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0:00:10 > 0:00:12Donald Trump gets good reviews for his unifying tone in the state
0:00:12 > 0:00:14of the union address.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16But it's already clear that there's a big difference between talking
0:00:16 > 0:00:20unity and getting unity.
0:00:20 > 0:00:25The President called for common purpose in what he described
0:00:25 > 0:00:30as a new moment for Americans of all backgrounds.
0:00:30 > 0:00:37This is your time and if you work hard and believe in yourself, if you
0:00:37 > 0:00:42believe in America then you can dream anything.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Theresa May flies all the way to Beijing to talk trade
0:00:45 > 0:00:47but even here she has to answer questions about Brexit.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Also on the programme.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53UK politicians will be shown the details of a study leaked
0:00:53 > 0:00:55earlier this week which say Britain will be worse off after
0:00:55 > 0:00:56Brexit.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00And for the first time in a hundred and fifty years the world gets
0:01:00 > 0:01:03to see a super blue blood moon.
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0:01:17 > 0:01:19Hello and welcome - I'm Katty Kay in Washington
0:01:19 > 0:01:20and Christian Fraser is in London.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23Donald Trump's calming words of unity in his first state
0:01:23 > 0:01:25of the union address have already bumped against the harsh
0:01:25 > 0:01:29reality of a deeply divided American government.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Lawmakers on both sides today said realistically the chances
0:01:31 > 0:01:37of Democrats and Republicans working together on big issues is minimal.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40There was little sign of unity either in Congress last night -
0:01:40 > 0:01:43with one side of the aisle sitting stony faced and the other rising
0:01:43 > 0:01:45for multiple ovations.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48But the public seems to want compromise.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50For a President with record low approval ratings last night
0:01:50 > 0:01:53was a high point with snap polls after the speech suggesting American
0:01:53 > 0:02:02voters liked Mr Trump's more conciliatory tone.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06This in fact is our new American moment.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09There has never been a better time to start living the American Dream.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11So to every citizen watching at home tonight -
0:02:11 > 0:02:14no matter where you've been, or where you come from,
0:02:14 > 0:02:19this is your time.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Well, we can talk now to congressman Brendan Boyle -
0:02:21 > 0:02:27a democrat from Pennsylvania.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31Thank you for joining me. When you hear the tone of the president and
0:02:31 > 0:02:36the reaction to that town I imagine Democrats might be thinking this is
0:02:36 > 0:02:42someone who would be difficult for us to run against in November.Well
0:02:42 > 0:02:51the reality is that one speech on teleprompter does not make a
0:02:51 > 0:02:56presidency. There's a difference between Trump and Twitter Trump and
0:02:56 > 0:03:03the Tramp you see on Twitter and you see the other 99% of the time is who
0:03:03 > 0:03:08he is. So for one night he can stick to a script, but that all goes out
0:03:08 > 0:03:14of the window the very next day. If we look back on the past year, I
0:03:14 > 0:03:17remember one year ago after his State of the Union address when he
0:03:17 > 0:03:21was given quite high marks. He stuck to the script and within a few days
0:03:21 > 0:03:25that was all gone and the rest of the year looked very different from
0:03:25 > 0:03:30that State of the Union address. Although to be fair they have not
0:03:30 > 0:03:35been any tweets of that nature today. But look at the tone of the
0:03:35 > 0:03:39speech and also the fact that the economy is doing well and he can
0:03:39 > 0:03:43point the stock market and said to Americans things are getting along
0:03:43 > 0:03:48well. I have cut regulations, done the tax cuts and that is what people
0:03:48 > 0:03:56really like.We are in the eighth year of an economic expansion that
0:03:56 > 0:04:01began roughly when President Obama took over, about six months into his
0:04:01 > 0:04:05administration when the great recession bottomed out. Job growth
0:04:05 > 0:04:09is continuing at the pace of the last five years although slightly
0:04:09 > 0:04:13slower. So we are seeing just the continuation and probably the tail
0:04:13 > 0:04:17end of an economic expansion. He might want to be a bit too careful
0:04:17 > 0:04:21about putting all his eggs in the basket of the economy for them
0:04:21 > 0:04:34because we've never seen an economic expansion that has
0:04:38 > 0:04:42lasted 12 years. We've seen one that has lasted eight or nine sofa now he
0:04:42 > 0:04:44is able to claim some credit for the economy but in reality he inherited
0:04:44 > 0:04:46an economic expansion that was already happening for seven and a
0:04:46 > 0:04:54half years before he took office. That's just what's the reaction in
0:04:54 > 0:04:58the chamber about immigration stop under the current broken system a
0:04:58 > 0:05:03symbol -- a single immigrant can bring in a virtually unlimited
0:05:03 > 0:05:08numbers of relatives.Under our plan we focus on the immediate family by
0:05:08 > 0:05:16limiting sponsorships to spouses and minor children.That is where some
0:05:16 > 0:05:20of the difficulty is but looking at the speech and the whole Congress,
0:05:20 > 0:05:24things like prison reform, big infrastructure projects, family
0:05:24 > 0:05:27credits, things people want to see where you could work with his
0:05:27 > 0:05:33president and if you do not you might look obstructionist.Well
0:05:33 > 0:05:40first when he addressed the family reunification aspect of immigration
0:05:40 > 0:05:47policy, we have something in common. Neither here nor I would be here in
0:05:47 > 0:05:50the either states the family reunification were not a part of our
0:05:50 > 0:05:52immigration policies. Both his family and mine were helped by that
0:05:52 > 0:05:56aspect in previous generations. The second point I would make, I'm
0:05:56 > 0:06:00someone who wants to work with the White House when it comes to
0:06:00 > 0:06:04infrastructure. I was excited last year when he talked about
0:06:04 > 0:06:08infrastructure, I wrote to the White House with a group of Democratic
0:06:08 > 0:06:12members saying we want to reach out and work with you. A whole year has
0:06:12 > 0:06:16gone by and not one bill has been brought to the hill that would
0:06:16 > 0:06:21address our infrastructure needs. So I hope now this year he reaches out
0:06:21 > 0:06:26to us not just in a speech but in terms of policy and legislation
0:06:26 > 0:06:30because if we're going to get a meaningful Infrastructure Bill done
0:06:30 > 0:06:36it needs to be bipartisan and there needs to be a plan. He cited one and
0:06:36 > 0:06:41half trillion dollars but where is that coming from. He just had a tax
0:06:41 > 0:06:45plan that blew a hole in the deficit. So it remains to be seen
0:06:45 > 0:06:53where this money will come from. Thank you very much for joining us.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55I'm joined in the studio by Jim Gilmore who's a republican
0:06:55 > 0:07:01and former Governor of Virginia.
