.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20It's believed Andrew McCabe was forced out.
0:00:20 > 0:00:24He had faced repeated criticism from President Trump.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26The EU spells out its terms and conditions
0:00:26 > 0:00:28for the UK's transition period after Brexit.
0:00:28 > 0:00:34Britain will have to obey EU rules, but will have no say on them.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37It will continue to have all the economic benefits,
0:00:37 > 0:00:43therefore it must apply all the EU rules.
0:00:43 > 0:00:52The single market cannot be a la carte.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Illegal child migrants who have become the pawns
0:00:54 > 0:00:56in the US immigration row.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59What does the future hold for the Dreamers?
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Military mapping - how data from the fitness tracker
0:01:01 > 0:01:02Strava has inadvertently revealed the whereabouts of
0:01:02 > 0:01:06American army bases abroad.
0:01:15 > 0:01:16Good evening.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18I'm Christian Fraser in London.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20President Trump is preparing for his big moment -
0:01:20 > 0:01:21his first State of the Union address.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24No doubt there will be plenty tomorrow night on his successes,
0:01:24 > 0:01:25tax reform, deregulation,
0:01:25 > 0:01:27the stellar performance of the American economy.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30But hanging over it all is the Russia investigation led
0:01:30 > 0:01:33by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36There have been persistent reports this past week that President Trump
0:01:36 > 0:01:40has tried to interfere with that investigation, including the news
0:01:40 > 0:01:44that he had wanted to fire Mr Mueller last summer.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46In the last hour, it has emerged that the assistant
0:01:46 > 0:01:48director of the FBI, Andrew McCabe, is stepping down
0:01:48 > 0:01:50with immediate effect.
0:01:50 > 0:01:56He too had been closely involved with the Russia
0:01:56 > 0:02:00investigation, and has been a constant target for the President.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Last week, Mr Trump denied he had put any undue pressure
0:02:02 > 0:02:07on the FBI director, Christopher Wray, to sack McCabe.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11President Trump was asked about the reports Mr McCabe
0:02:11 > 0:02:14was leaving his position at the end of a brief press statement ahead
0:02:14 > 0:02:15of a security meeting.
0:02:15 > 0:02:23Here's how that exchange went.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27Have you been told that Andrew McCabe has resigned?Thank you,
0:02:27 > 0:02:35thank you.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38Christopher Wray said in press reports in the last week, when he
0:02:38 > 0:02:42was asked to get that of McCabe, he said, you would have to get rid of
0:02:42 > 0:02:50me, too. So what has changed? Ultimately, was McCabe pushed?The
0:02:50 > 0:02:54facts here are that McCabe has been a frequent target for the President
0:02:54 > 0:02:57ever since it emerged that his wife had received money from a political
0:02:57 > 0:03:04action committee when she ran for state office in Virginia, close to
0:03:04 > 0:03:08the former Virginia governor, a friend of Hillary Clinton. So
0:03:08 > 0:03:11McCabe, in his time at the bureau, was overseeing the probe into
0:03:11 > 0:03:16Hillary Clinton's use of the Private e-mail server. The president has
0:03:16 > 0:03:20used his wife's connection with the Clintons to suggest that McCabe is
0:03:20 > 0:03:26biased. Republicans have picked up on that, and are saying that the
0:03:26 > 0:03:29wider rush-hour investigation is also biased against the president
0:03:29 > 0:03:35because of McCabe's role as deputy director and because of his wife's
0:03:35 > 0:03:38political connection to the Clintons. -- the Russia
0:03:38 > 0:03:43investigation. That is why the president is so furious. There is a
0:03:43 > 0:03:47subset to this story as well, which is that later today the house
0:03:47 > 0:03:50intelligence committee will vote on whether or not they will release a
0:03:50 > 0:03:55memo by a Republican on that committee which is very critical of
0:03:55 > 0:03:59the Russia investigation, the FBI's role in it, suggesting that improper
0:03:59 > 0:04:04things have gone on. So you have already on Twitter, the President's
0:04:04 > 0:04:09son saying that there may be a relationship between these two
0:04:09 > 0:04:12events, the Reformation and the vote and the committee. But this will be
0:04:12 > 0:04:18seen in the wider context, the President fired the director of the
0:04:18 > 0:04:22FBI. He then said in a television interview it was to do with the
0:04:22 > 0:04:27Russia probe into him. He has had a sustained attack against the FBI
0:04:27 > 0:04:30which he believes is biased against him, and now McCabe is leaving ahead
0:04:30 > 0:04:37of what is widely expected to be his resignation date in March.Good
0:04:37 > 0:04:39starter for ten, thank you.
0:04:39 > 0:04:44Michael Moore is a former US attorney, and joins us from Atlanta.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48Good to have you here. Can we get your thoughts on Mr McCabe standing
0:04:48 > 0:04:54aside early? He was due to go in March, but he is going early.The
0:04:54 > 0:04:59fact that he may be leaving a little bit early is not in and of itself
0:04:59 > 0:05:02anything I think it's particularly suspicious. But when you look at the
0:05:02 > 0:05:05context of how he is leaving, he has been criticised by the president,
0:05:05 > 0:05:09his wife has been put under the microscope and faced skirt and
0:05:09 > 0:05:14scrutiny, and now we are here and there is this memo which is likely
0:05:14 > 0:05:27critical both of McCabe, that probably spurred on his decision.
0:05:31 > 0:05:39Remember that this is sort of classic pot, I guess, classic modus
0:05:39 > 0:05:44operandi for what people do when they are under investigation, they
0:05:44 > 0:05:46attack the investigators, they attack the investigation, and we are
0:05:46 > 0:05:50seeing that from Trump, and my guess is we will probably now see a
0:05:50 > 0:06:02concerted effort both from Trump and his allies in Congress, pressure put
0:06:02 > 0:06:08on Rod Rosenstein, and my guess is that this may be a beginning of the
0:06:08 > 0:06:13way for Trump to try to fire Rod Rosenstein. I know him, I do not
0:06:13 > 0:06:17believe he is the type of person who will do the White House's bidding. I
0:06:17 > 0:06:20served with him as a United States attorney, I served with him on a
0:06:20 > 0:06:24number of committees, he is a principled man of character and he
0:06:24 > 0:06:27will not be a puppet for Trump or any other president he might be
0:06:27 > 0:06:32serving under.Donald Trump Jr has treated in the last few minutes that
0:06:32 > 0:06:37it is local instance that McCabe has gone just ahead of this meeting at
0:06:37 > 0:06:405pm Eastern Time, when the White House committee will decide whether
0:06:40 > 0:06:53or not to release this memo. We should explain this to our viewers.
0:06:56 > 0:07:01Basically, Nunes is saying about Rod Rosenstein who was working with
0:07:01 > 0:07:06Andrew McCabe, the two of them went to a court to get a warrant for
0:07:06 > 0:07:09further investigation into Carter Page, who was associated with the
0:07:09 > 0:07:14campaign. And he is saying that they got that one by using the dossier
0:07:14 > 0:07:17compiled by Christopher Steele, which was funded by the Democrats.
0:07:17 > 0:07:23So they are alleging that this was a partisan hack, the Democrats trying
0:07:23 > 0:07:28to get intelligence through the court using improper methods.I
0:07:28 > 0:07:40think what they forget is that the Steele dossier originated in the
0:07:40 > 0:07:49time of the Republican primary, so you will see... The unusual step
0:07:49 > 0:07:57that we are talking about... Things that are happening in the secret
0:07:57 > 0:08:02court. Criticising the actions of federal law enforcement agencies and
0:08:02 > 0:08:08individuals about those applications and foreign surveillance. They want
0:08:08 > 0:08:11to release this memo and put it out of the public domain just so they
0:08:11 > 0:08:14can protect their president. And the reason they think they will do that
0:08:14 > 0:08:18is because they are just tried to cast doubt on the investigation at
0:08:18 > 0:08:21this point. So they attack the investigators and the investigation,
0:08:21 > 0:08:28they have us tax the Steele dossier -- attacked the Steele dossier. And
0:08:28 > 0:08:33much of the information contained in that dossier has proven true. We
0:08:33 > 0:08:36might not be able to prove the salacious details at the moment, but
0:08:36 > 0:08:43other parts of that dossier have come out.Just before I let you go,
0:08:43 > 0:08:45we've got raw Rosenstein under pressure and also Andrew McCabe.
0:08:45 > 0:08:51Does that have to be special legislation to protect Robert
0:08:51 > 0:08:58Mueller?There would not have to be legislation if Congress would step
0:08:58 > 0:09:04up and do its job. They would not need special legislation, they could
0:09:04 > 0:09:07bring him in under independent counsel scenario through the
0:09:07 > 0:09:11Congress. So again, I think you are seeing that the noose is tightening
0:09:11 > 0:09:16around the Trump Administration, you will ultimately see that the
0:09:16 > 0:09:22president will need to find a way to get rid of Rod Rosenstein. We saw it
0:09:22 > 0:09:25with the travel ban money brought in another Attorney General and the rid
0:09:25 > 0:09:33of Sally Yates. I think this is what you will see here. Rod Rosenstein
0:09:33 > 0:09:37has not been willing to fire Robert Mueller, so they will try to get rid
0:09:37 > 0:09:40of Rod Rosenstein will actually do the President's bidding.Michael
0:09:40 > 0:09:47Moore, good to get your thought. No Katty Kay today, as she has a cold,
0:09:47 > 0:09:58but I have Ryan Christie with me. A former adviser to George W Bush. --
0:09:58 > 0:10:05Ron Christie.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09This is an area where Congress needs to be very careful not to overstep
0:10:09 > 0:10:16their bounds. Our Constitution gives the president wide latitude to fire
0:10:16 > 0:10:21subordinate officers who work within the executive branch. The notion
0:10:21 > 0:10:24that the Republicans and Democrats in Congress would pass a statute,
0:10:24 > 0:10:28which of course Trump would ultimately end up the touring, that
0:10:28 > 0:10:32would take away his constitutional power, is ludicrous. The real
0:10:32 > 0:10:35question is, whereas Robert Mueller going with the investigation? We
0:10:35 > 0:10:39have is going for over a year, there are still no signs of collusion. So
0:10:39 > 0:10:45I do not think he needs protection, think Congress is to stay within the
0:10:45 > 0:10:47realm of Article one of our constitution where they have their
0:10:47 > 0:10:54power. I pressed you on this last week.Is it good for the president
0:10:54 > 0:11:00to be using the FBI and the Department of Justice in this way?
0:11:00 > 0:11:03The reputation to law enforcement in the United States has taken quite a
0:11:03 > 0:11:09hit here.It is. One of the things we have the director of the FBI is
0:11:09 > 0:11:14that we have enshrined a 10-year term of office for the FBI director.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17So in other words, they should be above political pressure, they
0:11:17 > 0:11:20should be independent not only from the president but also from the
0:11:20 > 0:11:24Justice Department, to do their job. Here you a situation where, as I
0:11:24 > 0:11:30have always said, this is where President Trump gets itself into
0:11:30 > 0:11:35trouble. You go on Twitter and make insulting tweets about the FBI
0:11:35 > 0:11:38director, the Department of Justice, people who are lying, and then of
0:11:38 > 0:11:42course people point back to that and say, Mr President, this could be in
0:11:42 > 0:11:48large part by Jeremy special counsel. So I do not believe the
0:11:48 > 0:11:53president should be acting in this way. -- why you have a special
0:11:53 > 0:12:00counsel.Ron, thank you for your thoughts.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02EU ministers have approved their negotiating terms
0:12:02 > 0:12:04for talks on the transitional period that will follow
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Britain's departure from the European Union next year.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09A senior EU negotiator said that they'd taken just two minutes
0:12:09 > 0:12:13to agree their position.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16They are offering the UK the "status quo from March 2019
0:12:16 > 0:12:17"until the end of 2020".
0:12:17 > 0:12:20But Britain will lose its voting rights and will have to obey
0:12:20 > 0:12:22the rules of the single market, including freedom of movement
0:12:22 > 0:12:24for all EU citizens.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27The transition period is also set to end in December 2020,
0:12:27 > 0:12:33three months earlier than Britain had originally envisaged.
0:12:33 > 0:12:34Michel Barnier, the EU's chief Brexit negotiator,
0:12:34 > 0:12:44delivered this message earlier today.
0:12:47 > 0:12:53Jude in the transition, the UK will continue to take part in the customs
0:12:53 > 0:12:57union. -- during the transition.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59It will continue to have all the economic benefits,
0:12:59 > 0:13:01therefore it must apply all the EU rules.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03The single market cannot be a la carte.
0:13:03 > 0:13:09Our Brussels reporter Adam Fleming joins us now.