0:07:01 > 0:07:08Thank you for coming in. On this issue of immigration, there have
0:07:08 > 0:07:11already been cries of outrage from some people on the more conservative
0:07:11 > 0:07:18wing of the President's base who say we do not like the idea of the kind
0:07:18 > 0:07:21of deal the White House is proposing because they say it would give
0:07:21 > 0:07:24amnesty to young people brought to America illegally by their parents.
0:07:24 > 0:07:30This is going to be very hard, whatever the President says about
0:07:30 > 0:07:33bipartisan solutions, there are real differences.And I would love to
0:07:33 > 0:07:40return back to the economy -- the economic thing but on your point of
0:07:40 > 0:07:43immigration, there are people in the United States that do not think
0:07:43 > 0:07:47there should be any amnesty for illegal immigration. In this
0:07:47 > 0:07:51instance we have young people who really do not know any other country
0:07:51 > 0:07:55than the United States and I think there is sympathy for that. At the
0:07:55 > 0:07:58same time the American left has got to tell us what their immigration
0:07:58 > 0:08:04policy is. Is that the policy that anyone young or old who can get to
0:08:04 > 0:08:07the United States gets to be a citizen. If you have a complete
0:08:07 > 0:08:12amnesty for people and then they bring in, because they are innocent
0:08:12 > 0:08:20and their parents bought them, then you're bringing in for sedition ship
0:08:20 > 0:08:25the very people who broke the law in the first place. So we are all
0:08:25 > 0:08:27sympathetic and accommodating for young people but at the same time we
0:08:27 > 0:08:31are entitled to know where this immigration is headed.You're out of
0:08:31 > 0:08:37politics now so you can at this a little bit more dispassionately. Do
0:08:37 > 0:08:42you think what the president said last night in any way reflects what
0:08:42 > 0:08:46might happen in this country, that the two sides could come together
0:08:46 > 0:08:51and work on these issues?I do not see it happening. Well the anger
0:08:51 > 0:08:54expression of the minority party in Congress last night was troubling
0:08:54 > 0:09:01and really not good.But you had that with Republicans when Barack
0:09:01 > 0:09:05Obama was president.Maybe so but if people are looking for working
0:09:05 > 0:09:10together that was not a good message last night from the Democrats. An
0:09:10 > 0:09:15angry type of expression. But the president offered a conservatory
0:09:15 > 0:09:19comprehensive plan on immigration last night, the first we've seen in
0:09:19 > 0:09:25a long time. So now let's see if everyone can come together and do
0:09:25 > 0:09:30something productive.Well of course he promised to keep open Guantanamo
0:09:30 > 0:09:34Bay, 800 people in Guantanamo Bay at its peak and now just 41. But this
0:09:34 > 0:09:44was the reaction in the chamber.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47I just signed an order directing Secretary Mattis
0:09:47 > 0:09:50to reexamine our military detention policy, and to keep open
0:09:50 > 0:10:00the detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay.
0:10:03 > 0:10:08What kind of deterrent is that if you just have 41 people in
0:10:08 > 0:10:12Guantanamo Bay Bay now. It is seen as a stain on the American
0:10:12 > 0:10:18reputation around the world and intelligence agencies would say of
0:10:18 > 0:10:21recruitment tool for terrorism.Well you need to look at the big picture,
0:10:21 > 0:10:26this is about sending a message to people who are adversaries of the
0:10:26 > 0:10:29United States. In fact murderers worldwide, terrorists worldwide who
0:10:29 > 0:10:34want to use force to victimise civilians, that there will be a
0:10:34 > 0:10:39penalty and that penalty will be a strong American foreign policy. I
0:10:39 > 0:10:44think the American foreign policy when you think about career has been
0:10:44 > 0:10:48generally pretty conciliatory. Using diplomacy rather than force. But the
0:10:48 > 0:10:53Guantanamo Bay message is that we will not be tolerant of this kind of
0:10:53 > 0:10:58attacks on Americans and their allies across the world.Thank you
0:10:58 > 0:11:07very much. Interesting that this president gets good polling figures
0:11:07 > 0:11:09for sticking to the teleprompter!
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Lets talk about how it went down.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13We have some CBS polling here, which they carried
0:11:13 > 0:11:14out after the speech.
0:11:14 > 0:11:19Three out of four people liked it.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Two thirds said it made them feel proud to be American.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24A third said it made them feel safer.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26And here's the numbers on the economy: 54 percent
0:11:26 > 0:11:28of the audience give him the credit for the current state
0:11:28 > 0:11:31of the economy, up from 51 percent before the speech.
0:11:31 > 0:11:39Those approval ratings on the economy growing all the time.
0:11:39 > 0:11:44And those are the numbers that will concern Democrats and the fact that
0:11:44 > 0:11:48in those people who were polled after the State of the Union it
0:11:48 > 0:11:51showed independent voters also liked what they heard last night. The
0:11:51 > 0:11:58message seems to be from voters and we hear this from the president was
0:11:58 > 0:12:01made based as well, we like what he's doing but not always like the
0:12:01 > 0:12:05way he says that. So if he were able in contrast to this time last year
0:12:05 > 0:12:10to refrain perhaps from some of the tweeting and antagonistic language
0:12:10 > 0:12:13then perhaps the poll numbers would keep on picking up. Because that was
0:12:13 > 0:12:18my take from that, if they liked what they heard last night, that is
0:12:18 > 0:12:23not what they get all of the time.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26British beef is about to go back on the menu in China,
0:12:26 > 0:12:28for the first since the BSE crisis in the 1980's.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31On her visit to Beijing, the Prime Minister Theresa May said
0:12:31 > 0:12:33she is determined the two sides will find other markets
0:12:33 > 0:12:35where barriers can be removed.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38But take a look at the huge imbalance.
0:12:38 > 0:12:43In 2016, UK imports from China were £42.3 billion.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47Whereas UK exports to China were worth £16.8 billion.
0:12:47 > 0:12:52That's a trade deficit of £25.4 billion.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55And as it stands - China accounts for only 3
0:12:55 > 0:12:57per cent of all UK exports.
0:12:57 > 0:13:02Post Brexit, that will have to change.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05China is pushing for something in return.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07They want UK support for President Xi's flagship Belt
0:13:07 > 0:13:09and Road initiative.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12China wants to return to its ancient trading routes.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14The plan is to plough hundreds of billions of dollars
0:13:14 > 0:13:17into new investment; new ports, new pipelines, new railways -
0:13:17 > 0:13:27all of it designed to bring the world closer to China.
0:13:27 > 0:13:35Well Professor Steve Tsang is with us, welcome back to the studio.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39Going back to those figures, the Prime Minister talked about a golden
0:13:39 > 0:13:46era in China - UK relations. It does not look golden looking at those
0:13:46 > 0:13:57figures.Not looking golden against the projection of the golden era.
0:13:57 > 0:14:02The trade imbalance is not just going to go away.That is the point
0:14:02 > 0:14:08that President Trump made last week in Davos, free trade means fair
0:14:08 > 0:14:13trade. And wherever you look around the west at the moment, America,
0:14:13 > 0:14:16France, Germany, everyone has a huge trade imbalance with China.I think
0:14:16 > 0:14:24the issue in terms of fairness is whether there is reciprocity for
0:14:24 > 0:14:31access to markets and investments and companies to operate. In general
0:14:31 > 0:14:35terms countries like the United Kingdom or the US or most EU
0:14:35 > 0:14:41countries are fairly open to Chinese companies and investments. China is
0:14:41 > 0:14:47much more restrictive in terms of how companies can operate in China.
0:14:47 > 0:14:54And I think that is the issue that needs to be addressed.Theresa May
0:14:54 > 0:14:59seems to be adopting something of a Donald Trump approach to relations
0:14:59 > 0:15:04with China which is one that is very transactional, she will say to the
0:15:04 > 0:15:08Chinese that the UK is natural partner in the belt and road
0:15:08 > 0:15:12expansion even if it should meet international standards and they
0:15:12 > 0:15:15would say OK we will consider opening markets and investing in UK.
0:15:15 > 0:15:23Is that the size of it? I think there is more to it. The belt and
0:15:23 > 0:15:26road initiative is fairly complicated, there is the issue of
0:15:26 > 0:15:32whether it is transparent and whether it is going to be official
0:15:32 > 0:15:36to get other countries involved. Also the issue that the Chinese
0:15:36 > 0:15:45ambassador to the UK had openly said he would ask the British Foreign
0:15:45 > 0:15:50Minister to officially endorse the belt and road initiative before she
0:15:50 > 0:15:56even set foot in China. That is a difficult thing because Prime
0:15:56 > 0:16:02Ministers of independent countries do not do what ambassadors instruct
0:16:02 > 0:16:08them to do.On the belt and road initiative, why are Western
0:16:08 > 0:16:13governments loathe to give backing to it?Well in general terms it is
0:16:13 > 0:16:18the uncertainty of how the belt and road initiative will pan out. The
0:16:18 > 0:16:26Chinese government is projecting in terms of a modern version of a
0:16:26 > 0:16:35Marshall plan but there are issues of one the loans mature, what will
0:16:35 > 0:16:40then happen. Most of the countries that in the short term are
0:16:40 > 0:16:42beneficiaries of the infrastructure investments do not have the money to
0:16:42 > 0:16:51pay for them. The Chinese have lent them the money, provided industrial
0:16:51 > 0:16:54capacity to build them but when they're finished, when the gnome has
0:16:54 > 0:17:02matured, what will happen then. Always good to see you. -- when the
0:17:02 > 0:17:07loan has matured. Just looking at some figures about this belt and
0:17:07 > 0:17:14road initiative, it on percent of contracts for Beijing backed
0:17:14 > 0:17:16infrastructure projects in Europe and Asia go to Chinese companies.
0:17:16 > 0:17:22The Germans and the French have spoken about this, it could be a
0:17:22 > 0:17:26driver for global growth but how much will be shared. And I think
0:17:26 > 0:17:30also looking at what the Prime Minister saying in China matches
0:17:30 > 0:17:34under some pressure from Donald Trump to hold the line. And aside
0:17:34 > 0:17:37from trying to get better relations with China she is also trying to do
0:17:37 > 0:17:42a trade deal with the United States. And that puts in a tricky position
0:17:42 > 0:17:47so is she prepared to kind of goal against Germany, France and the
0:17:47 > 0:17:51United States with this rather curious language of natural partner
0:17:51 > 0:17:54but needing international standards around belt and road to try to get
0:17:54 > 0:17:59the trade deal that she needs even though it is a small amount of
0:17:59 > 0:18:02British trade, she still needs those trade deals after Brexit. That is
0:18:02 > 0:18:06the deal she's having to make with herself and with the Chinese at the
0:18:06 > 0:18:10moment.Tricky on all sides for Theresa May. Let's look at some
0:18:10 > 0:18:12other news.
0:18:12 > 0:18:13A train carrying Republican lawmakers to a retreat
0:18:13 > 0:18:15in West Virginia has collided with a truck.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18One person was killed in the incident while another
0:18:18 > 0:18:19was seriously injured.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Although no one aboard the train is believed to have been
0:18:21 > 0:18:22significantly injured.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25After 13 years of fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan -
0:18:25 > 0:18:27the BBC has found the militant group is growing in strength.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30Our research suggests the Taliban is openly active in 70
0:18:30 > 0:18:31per cent of the country.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34More than 15 million people live in areas which are either controlled
0:18:34 > 0:18:39by the Taliban or suffer attacks.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42Formula One racing is to end the use of 'Grid Girls'
0:18:42 > 0:18:45from the start of the 2018 World Championship season.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47It says the decades-old custom of using promotional models
0:18:47 > 0:18:50in the Grand Prix is inappropriate and at odds with the modern
0:18:50 > 0:19:00vision for the sport.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09The UK government says it will release an economic study that
0:19:09 > 0:19:10suggests the British economy will be worse off after Brexit,
0:19:10 > 0:19:13whatever type of deal it reaches with the EU.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16The research document was leaked earlier this week.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18But will it make difference to the way people feel.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21New polling from the think take UK in a Changing Europe
0:19:21 > 0:19:24shows a pretty even split between those who think it was right
0:19:24 > 0:19:29for Britain to vote to leave and those who think it was wrong.