0:13:09 > 0:13:18In effect, no Brexit until 2020, 20 21.A controversial thing to say in
0:13:18 > 0:13:22the current climate. What the UK Government would say is that this is
0:13:22 > 0:13:28Brexit, because on March 29, 2019, the UK will no longer be a member of
0:13:28 > 0:13:32the European Union. It will be out of the club, and that is Brexit. So
0:13:32 > 0:13:34they are saying, the British Government, that they are delivering
0:13:34 > 0:13:38that. The reason they want this transition period is to provide
0:13:38 > 0:13:41certainty for business so that they have to make one set of changes, so
0:13:41 > 0:13:47rather than changing when the UK leads and then again when the
0:13:47 > 0:13:49transition period is over, they will have to change at the end of the
0:13:49 > 0:13:56transition period. The sticking point in the discussions going
0:13:56 > 0:13:59forward for the Brits is how they are involved when the EU decides to
0:13:59 > 0:14:04pass new legislation or new rules during the transition period. The
0:14:04 > 0:14:08British Government says two things. First of all, the way that the EU
0:14:08 > 0:14:12timetable operates as it takes them ages to come up with new
0:14:12 > 0:14:15legislation, so with the transition period of nearly two years, it is
0:14:15 > 0:14:19likely the EU would be able to generate any new laws that affect
0:14:19 > 0:14:24them in any serious way. That is the first thing they say. To guard
0:14:24 > 0:14:27against it, though, the second thing they say is their midst of this kind
0:14:27 > 0:14:35of process, a mechanism by which the UK can be involved when it is no
0:14:35 > 0:14:39longer a member. Michel Barnier, the EU's chief negotiator, it is not
0:14:39 > 0:14:42keen on that. He said again and again at his news conference this
0:14:42 > 0:14:47afternoon that the UK could at best be consulted on an exceptional
0:14:47 > 0:14:50case-by-case basis if all the other countries agreed. So that is quite a
0:14:50 > 0:14:56long way from a process by which the UK could be involved in agreeing
0:14:56 > 0:14:58those new rules. So I think that is where the flash point will be, and
0:14:58 > 0:15:02if we have learned anything in the Brexit process, the outcome will
0:15:02 > 0:15:06probably be a bit of a feng shui sites can say that it is happy with
0:15:06 > 0:15:12the outcome and we would really know what is going to happen. -- a bit of
0:15:12 > 0:15:18a fudge.You'll see how that plays into the debate about Theresa May at
0:15:18 > 0:15:20the moment. Thank you.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22We've heard a lot about the American "Dreamers,"
0:15:22 > 0:15:25the group of undocumented migrants who came to the USA illegally
0:15:25 > 0:15:26with their parents.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Many of them have grown up in America, but unless a deal is done,
0:15:29 > 0:15:30they face being expelled.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32On the table is a proposal from the President.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35He is offering legal status for two million illegal migrants,
0:15:35 > 0:15:37including the Dreamers, in return for $25 billion
0:15:37 > 0:15:38to build his wall, plus immigration reform.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40We will see where that goes.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43But how does it feel to be the bargaining chip
0:15:43 > 0:15:45in the increasingly bitter US immigration debate?
0:15:45 > 0:15:48We're joined now my Melody Klingenfuss, a Daca
0:15:48 > 0:15:56recipient from Los Angeles, who joins me now from Washington.
0:15:56 > 0:16:01Tell us a bit about your life. How did you come to be in the United
0:16:01 > 0:16:09States, and what do you do at the moment?Thank you for having me. It
0:16:09 > 0:16:13is an honour to represent the document of immigrants from
0:16:13 > 0:16:17California. I was born in Guatemala where I grew up without parents. I
0:16:17 > 0:16:23came here when I was nine years old and received my entire education
0:16:23 > 0:16:28here. I work for an organisation working for human rights. My story
0:16:28 > 0:16:36is just one of thousands, so there are different ways that people came
0:16:36 > 0:16:40here, what they have done, and the different privileges that Daca was
0:16:40 > 0:16:46able to give us. I have been a Daca recipient since 2016. For me to be
0:16:46 > 0:16:50here at this time with this administration, it's just really
0:16:50 > 0:16:55goes to show the resilience of the immigrant spirit.How has life
0:16:55 > 0:17:01changed for you since Mr Trump ended the Daca programme?For me, the
0:17:01 > 0:17:07reality is that every day since Daca ended, since September five, 2017,
0:17:07 > 0:17:12122 people have lost their status every day. And we expect about 1400
0:17:12 > 0:17:17people to lose their status every day after March five. So my life has
0:17:17 > 0:17:24been focused on tried to educate the public...Does that mean you would
0:17:24 > 0:17:29have to go back to Guatemala?That is not in my mind, and that is not
0:17:29 > 0:17:34something we should be thinking about. What is on the table is this
0:17:34 > 0:17:40proposition that could replace Daca and give a pathway to citizenship to
0:17:40 > 0:17:46almost 1.5 million immigrants, and that is the Dream Act. So we now
0:17:46 > 0:17:50need to think about what happens, and feeding into the fear that this
0:17:50 > 0:17:53restriction is trained to bring to migrant communities. On the
0:17:53 > 0:17:57contrary, we need to organise and mobilise to educate our public about
0:17:57 > 0:18:00their rights. Because we still have rights even though we are
0:18:00 > 0:18:05undocumented.But how long have you got until you might have to go to
0:18:05 > 0:18:11what our? Is your life effectively a ticking clock at the moment?No, it
0:18:11 > 0:18:16is not a ticking clock. For me, my life is to keep my immigrant
0:18:16 > 0:18:19community together. So I'm not thinking about how much time have
0:18:19 > 0:18:24left. I will still be me even if Daca ends, and that is the reality
0:18:24 > 0:18:29for all of us. So the 800,000 recipients who have Daca, even
0:18:29 > 0:18:35though Daca might end, in terms of the Parliament, -- in terms of the
0:18:35 > 0:18:39permit, it still does not change the fact that we need to rise up against
0:18:39 > 0:18:42this administration's racism and xenophobia and division of our
0:18:42 > 0:18:46community. So again for hours, that is why it is really important to put
0:18:46 > 0:18:52all of our energy and passion into passing the Dream Act by the eighth
0:18:52 > 0:18:57of that order. -- for others. Melody, good to hear you. Let's
0:18:57 > 0:19:01bring Ron back in. We will hear tomorrow in the state of the union
0:19:01 > 0:19:05address that there is a deal on the table, a proposal put forward by the
0:19:05 > 0:19:09White House. The overwhelming majority of Americans are in favour
0:19:09 > 0:19:13of the Dream is staying, but it would seem the White House is not in
0:19:13 > 0:19:17to give them what they want. -- without giving them something in
0:19:17 > 0:19:22return.That is the art of negotiation, and you should not
0:19:22 > 0:19:24automatically cave unilaterally to give one political party or that
0:19:24 > 0:19:31they want. The numbers vary between 800,001.8 million people who do not
0:19:31 > 0:19:34have documented status who would benefit from the President's plan.
0:19:34 > 0:19:39But I have to tell you, tomorrow is a very pivotal evening some of these
0:19:39 > 0:19:44supporters of Daca. There are rumours of disruption in the house
0:19:44 > 0:19:47chamber, protests, while a majority of Americans, myself included,
0:19:47 > 0:19:50really wants to support these people, this is not the way to go
0:19:50 > 0:19:56about getting what you are looking for. To say you dream of being a US
0:19:56 > 0:20:01citizen living in this country, let me live the American dream, rather
0:20:01 > 0:20:05than high demand, I expect, and you will give. So it'll be interesting
0:20:05 > 0:20:08to see how the present and how the Democrats deal with this sensitive
0:20:08 > 0:20:12issue, not only tomorrow night, but in the days that come.Run, thank
0:20:12 > 0:20:18you. -- Ron.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20The German government has strongly condemned a series
0:20:20 > 0:20:22of car emissions tests, in which humans and monkeys
0:20:22 > 0:20:24were reportedly exposed to diesel exhaust fumes.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26The experiments were conducted by a research
0:20:26 > 0:20:27group funded by three car companies, including Volkswagen.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30Its chairman has described the tests as "totally incomprehensible".
0:20:30 > 0:20:32Paris remains on high alert after experiencing some
0:20:32 > 0:20:33of the heaviest rain for a century.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36The River Seine has peaked at more than four metres
0:20:36 > 0:20:37above its normal level.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Around 1,500 people have been evacuated from their homes
0:20:39 > 0:20:41in the greater Paris region, while a similar number of homes
0:20:42 > 0:20:43remain without electricity.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46The authorities believe the city will now be spared
0:20:46 > 0:20:47really major flooding.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Still, the waters are six metres higher than usual,
0:20:49 > 0:20:53and the clean up job will take weeks.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56Officials in Cape Town have opened a
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Disaster Operations Centre to put in place plans to shut down
0:20:59 > 0:21:00the city's water supply.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02South Africa's second-largest urban area is in the midst
0:21:02 > 0:21:04of a severe drought.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07If the taps are turned off, on a date known as day zero,
0:21:07 > 0:21:10and projected to happen in early April, it will mean Cape Town
0:21:10 > 0:21:15is the world's first major city to run dry.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23President Trump's national security team is looking
0:21:23 > 0:21:24to build a nationalised 5G wireless network,
0:21:24 > 0:21:28with the intent of trying to counter the threat
0:21:28 > 0:21:30of China spying on US phone calls.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33According to axios.com, officials want to deploy the plans
0:21:33 > 0:21:35within three years, though the proposal won't
0:21:35 > 0:21:37land on the President's desk for consideration
0:21:37 > 0:21:39until later in 2018.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41America's on the ball with this.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45Chinese tech giant Huawei is already banned from bidding for
0:21:45 > 0:21:48US government contracts over concerns its equipment could be used
0:21:48 > 0:21:53for spying by Beijing.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55Europe, on the other hand, seems to have a different approach.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Huawei is an integral part of technology infrastructure
0:21:57 > 0:22:02in the UK, Germany, and Spain.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04It's also a key player in the European Commission's
0:22:04 > 0:22:05roll-out of 5G wireless technology.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07The US's stance is not sheer paranoia.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10Parliamentary reports both sides of the pond have shown concern over
0:22:10 > 0:22:14Huawei's relationship with the Chinese state.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16So where does that leave us?
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Let's bring in Tom Kellermann, Chief Cybersecurity Officer
0:22:18 > 0:22:19at the software firm Carbon Black.
0:22:19 > 0:22:28He joins us now from Orlando.
0:22:28 > 0:22:33Tell us about five G. This is going to be a national roll-out. It is
0:22:33 > 0:22:35going to be unprecedented for the state to take over the building and
0:22:35 > 0:22:41running of it.The Chinese have been influencing the standards of 5G for
0:22:41 > 0:22:47the last six, seven years, and they have made substantial investments in
0:22:47 > 0:22:51Carbon Black technology. But the nature in which companies that are
0:22:51 > 0:22:54associated with the people's liberation Army of China, they
0:22:54 > 0:22:58control the future of the structure of not just more book on occasions,
0:22:58 > 0:23:04but all IT communications. This does create a security risk to both the
0:23:04 > 0:23:08US and Europe. This is a fact, there is a history and an ongoing campaign
0:23:08 > 0:23:12of economic espionage that has been levelled against both the US and her
0:23:12 > 0:23:16European allies for over a decade, beginning with the campaign back in
0:23:16 > 0:23:222001.So why do you think Europe is taking a different approach? Because
0:23:22 > 0:23:25Huawei as I said is one of the foremost companies operating in
0:23:25 > 0:23:30Europe now, outstripping Ericsson and Nokia and all the European
0:23:30 > 0:23:33mobile phone companies. Is it dangerous to give a country like
0:23:33 > 0:23:40China... ?I don't believe it is a question of Huawei and whether or
0:23:40 > 0:23:46not is as a righteous organisation. It is the matter of whether major
0:23:46 > 0:23:50corporations having access to Carbon Black also granting access to the
0:23:50 > 0:23:57regime to the country of origin. -- having access to 5G. You can
0:23:57 > 0:23:59actually conduct surveillance on anyone utilising that backbone
0:23:59 > 0:24:07infrastructure. There is an import to having major critical
0:24:07 > 0:24:10infrastructure having all forms of 5G delivery, and I think it is a
0:24:10 > 0:24:15prescient move by the administration and by the National Security Council
0:24:15 > 0:24:20to make the strategy apparent.Food for thought for policymakers in
0:24:20 > 0:24:28Europe. While I have you, I want to ask you about this Strava story. The
0:24:28 > 0:24:34US military says it is reviewing the use of Strava overseas, after it
0:24:34 > 0:24:40published a heat map showing the path.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43It's after the fitness app Strava published a so-called heatmap,
0:24:43 > 0:24:45showing the paths its users take as they jog or cycle.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47OK for average Joe doing his morning run,
0:24:47 > 0:24:50less so when it shows the structure of foreign military bases
0:24:50 > 0:24:51in countries like Syria and Afghanistan as
0:24:52 > 0:24:53soldiers move around them.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55They look like streets in London, Paris or New York, but when you are
0:24:55 > 0:24:59in the Desert, or on a beach, more of a problem.It is the same problem
0:24:59 > 0:25:03you have with your phone in your pocket when you leave Bluetooth and
0:25:03 > 0:25:07Wi-Fi turned on. You are basically giving a beacon on your position,
0:25:07 > 0:25:17and many times, nation states and... I think we have lost Tom. Let's
0:25:17 > 0:25:24bring in Ron. This report that the Government that the Government is
0:25:24 > 0:25:29going to nationalise 5G, make EU policy makers set up. We talk
0:25:29 > 0:25:32constantly about Russia, and that people have taken their eye off
0:25:32 > 0:25:35China and the threat they might pose.I think you are right. This
0:25:35 > 0:25:39will be a critical issue for the United States over the next couple
0:25:39 > 0:25:43of years. You have a lot of internet service providers here the United
0:25:43 > 0:25:48States who are racing, trying to build this 5G network, they are to
0:25:48 > 0:25:52step back and say, witty minute, this should be our purview. So it
0:25:52 > 0:25:56will be addressed to see what happens in the days to come. -- wait
0:25:56 > 0:26:03a minute.Thanks very much, Ron.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07This is Beyond 100 Days from the BBC.
0:26:18 > 0:26:25A bit of a mishmash of weather across the British Isles today.