0:19:29 > 0:19:34Britain is still just as divided as it was in 2016.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36But the data show that voters on both sides are becoming
0:19:36 > 0:19:40increasingly frustrated with the governments progress.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42The Director of UK in a Changing Europe Professor
0:19:43 > 0:19:49Anand Menon is with us.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53I know you have had a big day setting out some figures. The one
0:19:53 > 0:19:59that surprised me is one in eight people in the UK feel European. I
0:19:59 > 0:20:03would have thought it would have been more evenly split reflecting
0:20:03 > 0:20:08the referendum.We've always lagged behind Europe and be near the bottom
0:20:08 > 0:20:11of that league table when it comes to feeling as if you are European.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15We always had a transactional view of membership. Other member states,
0:20:15 > 0:20:19some parts of the population at least have bought into the idea of
0:20:19 > 0:20:25not just being in the EU but being European. We have seen this more as
0:20:25 > 0:20:32the transactional thing, in it for economic gain.We have always lagged
0:20:32 > 0:20:37behind the others. Looking at that graph, it is pretty stark. There has
0:20:37 > 0:20:45been a bit of movement either way but the economic analysis, the
0:20:45 > 0:20:49reports from either side, the reassurances of the Brexit-lite,
0:20:49 > 0:20:54nothing really changes where people said.A lot has changed in the
0:20:54 > 0:20:58background, looking at some other questions, far more people now than
0:20:58 > 0:21:02last year think Brexit will be bad for the UK economy for dog for more
0:21:02 > 0:21:08people now than last year.But with that change their mind?That is the
0:21:08 > 0:21:12rub, people are more negative about Brexit and government handling of
0:21:12 > 0:21:16Brexit but that is not feeding through in any mass of way into the
0:21:16 > 0:21:21figures on whether you voted the right way or not.And during the
0:21:21 > 0:21:25referendum there was Project Fear and they still voted for Brexit.Yes
0:21:25 > 0:21:29and people distrust the figures they are given by the other side. We know
0:21:29 > 0:21:33the political science behind that. I just wonder if you think the UK is
0:21:33 > 0:21:39edging towards what we have in the United States, not just policies the
0:21:39 > 0:21:44abiding people Cabaye but tribal, people living in different areas
0:21:44 > 0:21:46from the opposite political persuasion, they have different
0:21:46 > 0:21:48media, the go to different schools and distrust each other is
0:21:48 > 0:21:57patriotism. I wonder if this could be starting to happen in the UK.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01Well the big difference I think between us and the United States is
0:22:01 > 0:22:06the BBC. That is something you do not have in the United States.We
0:22:06 > 0:22:15did not pay him to say that!There it is NBC or fox so even your
0:22:15 > 0:22:20day-to-day news viewing is slightly echo chamber like. One of the things
0:22:20 > 0:22:24that came from this referendum, we always have this culture divide in
0:22:24 > 0:22:28our country but there has been no way to express it because
0:22:28 > 0:22:32essentially the big parties are in roughly the same place. What Brexit
0:22:32 > 0:22:35did was give an opportunity to people who are in social
0:22:35 > 0:22:39conservatives if you like rather than social liberals to voice their
0:22:39 > 0:22:45discontent and all evidence shows that has become a major division in
0:22:45 > 0:22:47our society alongside the traditional political one. So there
0:22:47 > 0:22:54is a chance that this could disrupt politics.We are out of time. But
0:22:54 > 0:22:58some interesting things on the website. Thank you.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01Millions of people across the world have been treated to a rare
0:23:01 > 0:23:03celestial convergence, known a "super blood blue moon".
0:23:03 > 0:23:07A combination of a lunar eclipse, a blood moon and a super moon.
0:23:07 > 0:23:12We have got a timelapse of the eclipse.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15This is from the Griffin Observatory in Los Angeles -
0:23:15 > 0:23:19three and a half hours reduced to just sixteen seconds.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23It's the first time in more than 150 years it has been seen
0:23:23 > 0:23:26in the western hemisphere.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Let's speak to the BBC's global science correspondent,
0:23:28 > 0:23:30Victoria Gill, who is at Bayfordbury Observatory here
0:23:30 > 0:23:37in the south of England for us.
0:23:37 > 0:23:42And we can see it behind you. It has been a lot bigger earlier in the
0:23:42 > 0:23:51evening.We got an absolutely stunning moonrise here in
0:23:51 > 0:23:55Hertfordshire. We are at the observatory so we have many space
0:23:55 > 0:24:01scientists around so we were treated to a beautiful moonrise with this
0:24:01 > 0:24:06supermoon looking huge and stunning but also an hour after that the
0:24:06 > 0:24:09International Space Station came over so it has been quite a
0:24:09 > 0:24:13celestial treat. We did not have the Eclipse but we had quite a show
0:24:13 > 0:24:18tonight with this big bright moon. So will show some pictures of the
0:24:18 > 0:24:24moon in London. One from Waterloo Bridge looking over at St Paul's.
0:24:24 > 0:24:30You give us the science as to what is going on.So when it comes to
0:24:30 > 0:24:34that Moon close to the horizon that is an optical illusion, scientists
0:24:34 > 0:24:38do not know why it looks so much bigger closer to the horizon but it
0:24:38 > 0:24:43tricks the eye perhaps because it is closer to objects in the landscape
0:24:43 > 0:24:48and you get that sense of scale. The reason it is slightly bigger, around
0:24:48 > 0:24:5310% bigger than average tonight is because it has an ellipse shaped
0:24:53 > 0:24:59orbit around the earth. It is about 50,000 kilometres further away than
0:24:59 > 0:25:02its nearest point. And because the nearest point coincides with the
0:25:02 > 0:25:06second full moon of the month of the UK we're getting this blue
0:25:06 > 0:25:11supermoon. On the other side of the globe where we had those spectacular
0:25:11 > 0:25:16pictures of it turning blood red, that whole event is combining in the
0:25:16 > 0:25:20triple celestial show of the eclipse.Amazing, thank you very
0:25:20 > 0:25:30much.
0:25:30 > 0:25:40Christian was dying to give that explanation! Let's move on.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42This is Beyond 100 Days from the BBC.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45Coming up for viewers on the BBC News Channel and BBC World News -
0:25:45 > 0:25:48As Theresa May travels to China to drum up trade we'll hear from one
0:25:48 > 0:25:49of China's biggest banks.
0:25:49 > 0:25:59And the tale of the talking whale that can mimic human speech.
0:25:59 > 0:26:07That's still to come.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09That's still to come.
0:26:12 > 0:26:18Much colder air has spread south across the UK and is here for the
0:26:18 > 0:26:22foreseeable. Many of us have wintry showers and also we have some good
0:26:22 > 0:26:28spells of sunshine in the next few days. Clear spells overnight so you
0:26:28 > 0:26:34could catch a glimpse of that blue supermoon. But also some snow to
0:26:34 > 0:26:42lower levels for a time. But elsewhere we have ice on untreated
0:26:42 > 0:26:47surfaces and temperatures are close to freezing. The wind could also be
0:26:47 > 0:26:53close to severe gale force in parts of Scotland overnight. Eight o'clock
0:26:53 > 0:26:57in the morning, further wintry showers in parts of northern
0:26:57 > 0:26:59Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and the West Midlands and South West
0:26:59 > 0:27:05of England. Sleet and snow tending to be to the higher ground going
0:27:05 > 0:27:08through the day. But away from these areas you're likely to see good
0:27:08 > 0:27:14spells of sunshine. Again we have this cold wind and temperatures just
0:27:14 > 0:27:20above freezing to begin the day. Continued scattering showers on
0:27:20 > 0:27:24through the day in some areas. Out of the chilly wind and in some
0:27:24 > 0:27:32sunshine it may not feel too bad. Factoring in the wind however for
0:27:32 > 0:27:37some it will feel very close to freezing if not a degree or so
0:27:37 > 0:27:41below. Still some showers arrived on Thursday night and into Friday
0:27:41 > 0:27:46morning. Frost setting in as the wind eases. Still a brisk wind along
0:27:46 > 0:27:51North Sea coast on Friday with mostly rain showers. Most other
0:27:51 > 0:27:57places have a dry day with a lighter wind and sunshine. It could be quite
0:27:57 > 0:28:01pleasant on Friday. But no holding back, I have to show you the weekend
0:28:01 > 0:28:06and here comes a weather system from the Atlantic. This is moisture into
0:28:06 > 0:28:11cold air. Some of us will have waned but there is an increasing threat as
0:28:11 > 0:28:14it moves further eased critically across the northern part of the UK
0:28:14 > 0:28:25to get some sleet and snow perhaps not just in the hills. Any rain,
0:28:25 > 0:28:28sleet and snow fizzling out during Sunday and it will be another cold
0:28:28 > 0:28:30day.