0:26:25 > 0:26:30Pretty miserable generally down here. But once the weather front
0:26:30 > 0:26:34passed by, your weather could have improved to something as good as
0:26:34 > 0:26:37this. And we keep that improvement going for the rest of the evening
0:26:37 > 0:26:41and overnight in many spots. But underneath the clear skies, next to
0:26:41 > 0:26:45this ridge of high pressure behind that frontal system, the
0:26:45 > 0:26:48temperatures will begin to date. That will not be such an issue
0:26:48 > 0:26:52across northern and western parts of Scotland, because here you have the
0:26:52 > 0:26:55combination of cloud and breeze. That will help to keep the
0:26:55 > 0:26:59temperature is relatively speaking. But further south underneath the
0:26:59 > 0:27:02clear skies, particularly in the countryside, quite a widespread
0:27:02 > 0:27:07frost to start the new day. So here we Tuesday morning, a lot of fine
0:27:07 > 0:27:10and settled weather to be heard across the greater part of England
0:27:10 > 0:27:14and Wales. But as I say, it will be many of the central and southern
0:27:14 > 0:27:19parts that see the bulk of the frost. Go farther north, and you
0:27:19 > 0:27:23will find more cloud and a fresh breeze coming from the south-west.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27And rain are plenty across northern and western parts of Scotland, and a
0:27:27 > 0:27:32bit of winter must perhaps on the highest ground. Through Tuesday, not
0:27:32 > 0:27:39much changes across the Midlands, Lincolnshire, East Anglia and the
0:27:39 > 0:27:43south-east, things Clare Bailey south-east. Some rain flirting with
0:27:43 > 0:27:49Pembrokeshire before the edge of the afternoon. -- end of the afternoon.
0:27:49 > 0:27:5320 to 30 millimetres quite widely, and other vehicles, as much as 50 to
0:27:53 > 0:28:0060 millimetres. To frontal system playing a part in Wednesday's
0:28:00 > 0:28:06weather. -- two frontal systems. Behind this, a good deal of cold air
0:28:06 > 0:28:12streaming its way into the British Isles. So a wet start to Wednesday
0:28:12 > 0:28:17across southern England and Wales. Once that has cleared, a bit
0:28:17 > 0:28:20brighter, but further north, plenty of showers, wintry in the nature
0:28:20 > 0:28:24given tips temperatures in the towns and cities are not much better than
0:28:24 > 0:28:29four Celsius. Fresh on Thursday, but cloudier and wetter for many come
0:28:29 > 0:28:33Friday.
0:30:13 > 0:30:19Top stories. The deputy director of the FBI steps down with immediate
0:30:19 > 0:30:24effect. Andrew McCabe had been criticised by President Trump. The
0:30:24 > 0:30:28White has said he had nothing to do with the decision to step down. They
0:30:28 > 0:30:32love the president wasn't part of this process and we would refer you
0:30:32 > 0:30:38to the FBI. The EU's chief negotiator said the UK will have to
0:30:38 > 0:30:43obey all EU rules during transition after Brexit but should not be able
0:30:43 > 0:30:47to vote on EU policy matters. 11 soldiers die in an attack on a
0:30:47 > 0:30:52military base in Kabul. The third attack in just over a week in the
0:30:52 > 0:30:55capital. We will look at what's behind the upsurge in violence.
0:30:55 > 0:31:02Renaud Maras wins big at the Grammys on a night that highlighted the time
0:31:02 > 0:31:11is up and need to campaigns. --
0:31:12 > 0:31:16at least 11 Afghan soldiers were killed today and 16 wounded in
0:31:16 > 0:31:21Kabul. It's the third time in just over a week that Kaboul has been
0:31:21 > 0:31:26targeted. This time it was claimed by Islamic State but on Saturday it
0:31:26 > 0:31:29was the Taliban. A suicide bomber driving an ambulance full of
0:31:29 > 0:31:35explosives into checkpoint killing over 100 people. What is going on
0:31:35 > 0:31:38and why is it seemingly so easy for the militants to attack the capital
0:31:38 > 0:31:44within the supposed ring of steel. Does get more from the former Afghan
0:31:44 > 0:31:48ambassador to Canada and to France and he joins me from Washington.
0:31:48 > 0:31:53Very good to have you on the programme. We have the Taliban
0:31:53 > 0:31:57attack on the Intercontinental, Isis at Akinde ease, Taliban attack on
0:31:57 > 0:32:01this checkpoint killing 100 people and this attack today which is Isis.
0:32:01 > 0:32:08You spot the patent, Taliban, ices, Taliban, Isis. What's going on?That
0:32:08 > 0:32:14shows there may not be much differed between the two given that Isis in
0:32:14 > 0:32:17Afghanistan, a lot of questions about its affiliations on routes but
0:32:17 > 0:32:23that aside, Afghanistan is going through a very rough time and part
0:32:23 > 0:32:29of that has to do with centuries and safe havens existing outside of
0:32:29 > 0:32:31Afghanistan and Pakistan and the international community has been
0:32:31 > 0:32:35pointing to that as a major problem that has to be resolved. Part of
0:32:35 > 0:32:42that has to do with the reaction to America's and needle's new strategy
0:32:42 > 0:32:45in Afghanistan which has brought most of the warfare in the role
0:32:45 > 0:32:54parts of the country and I think as a reaction to that, the Taliban or
0:32:54 > 0:32:58Isis or whoever you want to refer to as part of that coalition are aiming
0:32:58 > 0:33:04at urban centres. What needs to be done is to defend the Afghan people,
0:33:04 > 0:33:11make sure the Afghan forces are adequately supplied and helped and
0:33:11 > 0:33:16supported. At the same time they need some diplomatic action to make
0:33:16 > 0:33:20sure that countries in the region are not spoilers and act
0:33:20 > 0:33:26constructively.The president is committed to Afghanistan, increased
0:33:26 > 0:33:31troop numbers from 8500 to 14000 and is now preparing to send another
0:33:31 > 0:33:361000. I suppose the danger, and this is what will worry people in the
0:33:36 > 0:33:40United States, is that they get sucked in again after the success in
0:33:40 > 0:33:46Syria and Iraq and there is mission creep.Remember that the number of
0:33:46 > 0:33:53US forces in Afghanistan are predominantly, if not wholly not
0:33:53 > 0:33:59involved in daily combat. They are mostly support, training, mentoring
0:33:59 > 0:34:05and any other type of activity needed by the Afghan forces. There
0:34:05 > 0:34:08are special forces used occasionally double after specific targets and
0:34:08 > 0:34:12there is a poor. The difference we have seen in the last few months
0:34:12 > 0:34:20since the new strategy was announced that are more forceful air strike
0:34:20 > 0:34:26capability is used by the Afghans, the US and Nato against the Taliban.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29That has brought change on the ground but that it is the beginning
0:34:29 > 0:34:33of what I think a long conflict in the months to
0:34:36 > 0:34:36Come.
0:34:36 > 0:34:41Come.It will be a concern for people in America that the troop
0:34:41 > 0:34:48numbers are starting to go up again and at a time when the government
0:34:48 > 0:34:51has a spat with the government in Pakistan and relations between
0:34:51 > 0:34:55Pakistan and the United States at the moment are pretty weak.They are
0:34:55 > 0:34:59pretty weak and this is the test for President Trump and his
0:34:59 > 0:35:03administration. One year in, a lot of Americans believe we were finally
0:35:03 > 0:35:06going to withdraw troops from Pakistan and Afghanistan but the
0:35:06 > 0:35:10regional threat is very serious and very significant not only for the
0:35:10 > 0:35:14United States but our allies in that region of the world. The question
0:35:14 > 0:35:18becomes is it an increase in troop levels, is it an increase to the
0:35:18 > 0:35:25United States's intelligence and working with our allies in
0:35:25 > 0:35:28Afghanistan and Pakistan and the EU, we have to find a way to ensure that
0:35:28 > 0:35:31we can not only secure the capital of Afghanistan but we can stem the
0:35:31 > 0:35:34violence and terrorism that we see coming out of this region.Their
0:35:34 > 0:35:38appetite for that? He might be overreaching, flagging up and will
0:35:38 > 0:35:42find out tomorrow the successes in Syria and Iraq battling Isis but
0:35:42 > 0:35:45this is different with the Taliban, they had been there and they are
0:35:45 > 0:35:50getting stronger after 17 years. This is something that is at risk
0:35:50 > 0:35:55for the president because according to the White House, they do want to
0:35:55 > 0:35:58tout his success and dismantling Isis but what we're seeing in
0:35:58 > 0:36:01Afghanistan and Pakistan, these are conflicts that have gone on for
0:36:01 > 0:36:07decades and decades, even longer than that. The beneficiary would be
0:36:07 > 0:36:10wise to acknowledge the third and the presence of terrorists in this
0:36:10 > 0:36:14part of the world but laid forth a road map on how we will ensure that
0:36:14 > 0:36:19those piece peaceful people who want to live in countries are not head
0:36:19 > 0:36:24with the scourge of terrorism that we have seen for far too long.Let's
0:36:24 > 0:36:28talk more about the state of the union because politics in the United
0:36:28 > 0:36:31States has really been so divided but there is one thing that all
0:36:31 > 0:36:35sides can agree on and that is the need to improve the nation's
0:36:35 > 0:36:39crumbling infrastructure. President Trump is expected to outline his
0:36:39 > 0:36:43plan in the state of the union and he what has made it clear that he
0:36:43 > 0:36:50wants private investors to pay for it. Democrats say the federal
0:36:50 > 0:36:53government has to pay more. Both parties arguing about the bill but
0:36:53 > 0:36:58we have been looking at what has to be fixed. Brie daybreak on the
0:36:58 > 0:37:02nation's capital and already traffic is grinding to a halt on the busiest
0:37:02 > 0:37:06bridges into the city. This bridge is clearly struggling to deal with
0:37:06 > 0:37:11the volume of traffic. Is that typical?This is typical of our
0:37:11 > 0:37:15entire network. Our transportation network is failing to meet the needs
0:37:15 > 0:37:19of our communities.Christina Swallow as president of the American
0:37:19 > 0:37:22Society of civil engineers, which rates the nation's infrastructure
0:37:22 > 0:37:28every four years. The current grade is. If we don't invest in the
0:37:28 > 0:37:32Versace label costs the economy the Mbaye Niang trillion dollars in GDP
0:37:32 > 0:37:38by 2025, seven trillion lost in business sales and 2.5 million lost
0:37:38 > 0:37:44jobs. This will hurt our economy and it hurts as each individually.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47President Trump was to focus on infrastructure this year and in some
0:37:47 > 0:37:54areas need urgent attention. A broken water remain at New York's
0:37:54 > 0:37:58JFK International Airport compounded the effects of the winter storm in
0:37:58 > 0:38:02January causing chaos and additional flight cancellations. US airports
0:38:02 > 0:38:07serve more than 2 million passengers a day but buildings and systems
0:38:07 > 0:38:13aren't keeping pace and aviation gets a capital D. Traffic delays
0:38:13 > 0:38:21cost the economy. One in five miles of highway is in poor condition.
0:38:21 > 0:38:31Rhodes also score D. Despite an increase in demand, chronic
0:38:31 > 0:38:34underfunding has left an ageing
0:38:34 > 0:38:39infrastructure and $90 billion improvement backlog. D minus.The
0:38:39 > 0:38:44last thing you want to do is pay for that roof until water starts coming
0:38:44 > 0:38:50in and then you realise that you have no choice and I think that's
0:38:50 > 0:38:53what America has done, we have kept just putting band aids and temporary
0:38:53 > 0:38:58fixes on the infrastructure and we have done that for decades and we
0:38:58 > 0:39:02are now seeing the results. Washington is doing slightly better
0:39:02 > 0:39:06than the US as a whole with a score of
0:39:09 > 0:39:16See minus. The bridge is is in urgent need of replacement. $441
0:39:16 > 0:39:20million is the cost of the new structure and city planners say that
0:39:20 > 0:39:24the project will create 3000 jobs and boost the economy. President
0:39:24 > 0:39:28Trump wants to invest $1 trillion in the nation's infrastructure and
0:39:28 > 0:39:32speed things up by cutting the time to process permits. Exactly who will
0:39:32 > 0:39:37pay remains an open question. The one thing the president really needs
0:39:37 > 0:39:41is already in short supply... Cooperation from Democrats.
0:39:41 > 0:39:46Everybody agrees the problem is urgent but much like America's
0:39:46 > 0:39:53roads, getting from A to B could be a bumpy ride. What about that
0:39:53 > 0:39:59cooperation? We are told by the White House, you send me some
0:39:59 > 0:40:02homework over the weekend, the off the record briefing to do with the
0:40:02 > 0:40:05state of the union and then that they said there is going to be a
0:40:05 > 0:40:10change of tone, we will get a shift in the rhetoric, more bipartisan,
0:40:10 > 0:40:13more collegiate. Do you think that'll do the trick when it to
0:40:13 > 0:40:18infrastructure?I think it should and I think it will. We will see a
0:40:18 > 0:40:23very different Donald Trump tomorrow night, so money people are saying he
0:40:23 > 0:40:27will be competent and taking it to the Democrats. This is a unique
0:40:27 > 0:40:30opportunity for the president to say, we can stands shoulder to
0:40:30 > 0:40:34shoulder as Americans, he infrastructure is crumbling, our
0:40:34 > 0:40:37bridges, roads, our transportation network, let's find a way to fix
0:40:37 > 0:40:41this and work together to get this done. The question for me tomorrow
0:40:41 > 0:40:44night is during the seat of the union you see people standing up and
0:40:44 > 0:40:49plodding, will the Democrats applaud or will they said they will not do
0:40:49 > 0:40:53anything Donald Trump wants.I can see the red lights flashing behind
0:40:53 > 0:40:58you, the fire alarm, you better go! We will speak to you if that ends!
0:40:58 > 0:41:03We hope it's a false alarm, I'm sure it is. Let's move on to Brexit.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06There will be a transition or implementation phase after the UK
0:41:06 > 0:41:11leads the EU in March 2019, that much we know. We don't know is how
0:41:11 > 0:41:14exactly it will work on whether it will be the status quo in all but
0:41:14 > 0:41:18name for a few years. EU ministers have agreed how they want to
0:41:18 > 0:41:22approach it as they prepare for the Brexit round of talks with the UK,
0:41:22 > 0:41:26so let's get into a bit of that. The Brexit editor of the Telegraph. Do
0:41:26 > 0:41:28you think this will but then in Westminster at a time when pretty
0:41:28 > 0:41:35fractious already?To utter the phrase that's been used a million
0:41:35 > 0:41:39times but it holds here, the devil will be in the detail, I'm afraid.