0:30:12 > 0:30:16This is Beyond 100 Days, I'm Katty Kay in Washington, Kristian Fraser
0:30:16 > 0:30:21is in London.Our top stories, President Trump says his first year
0:30:21 > 0:30:23in office has advanced America's mission to make America a great
0:30:23 > 0:30:29again. As opponents say millions of people have been left behind.
0:30:29 > 0:30:33Theresa May is in China to win friends and trade deals, but what
0:30:33 > 0:30:38can she do to improve Britain's massive trade deficit?And in the
0:30:38 > 0:30:43next half-hour, the BBC's former Chinese editor says the BBC needs to
0:30:43 > 0:30:48start telling the truth about how it pays some of its female staff an
0:30:48 > 0:30:58equally. And that is a whale talking, we will look at why this
0:30:58 > 0:31:03whale's few words have got a Zlatan arms. Let us know your thoughts by
0:31:03 > 0:31:08using the hashtag #Beyond100Days.
0:31:16 > 0:31:21And the FBI is not happy about the release of the Republican memo that
0:31:21 > 0:31:23deals with the surveillance of a member of the complexion campaign
0:31:23 > 0:31:29team. In an unusual statement, the Bureau says it has grave concerns
0:31:29 > 0:31:33about releasing the memo. The statement puts the FBI at odds with
0:31:33 > 0:31:38the Republican head of the house intelligence community, who wants to
0:31:38 > 0:31:42release the memo to show the FBI was biased against Donald Trump.The FBI
0:31:42 > 0:31:48has been over increasing pressure -- under increasing pressure over the
0:31:48 > 0:31:54Russia investigation. Intelligence experts are concerned that the memo
0:31:54 > 0:31:59gives an incomplete account of why a Trump campaign aide was surveyed. It
0:31:59 > 0:32:04is also worried it could expose the Bureau's methods. We will now speak
0:32:04 > 0:32:11to a former US representative of the Democratic party. Thank you for
0:32:11 > 0:32:14joining us, Congresswoman. To what extent does the FBI putting out a
0:32:14 > 0:32:18statement saying it has grave concerns about the release of an
0:32:18 > 0:32:21intelligence memo that the White House appears on the point of
0:32:21 > 0:32:30releasing seem unusual?I served as the ranking Democrat, the senior
0:32:30 > 0:32:34Democrat on the house intelligence committee for four years after 911,
0:32:34 > 0:32:40and other we have differences, we worked together as one committee.
0:32:40 > 0:32:45The committee is now fractured. There is no, it seems to me, the
0:32:45 > 0:32:48relationship between the Democrats and Republicans. The FBI being
0:32:48 > 0:32:52worried about this memo tells me that its release could reveal
0:32:52 > 0:32:55sources and methods, how we get warrants, and how collect
0:32:55 > 0:33:01information on targets, and basically what our toolkit is. I
0:33:01 > 0:33:07haven't seen the memo, I don't know the back-up, but it is also
0:33:07 > 0:33:09surprising, so I hear, that the chairman of the committee who is
0:33:09 > 0:33:14pushing for the police has not even read the back-up material. When I
0:33:14 > 0:33:17was in a position like his, I assure you I would never have done anything
0:33:17 > 0:33:22like this without reading it.But of course, Congresswoman, you will know
0:33:22 > 0:33:25that the president does want to release. He was asked about it after
0:33:25 > 0:33:33he came out of the chamber after his speech last night.Don't worry. One
0:33:33 > 0:33:42of percent. Could you imagine?-- 100%. Of course he is good to
0:33:42 > 0:33:46release it, but many Democrats will say he is putting his personal
0:33:46 > 0:33:51interests above the national interest.There is also a bottle
0:33:51 > 0:33:54memo prepared by the Democratic staff, as I understand that, on the
0:33:54 > 0:33:58house intelligence committee. I spoke to a member of Congress
0:33:58 > 0:34:03yesterday who said that he had read both memos, and I think there is a
0:34:03 > 0:34:08work-out that would have members of Congress are going to a classified
0:34:08 > 0:34:13space and with both memos. -- a rebuttal memo. But it seems to me
0:34:13 > 0:34:19pretty lopsided to put out a memo against...Why don't the Democrats
0:34:19 > 0:34:24lose it out from the floor? They could do that. -- read it out from
0:34:24 > 0:34:28the floor.Given the floor privileges, they could do that. Why
0:34:28 > 0:34:34is that a good idea? It is the same problem, revealing passively, again
0:34:34 > 0:34:40I haven't read it, revealing sources and teaching our enemy our tool box.
0:34:40 > 0:34:44These are dangerous times of the president said, and I strongly agree
0:34:44 > 0:34:48with him. We need the best tools and the best morale and our intelligence
0:34:48 > 0:34:51committee, and the FBI director as far as I know, was recently
0:34:51 > 0:34:57confronted by Congress, but is highly regarded.You were the
0:34:57 > 0:35:00ranking Democrat on the house intelligence committee, which is the
0:35:00 > 0:35:05committee in question here. Have you ever seen a time in modern American
0:35:05 > 0:35:08history in which the FBI and intelligence agencies have been
0:35:08 > 0:35:15under such consistent pressure from an administration? Because I can't
0:35:15 > 0:35:21remember a time recently where the FBI has been the target of so much
0:35:21 > 0:35:25pushed back from an administration as it is at the moment.Well, not in
0:35:25 > 0:35:30this way. There were two huge intelligence failures earlier this
0:35:30 > 0:35:39century. One was 9/11, where we had pieces of the plot but did not put
0:35:39 > 0:35:43them together. In the second was on the intelligence estimate that there
0:35:43 > 0:35:46were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, which also turned out to be
0:35:46 > 0:35:50false. After that, we did a complete reform of our intelligence
0:35:50 > 0:35:54committee. In 2004, was one of the principal authors. And that is when
0:35:54 > 0:35:59we set up the directorate of National intelligence. And since
0:35:59 > 0:36:01then, until now, although there have been criticisms of little things,
0:36:01 > 0:36:05nothing like this. And what worries me is not only that we are
0:36:05 > 0:36:10politicising people, but also we are undermining the morale of folks who
0:36:10 > 0:36:17have spent years, decades, carefully warning their trade, they are the
0:36:17 > 0:36:22tip of the spear, a loss of the things we have been able to file are
0:36:22 > 0:36:27only foiled because we got intelligence, presumably through our
0:36:27 > 0:36:31intelligence community, but it also works in coordination with
0:36:31 > 0:36:36intelligence committees around the world.Jane Harman, thank you very
0:36:36 > 0:36:40much for joining us. I think that is the point, we have seen the FBI
0:36:40 > 0:36:44under criticism before, but not in this way that has been politicised
0:36:44 > 0:36:48and accused of bias. And you have to wonder, and I remember when I was
0:36:48 > 0:36:53speaking to a senator last week, this is a deliberate attempt to
0:36:53 > 0:36:58undermine the FBI in order to undermine the results of any
0:36:58 > 0:37:01investigation that, over Russia and the Trump campaign. And that is what
0:37:01 > 0:37:06is worrying to people who are in the intelligence committee, and I have
0:37:06 > 0:37:11heard people on the left and right say this, they do have some concerns
0:37:11 > 0:37:15about eroding trust in the institution that is meant to protect
0:37:15 > 0:37:19America.But it stands to reason. These warrants that go before a
0:37:19 > 0:37:24judge, they are 50, 60 pages long. If it was boiled down to four pages,
0:37:24 > 0:37:29it stands to reason that it will be selective. And as I was saying to
0:37:29 > 0:37:33the Congresswoman there, the Democrats could read out their
0:37:33 > 0:37:37rebuttal on the house floor, but then they, too, would be revealing
0:37:37 > 0:37:42delicate information. It is a tricky one for the Democrats.Yeah, both
0:37:42 > 0:37:45accuracy and national security, that is what people are concerned about.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47Theresa May's mission in China is not only to convince
0:37:47 > 0:37:49the Chinese Government that the UK is open for business,
0:37:49 > 0:37:52but also to offer reassurance that the UK will be a reliable
0:37:52 > 0:37:53partner post Brexit.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56The Prime Minister says we are in a Golden Era of UK China
0:37:56 > 0:37:59relations but what does the UK stand to gain?
0:37:59 > 0:38:01Jinny Yan is a senior economist with ICBS Standard Bank,
0:38:01 > 0:38:04one of China's biggest, which has a key role in China's
0:38:04 > 0:38:10overseas investments, including those in the UK.
0:38:10 > 0:38:16Welcome to the programme. China says it wants to be a global player, but
0:38:16 > 0:38:21we have already shown on the programme the huge imbalance in
0:38:21 > 0:38:26trade between China and Britain. When is China going to rectify that?
0:38:26 > 0:38:31I think what China has really rest recently, particularly, is that
0:38:31 > 0:38:38China is trying to increase imports. China has always been seen as an
0:38:38 > 0:38:42economy that produces particularly lower value goods. As China goes up
0:38:42 > 0:38:46the curve, China not only seeks to export more, to develop markets like
0:38:46 > 0:38:57the UK, but also to import more. So of course the UK has much to offer.
0:38:57 > 0:39:04For those joining us now, let's see those figures again. There is the
0:39:04 > 0:39:08imbalance, over £25 billion. We are a service driven economy here in the
0:39:08 > 0:39:13UK, and there is huge potential in China. Is the financial services
0:39:13 > 0:39:17market going to open up more than it does the moment?There has already
0:39:17 > 0:39:25been regulation regulatory reform announced recently to allow in the
0:39:25 > 0:39:31banking sector more foreign banking associations and to the Chinese
0:39:31 > 0:39:35market. So over 2018, will definitely see more concrete
0:39:35 > 0:39:39measures to allow more foreign players, including British players,
0:39:39 > 0:39:45and the financial markets.I was just wondering, we heard the Chinese
0:39:45 > 0:39:48premier say today that China would have to adjust to the reality of
0:39:48 > 0:39:54Brexit in its relationship with Britain, and I was wondering from
0:39:54 > 0:40:00the standpoint of ICBC, your bank, whether they see any status in --
0:40:00 > 0:40:06any change in the status of London as a financial centre because of
0:40:06 > 0:40:08Brexit?London remains in our view a very important financial centre. It
0:40:08 > 0:40:13has many of the advantages that others do not, such as the Times and
0:40:13 > 0:40:18the English language. It also has probably the most concentrated
0:40:18 > 0:40:23amount of expertise and experiences, and also it is the British law that
0:40:23 > 0:40:28has fundamentally driven the advantage of London as a financial
0:40:28 > 0:40:36centre. Recently, we have seen London's critical role in terms of
0:40:36 > 0:40:41the currency, and I think those things will continue. And as we have
0:40:41 > 0:40:46seen recently, some of the things that have come out is that the
0:40:46 > 0:40:51London stock exchange, for example, will continue to push the bilateral
0:40:51 > 0:40:54agreements to allow for training of equities, for example, in both
0:40:54 > 0:41:01markets.Very good to see you, thank you for coming in.Thank you.On a
0:41:01 > 0:41:05day like this, it would've been good to talk to Carrie Gracie, but she
0:41:05 > 0:41:13stood down as the BBC's China in protest at gender pay inequality.
0:41:13 > 0:41:17She told MPs that this is damaging the reputation of the corporation.
0:41:17 > 0:41:21She said that the BBC added insult to injury by suggesting she had been
0:41:21 > 0:41:25paid less by male colleagues because she had been in development. We will
0:41:25 > 0:41:28hear from the director-general of the BBC in a moment, but first,
0:41:28 > 0:41:34let's wasn't what Carrie Gracie had to say.I have said I do not want
0:41:34 > 0:41:38any more money, I am not a fiscal liability to the BBC. Trying to sort
0:41:38 > 0:41:44money at me to solve the problem, this will not solve the problem. --
0:41:44 > 0:41:49throw money. My problem will be resolved by saying that my work was
0:41:49 > 0:41:55of equal value to the men and I worked alongside. An apology would
0:41:55 > 0:41:59be nice. The BBC said it is very grateful to men last week taking a
0:41:59 > 0:42:03voluntary pay cut. I have never said they are grateful to me for not
0:42:03 > 0:42:11taking a pay rise at the time.We got something is wrong. I wish we
0:42:11 > 0:42:15hadn't, but we did get something is wrong, and I would like to be clear
0:42:15 > 0:42:23about that. Perhaps I might also say that I hold Carrie in the greatest
0:42:23 > 0:42:26regard. I was lucky enough to spend some time with her in Beijing when
0:42:26 > 0:42:30she was editor. I think she is absolutely first-rate editor and has
0:42:30 > 0:42:34done first-rate work for the BBC, and I do not want any way to
0:42:34 > 0:42:37undermine the work she has done, because I think she has been
0:42:37 > 0:42:47extremely good. I'm joined now by our correspondent. Carrie was asked
0:42:47 > 0:42:52whether she thought the BBC was in breach of equality pay laws and she
0:42:52 > 0:42:55said emphatically, yes.Absolutely. This is about much more than just
0:42:55 > 0:43:00Carrie Gracie's pay deal. But the thing about this afternoon is, I
0:43:00 > 0:43:04have watched a lot of select committee hearings over my career.