0:41:39 > 0:41:44How it plays back home will depend to a great extent on how much
0:41:44 > 0:41:50confidence people have, various factions have, in our negotiators
0:41:50 > 0:41:54carrying out the negotiations and also in the government. I've noticed
0:41:54 > 0:41:59that when the guidelines were published today, it is a draft
0:41:59 > 0:42:04guideline, we have seen them before in some way, shape or form.
0:42:04 > 0:42:08Everybody knew what it was going to be, but it shows a sense of unity
0:42:08 > 0:42:12among the 27 and they are going for that. I think I saw that tweet when
0:42:12 > 0:42:22it was... The guidelines were published. Heidi Alan tweeted that
0:42:22 > 0:42:26it seems reasonable. It seems like us got the support of that side.
0:42:26 > 0:42:30It's the idea for business, to give the certainty of an extended period
0:42:30 > 0:42:38where they can put their plans in place the status quo, although it
0:42:38 > 0:42:39will be concerned for some Brexit
0:42:45 > 0:42:50.The transition period is going to last 21 months, that is what they
0:42:50 > 0:42:53are saying in the opening gambit. Some talk of that being longer, we
0:42:53 > 0:42:57will see where we get it from there, so that that of certainty would mean
0:42:57 > 0:43:02that during that period, the entire body of EU legislation is going to
0:43:02 > 0:43:07apply to us, that that is certain. What we don't know is what other new
0:43:07 > 0:43:13rules and regulations will be come into effect after we left during the
0:43:13 > 0:43:16two news crime won't have a seat at the table at all levels will be
0:43:16 > 0:43:25passed on to us.Whether during a transition period those areas are of
0:43:25 > 0:43:30mutual interest, for example in fishing policy, where they are in
0:43:30 > 0:43:33British waters, the government would push for a say on that.I would have
0:43:33 > 0:43:36thought so, the other as foreign policy, including sanctions, that is
0:43:36 > 0:43:40important. As always, with negotiating language, it's
0:43:40 > 0:43:47intentionally left quite ambiguous. What Michel Barnier said was that in
0:43:47 > 0:43:53limited exceptional cases we might have some say. It will be on our
0:43:53 > 0:43:58side to push for what that means, clarity on what they would consider
0:43:58 > 0:44:03to be exceptional cases.Clarity on that but also clarity on the bigger
0:44:03 > 0:44:06Brexit project and this is what is causing the prime ministers so much
0:44:06 > 0:44:10trouble at home. Have a look at this tweet, the ambassador to London for
0:44:10 > 0:44:11Denmark.
0:44:20 > 0:44:23This is really the problem that the Prime Minister is facing from both
0:44:23 > 0:44:27the remain and Brexit side, both sides are screaming, pick a course,
0:44:27 > 0:44:33any course and stick to it.I think that's fair. So far we've seen the
0:44:33 > 0:44:36Prime Minister attempting to keep two sides happy and that's
0:44:36 > 0:44:41important. That was a divisive referendum, the party is divided,
0:44:41 > 0:44:44the government is divided, the opposition are also divided, is
0:44:44 > 0:44:48important the Prime Minister pulls both sides together but in the
0:44:48 > 0:44:52process, she's very quickly losing support and confidence of both
0:44:52 > 0:44:58sides. She's not picking one side and going full steam ahead. We have
0:44:58 > 0:45:02seen our side playing a bit of catch up even last year when all of this
0:45:02 > 0:45:07happened and the EU seems to be... They have a clearer vision than we
0:45:07 > 0:45:10do, unfortunately.Said pig a course, any course, neither side
0:45:10 > 0:45:14would say any course, they want their own terms but you get my
0:45:14 > 0:45:20drift. Two British skiers have fallen to their deaths while on
0:45:20 > 0:45:23holiday in the French Alps, is believed the 25-year-olds slip
0:45:23 > 0:45:29before following several hundred while off piste. Rescue services
0:45:29 > 0:45:33arrived at the scene within minutes and the two men were pronounced dead
0:45:33 > 0:45:37at the scene. David Beckham, the formatting of captain, has unveiled
0:45:37 > 0:45:41details of his new US Major league soccer team in Miami. Beckham has
0:45:41 > 0:45:45Ben four years tried to get the correct financing structure and
0:45:45 > 0:45:49stadium site to be given an MLS franchise. Although the team name,
0:45:49 > 0:45:56logo and new form are announced today, the manager, team and
0:45:56 > 0:46:00cultures follow soon. UK holiday-makers are to be offered the
0:46:00 > 0:46:03chance to choose their sunbed before they have even left home. Thomas
0:46:03 > 0:46:08Cook's trial scheme will allow customers to pay £22 to book a
0:46:08 > 0:46:13specific lounger in advance of their holiday. This comes after a number
0:46:13 > 0:46:17of it were posted online showing British holiday-makers sprinting
0:46:17 > 0:46:21down to get their sunbeds with their towels early in the morning. How
0:46:21 > 0:46:23many of us have done that?
0:46:25 > 0:46:29This is beyond 100 days. Still to come colon accusations of
0:46:29 > 0:46:34politicising the Grammys as artists and a certain politician read
0:46:34 > 0:46:40excerpts from the book, fire and fury.
0:46:45 > 0:46:47A loyalist paramilitary turned supergrass has been jailed for more
0:46:47 > 0:46:52than six years after admitting more than 200 offences, including five
0:46:52 > 0:46:56murders. Gary Haggerty was a former commander in the also volunteer
0:46:56 > 0:47:00Force. The judge said under normal circumstances he would have been
0:47:00 > 0:47:08jailed for 25 years. -- 35 years.
0:47:14 > 0:47:19Apologies for that. We appear to have lost that package. We will see
0:47:19 > 0:47:25we can get back to it shortly. Everything following around our
0:47:25 > 0:47:28ears. We lost one Christian Washington and left because of a
0:47:28 > 0:47:34fire alarm and the package freezing as well. Apologies for that! Leisure
0:47:34 > 0:47:44time to the story about Brexit. We will show you Michel Barnier. The
0:47:44 > 0:47:49pictures as he came into the room today. With Hungarian Foreign
0:47:49 > 0:47:54Minister, they gave a conference for about an hour, setting out what they
0:47:54 > 0:47:58would like to see from the negotiations. This is the opening
0:47:58 > 0:48:04gambit. David Davis said that he wants to be able to come back to
0:48:04 > 0:48:07Brussels and negotiate the terms for this transition. There does seem to
0:48:07 > 0:48:15be some wiggle room with the later papers in this proposal which would
0:48:15 > 0:48:20allow them to extend the transition, also, perhaps some wiggle room on
0:48:20 > 0:48:26negotiating trade deals while the transition period is on. There are
0:48:26 > 0:48:31areas where the British Government will be able to negotiate. Clearly
0:48:31 > 0:48:35they will be bound by most of the rules of the single market,
0:48:35 > 0:48:39including freedom of movement and the rules of the European Court of
0:48:39 > 0:48:40Justice.