0:43:04 > 0:43:08This afternoon was quite extraordinary viewing, because the
0:43:08 > 0:43:12issue about pay and equality at the BBC has been front-page news now for
0:43:12 > 0:43:18months. And yesterday, we had a big independent report saying there was
0:43:18 > 0:43:23no gender bias in the way that the BBC awards its pay. However, this
0:43:23 > 0:43:29gave you a true inside track on the emotional impact this actually has
0:43:29 > 0:43:34on an individual. This will humanise the story. I know Carrie Gracie
0:43:34 > 0:43:37pretty well, she is a tough cookie, and when you watch her, you realise
0:43:37 > 0:43:42the sense of injustice and betrayal. She had been promised, she said, she
0:43:42 > 0:43:46would have absolute equality with her male colleagues. And four years
0:43:46 > 0:43:51down the line, she says there is a 50% gap. So that is what we are
0:43:51 > 0:43:55seeing, the sense of incredulity, what happened when the BBC was
0:43:55 > 0:44:00forced to release those salaries. There is a good story behind how
0:44:00 > 0:44:03this happened, it was equal when they made the promise, and then
0:44:03 > 0:44:07things changed. But it gave you a real sense of what the pay dispute
0:44:07 > 0:44:11in the pay gap actually means in personal terms.Thanks for giving us
0:44:11 > 0:44:14that quick synopsis of a very interesting committee hearing
0:44:14 > 0:44:18earlier today.
0:44:18 > 0:44:21Officials at the US Federal Reserve have left interest rates unchanged
0:44:21 > 0:44:22after the first policy meeting of 2018.
0:44:22 > 0:44:25But it's expected inflation will move up this year,
0:44:25 > 0:44:27a possible signal of faster rate increases ahead.
0:44:27 > 0:44:29The US Central bank has forecast three rate hikes -
0:44:29 > 0:44:35the same as in 2017.
0:44:35 > 0:44:37Moscow says it is organising a competition for Russian athletes
0:44:37 > 0:44:40who are barred from taking part in the Winter Olympics.
0:44:40 > 0:44:42President Putin apologised for failing to shield them
0:44:42 > 0:44:44from international action over a doping scandal.
0:44:44 > 0:44:46Nearly 170 Russians are being allowed to compete
0:44:46 > 0:44:55in South Korea under a neutral Olympic flag.
0:44:55 > 0:44:56Getting 10,000 steps a day is something
0:44:56 > 0:44:57plenty of people aim for.
0:44:57 > 0:44:59But does it actually do you any good?
0:44:59 > 0:45:02The number comes from a marketing campaign in Japan in the 1960s.
0:45:02 > 0:45:05Now, new research has discovered taking three brisk ten minute
0:45:05 > 0:45:11walks a day provides greater health benefits.
0:45:11 > 0:45:18I'm sure you do both, Christian.I don't have a FitBit, but I do have a
0:45:18 > 0:45:23wife who does this in bed at night to get over the 10,000.Too much
0:45:23 > 0:45:26information, we don't need to know. This is Beyond 100 Days, and still
0:45:26 > 0:45:32to come...
0:45:32 > 0:45:35Wikie the talking killer whale is taught to say hello,
0:45:35 > 0:45:39but why are we so keen to talk to animals?
0:45:41 > 0:45:43A judge has strongly criticised the Police
0:45:43 > 0:45:46and the Crown Prosecution Service for "wholesale failures" --
0:45:46 > 0:45:49after a human trafficking trial collapsed last week when material
0:45:49 > 0:45:51from mobile phones, that was disclosed late,
0:45:51 > 0:45:53cast doubt on the case.
0:45:53 > 0:45:57Clive Coleman reports.
0:45:57 > 0:46:01Cristina Bosoanca's story shows the devastating
0:46:01 > 0:46:04human effect that failure to disclose evidence can have.
0:46:04 > 0:46:06After 13 tough months in prison she can
0:46:06 > 0:46:15finally relax with the son she bore there.
0:46:15 > 0:46:18The girls were bullying me.
0:46:18 > 0:46:21It was difficult when I saw them going to the visits of...
0:46:21 > 0:46:25The prosecution case was based on the
0:46:25 > 0:46:28evidence of a woman who claimed Cristina trafficked her
0:46:28 > 0:46:29into the country to work as a prostitute.
0:46:29 > 0:46:32She also alleged she was raped by a client and became
0:46:32 > 0:46:33pregnant as a result.
0:46:33 > 0:46:39Christina's lawyers repeatedly told the police
0:46:39 > 0:46:43that there were phone messages which undermined the woman's story.
0:46:43 > 0:46:46It was only on the second day of the trial that 65,000
0:46:46 > 0:46:50phone messages were disclosed to Cristina Bosoanca's team.
0:46:50 > 0:46:53They fundamentally undermined the woman's
0:46:53 > 0:46:55account and medical evidence also proved the woman was pregnant before
0:46:55 > 0:46:57coming to the UK.
0:46:57 > 0:47:01The case collapsed on Friday, the judge demanding
0:47:01 > 0:47:05police and prosecutors should come to court today to explain.
0:47:05 > 0:47:08In court, the judge said there had been a
0:47:08 > 0:47:12wholesale failure of disclosure, and serious and repeated
0:47:12 > 0:47:15errors by both the police and the Crown Prosecution
0:47:15 > 0:47:24Service.
0:47:24 > 0:47:27The senior crown prosecutor apologised and said a full review
0:47:27 > 0:47:30was taking place and a report would been sent to the Director of Public
0:47:30 > 0:47:31Prosecutions.
0:47:31 > 0:47:33Cristina Bosoanca's experience shows disclosure failures go beyond recent
0:47:33 > 0:47:36highly publicised rape cases and there are likely to be more
0:47:36 > 0:47:38examples, each one affecting the lives of those charged, and their
0:47:38 > 0:47:42families.