0:48:50 > 0:48:54Bredau Maras was the big winner at the Grammy awards in New York last
0:48:54 > 0:48:58night. He took on six riders including best record, Alan and Song
0:48:58 > 0:49:12of the year. Also two awards for Ed Sheeran -- Bruno Mars. 24 carat
0:49:12 > 0:49:17tragic, Bruno Mars. The most prodigious event in music ended up
0:49:17 > 0:49:24being a huge night for Bruno Mars, who took on six Grammys including
0:49:24 > 0:49:28the big three. Record, album and Song of the year.The songs are
0:49:28 > 0:49:32written with nothing but joy and for one reason and one reason only and
0:49:32 > 0:49:36that is love.Tonight is about the glamour, it's a celebration of music
0:49:36 > 0:49:41but it's also, inevitably become a platform to highlight not just one
0:49:41 > 0:49:47but many of the issues of the day. For a start, on the red carpet,
0:49:47 > 0:49:53stars wore white roses in solidarity with the movement to end sexual
0:49:53 > 0:49:55misconduct and gender inequality. There's still a lot to be done, is
0:49:55 > 0:50:03in there?Well, we make up 51% of the workforce, we don't get equal
0:50:03 > 0:50:06pay for equal work, we don't get equal opportunity and we do not have
0:50:06 > 0:50:10a safe workplace, so I think the time is up.
0:50:12 > 0:50:24In the most memorable performance of the night, Kesha was supported on
0:50:24 > 0:50:28stage, she has accused her former producer of sexual misconduct. A
0:50:28 > 0:50:31poignant tribute to those who died in attacks at a music festival in
0:50:31 > 0:50:39Las Vegas and the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester.
0:50:43 > 0:50:45U2 performed by the Statue of Liberty to draw attention to current
0:50:45 > 0:50:52immigration itches in America. -- issues. Things got even more overtly
0:50:52 > 0:50:56political with an appearance by Hillary Clinton. It is already being
0:50:56 > 0:51:02criticised by members President Trump's administration. This was
0:51:02 > 0:51:05expected to be the year hip-hop was recognised in the mainstream awards
0:51:05 > 0:51:14but it wasn't. In spite of all the talk of equality, a few women were
0:51:14 > 0:51:18even nominated for the big prizes. That is once again the question as
0:51:18 > 0:51:22to whether the Grammy awards truly reflect the huge diversity of this
0:51:22 > 0:51:24industry.
0:51:28 > 0:51:31Plenty of music and politics. Let's get into some of that with one of
0:51:31 > 0:51:40the music industry's biggest events from Variety magazine. He joins me
0:51:40 > 0:51:47from New York. It's going all wrong here! You saved us that the right
0:51:47 > 0:51:52time. Tell us about the awards. Bruno Mars Won virtually everything
0:51:52 > 0:51:59last night and decency that R&B stars couldn't win the categories
0:51:59 > 0:52:05but he cleaned up in every group he was nominated.That is true,
0:52:05 > 0:52:09technically an R&B artist but really more of a pop artist. I sort of
0:52:09 > 0:52:16think... I mean, the results were about as conservative as they could
0:52:16 > 0:52:22have been. There was so much hip-hop and R&B in the nominees this year
0:52:22 > 0:52:25and I think on the one hand it may have been a little bit too extreme
0:52:25 > 0:52:31for some of the voters, there was a very left-leaning field of nominees
0:52:31 > 0:52:33and tended to push or more towards the centre and they went with music
0:52:33 > 0:52:38that is safe, to be honest with you. Bredau Maras is an incredible
0:52:38 > 0:52:43artist, he's fantastic, he does not provoke and poke and prod either
0:52:43 > 0:52:48lyrically or musically in the way that Kevin Lemar does and I think
0:52:48 > 0:52:53that by opening the show with such a powerful and confusing performance
0:52:53 > 0:52:58from him, they may have scared off some viewers as well.Interesting he
0:52:58 > 0:53:03pay tribute to Jay-Z because he didn't do as well as a might have
0:53:03 > 0:53:05hoped for, he was completely shut out of the categories in which she
0:53:05 > 0:53:14was nominated. .I found that astonishing. Bruno shouted out to
0:53:14 > 0:53:17everybody in the best album category and gave them all very nice tributes
0:53:17 > 0:53:23but I do feel that Jay-Z may have cancelled each other out because
0:53:23 > 0:53:29that is almost the toughest choice you can force a hip-hop fan or
0:53:29 > 0:53:37critic to make. What would you choose bestial mark what about Ed
0:53:37 > 0:53:44Sheeran?He was expected to be nominated in a lot of categories but
0:53:44 > 0:53:49quite a disappointing night for him, really.Well, he won both of the
0:53:49 > 0:53:55categories he was nominated in which is more than Jay-Z.I suppose.The
0:53:55 > 0:54:00shock about him came during the nominations because he is one of the
0:54:00 > 0:54:03two or three biggest and most popular artists in the world right
0:54:03 > 0:54:09now and I think it was partially a reflection of the Grammy nominating
0:54:09 > 0:54:13committee is saying that we want to diversify this year and
0:54:13 > 0:54:16unfortunately that happened at the expense of a couple of the most
0:54:16 > 0:54:20popular artists and also it happened at the expense of female artists.
0:54:20 > 0:54:24There was a very low number of female artists nominated, which is
0:54:24 > 0:54:28why there were so few female wearers and it's made for a very bad look
0:54:28 > 0:54:34for them at a very unfortunate time and they made it worse. The head
0:54:34 > 0:54:39Academy is lovely very cautious and politically correct in what he says
0:54:39 > 0:54:43says that female artists need to step up and if you look at it in the
0:54:43 > 0:54:46context of what he said, I don't think he meant it as harsh as it
0:54:46 > 0:54:49sounded but it didn't come off well and it happened at an unfortunate
0:54:49 > 0:54:58time.Let's get into some of the politics. They had artists reading
0:54:58 > 0:55:05from Fire and Fury, the book.Trump did not enjoy his own inauguration.
0:55:05 > 0:55:10He started to get angry and hurt and the stars were determined to
0:55:10 > 0:55:15embarrass him.There are some of the artists reading from the book and at
0:55:15 > 0:55:20the end of this we get Hillary Clinton, who comes in to read an
0:55:20 > 0:55:25excerpt and some people made the point today that, too much
0:55:25 > 0:55:29politicisation of these awards ceremonies.That's a fair point to
0:55:29 > 0:55:36make. The audience certainly loved it and the music industry in general
0:55:36 > 0:55:40does tend to lean in that direction, so they were reflecting the audience
0:55:40 > 0:55:44that they knew. How that played in the rest of the country is open to
0:55:44 > 0:55:48debate. The New York and Los Angeles, that would play very well,
0:55:48 > 0:55:52but other parts of the country I don't think it was as popular.
0:55:52 > 0:55:57Really good to get your thoughts, thanks for being in New York for us.
0:55:57 > 0:56:02We hope he will be back with us tomorrow. We are back at the same
0:56:02 > 0:56:05time. Join us for that. See you tomorrow.