0:47:58 > 0:48:01What Americans sitting at home make of President Trump's first State of
0:48:01 > 0:48:07the union address?The BBC caught up with a Trump photo in Washington
0:48:07 > 0:48:12state and a Tremor in Florida. President Trump's speech was
0:48:12 > 0:48:18impressive. The state of our union is strong.I knew he would not talk
0:48:18 > 0:48:22positively about the immigrant community.Crucially, our plan
0:48:22 > 0:48:26closes the terrible loopholes exploited by criminals and
0:48:26 > 0:48:30terroristss to enter our country. It's just shows what kind of person
0:48:30 > 0:48:42he is, trying to make is because of we are all criminals.The House in
0:48:42 > 0:48:47Senate will be voting on an immigration reform package. The
0:48:47 > 0:48:53first pillar... The second pillar, the third pillar...The four pillars
0:48:53 > 0:49:01appeared to me to be very fair, very reasonable, to be something that we
0:49:01 > 0:49:06as a country can support.A practice as is as an ship.My favourite part
0:49:06 > 0:49:16was the pathway to citizenship, to 1.8 million dreamers.Army, Staff
0:49:16 > 0:49:20Sergeant Justin Peck 's here tonight.The thing he did best was
0:49:20 > 0:49:31to bring into his speech...Corey Adams is also with us tonight 's.
0:49:31 > 0:49:33The ordinary American citizens who have been involved for the past
0:49:33 > 0:49:40year.A job well done.He really missed on the opportunity and the
0:49:40 > 0:49:45contributions we make to this country.The individual mandate is
0:49:45 > 0:49:57now gone.I don't care you can afford it or not, if you do not buy
0:49:57 > 0:50:00this health insurance, we are going to penalise you? That is just
0:50:00 > 0:50:09horrible.There is a tremendous disparity between the left wing, the
0:50:09 > 0:50:17right wing, the Democrats. Which is a shame. -- the Republicans, the
0:50:17 > 0:50:23Democrats.Two very different perspectives from Americans on what
0:50:23 > 0:50:32the resident had to say. Wilbur Mal talk to the president of the village
0:50:32 > 0:50:37of Thiensville in Wisconsin. We talked to him about this time last
0:50:37 > 0:50:41year. How do you think the president is doing based on last night?I
0:50:41 > 0:50:47think he gave a great speech and had a better year, and so I am pleased
0:50:47 > 0:50:51with the speech and looking forward to the New Year.He spoke a lot
0:50:51 > 0:50:55about the need of cooperation, bipartisanship, the idea of unity.
0:50:55 > 0:50:59Of course, with cooperation comes compromise. Would you want
0:50:59 > 0:51:02Republicans to compromise with Democrats to get things done in the
0:51:02 > 0:51:07country?Yes, I do. He pointed to things that people in both parties
0:51:07 > 0:51:13are very happy with, expanding the economy, unemployment, the
0:51:13 > 0:51:16African-American community and the Hispanic community. Now we have an
0:51:16 > 0:51:20opportunity to work on some bipartisan things, and readily
0:51:20 > 0:51:23infrastructure packages something the Democrats can embrace, and
0:51:23 > 0:51:28Republicans as well. I think the immigration reform ideas he put out
0:51:28 > 0:51:31there, and is four pillars are very good pillars. I think we can all
0:51:31 > 0:51:36rally around those. He had bipartisan consensus on the need to
0:51:36 > 0:51:41make some better trade deals, particularly, and I think that is
0:51:41 > 0:51:44good for the American worker. And I think that everybody is in favour of
0:51:44 > 0:51:48a strong defence. So I think what he has laid out are some bipartisan
0:51:48 > 0:51:53ideas, and I expect there will be progress.When you look at how
0:51:53 > 0:51:57President Trump is treated by the rest of the world, particularly
0:51:57 > 0:52:02Britain, let's talk about Britain, do you think he gets enough credit?
0:52:02 > 0:52:09I don't. You know, I think a lot of the world economy is listed to
0:52:09 > 0:52:14changes in the United States. I think the opportunity for the United
0:52:14 > 0:52:17States and the UK to cooperate even in the future is even greater than
0:52:17 > 0:52:22it is in the past. We do have a special relationship, we are like
0:52:22 > 0:52:29family. I think that the British economy, and we are, I think... And
0:52:29 > 0:52:36I'm not British, although I love Britain, I have been there before. I
0:52:36 > 0:52:41think they made the right decision with Brexit, but I understand they
0:52:41 > 0:52:45are torn twin looking to the West and the open seas, and the
0:52:45 > 0:52:49continent, and I think they made the right decision. I think you should
0:52:49 > 0:52:52embrace Trump and invite over the state visit, invite him to the Royal
0:52:52 > 0:52:57wedding, and he will behave well, see what gifts he gives you, and I
0:52:57 > 0:53:01think we have a good year ahead of us.If only I had the power to
0:53:01 > 0:53:07invite to the Royal wedding.Invite all others! Van, you, me, we will
0:53:07 > 0:53:14all be there together. -- all others.Katty, I would love to be
0:53:14 > 0:53:22there.If I can swing it, the you would be my first invite. Thanks for
0:53:22 > 0:53:26joining us again.
0:53:26 > 0:53:28Only a handful of animals can mimic human language.
0:53:28 > 0:53:30Yet the idea of animals communicating fascinates us.
0:53:30 > 0:53:32Dr Doolittle, Mr Ed the talking horse, Jonny Morris,
0:53:32 > 0:53:42the zookeeper and BBC presenter who always had that Animal Magic.
0:53:43 > 0:53:54Can't I have some more?In an hour or so. It's all gone, C?Oh, dear.
0:53:54 > 0:53:57I wonder what he would have made of this.
0:53:57 > 0:54:00A killer whale who can mimic words such as "hello" and "bye bye" -
0:54:00 > 0:54:10the first of its kind to copy human speech.
0:54:10 > 0:54:16Hello!
0:54:16 > 0:54:19Weekey is a 16-year-old female whale who has learned to copy
0:54:19 > 0:54:21a trainer at a marine park in France.
0:54:21 > 0:54:24Scientists say the ability to learn new sounds is a sign of intelligence
0:54:24 > 0:54:27and is very rare amongst mammals.
0:54:27 > 0:54:30Let's have a listen.
0:54:34 > 0:54:49One, two, three. One, two, three.
0:54:49 > 0:54:56SQUELCH
0:54:56 > 0:55:02I heard some hellos this morning.I cannot believe we have this on the
0:55:02 > 0:55:07programme. I want YouTube addict thief wail.What I want to know is,
0:55:07 > 0:55:19if this is a French well, why is it not saying Bonjour? Fascinating.
0:55:19 > 0:55:24Apparently, I should say, man next to not mimic humans very well, but
0:55:24 > 0:55:27some do, particularly those in water. Dolphins, Wales, those are
0:55:27 > 0:55:33the ones that seem able to mimic human sounds.Christian, stop, let's
0:55:33 > 0:55:41move on to the moon. The one you wanted to see out there, the super
0:55:41 > 0:55:56blood blooming. Air -- blue on. That is a nicer way to end the programme
0:55:56 > 0:56:00than Christian going on about Wales. I hope that is sped up,