0:00:08 > 0:00:16You're watching Beyond One Hundred Days.
0:00:16 > 0:00:20The US Government tries to avert another shutdown two days before it
0:00:20 > 0:00:23runs out of money.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Senators say they've got a two year budget deal -
0:00:26 > 0:00:29now they have to sell it to the House before the government
0:00:29 > 0:00:30runs out of money on Friday.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32And it's not even clear whether President Trump wants
0:00:32 > 0:00:35to keep the government up and running - he says a shutdown
0:00:35 > 0:00:37isn't such a bad idea after all.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Let's have a shutdown - it's worth it for our country.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42They have military parades in Paris and Moscow -
0:00:42 > 0:00:43so why not in Washington?
0:00:43 > 0:00:45The White House is looking at plans.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47The Prime Minister summons her Brexit war cabinet -
0:00:47 > 0:00:50can they finally come up with a clear decision on what
0:00:50 > 0:00:51the government actually wants?
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Also on the programme.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Iranian women defy the authorities by taking off their headscarves -
0:00:56 > 0:01:03but is President Rouhani listening to them?
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0:01:08 > 0:01:10this is the face of prehistoric Britain.
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0:01:21 > 0:01:23Hello and welcome - I'm Katty Kay in Washington
0:01:23 > 0:01:24and Christian Fraser is in London.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27The American government is struggling to do what families
0:01:27 > 0:01:33around the world manage to do every single day - balance their budgets.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37The Senate has just agreed to a two year deal but they still have to get
0:01:37 > 0:01:39the House of Representatives to sign on to their plan.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41The bipartisan deal in the Senate gives both sides
0:01:41 > 0:01:43a bit of what they want.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Republicans get more money for the US military.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Democrats get money for health programmes and disaster relief.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49This doesn't deliver the much promised immigration reform
0:01:49 > 0:01:51but it is a rare thing - American lawmakers actually coming
0:01:52 > 0:01:53together to work out solutions.
0:01:53 > 0:02:01Here's a listen.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05This bill is the product of extensive negotiations among
0:02:05 > 0:02:10congressional leaders and the White House. No one would suggest it is
0:02:10 > 0:02:17perfect. But we worked hard to find common ground and stay focused on
0:02:17 > 0:02:23serving the American people.After months of legislative logjam is this
0:02:23 > 0:02:28budget deal is a genuine breakthrough. After months of fiscal
0:02:28 > 0:02:33brinkmanship this budget deal is the first real sprout of bipartisanship.
0:02:33 > 0:02:39And it should break the long cycle of spending crises that have snarled
0:02:39 > 0:02:46this Congress and hampered our middle-class.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49One problem to getting this deal passed is that we don't know
0:02:49 > 0:02:51what the President wants - he's suggested a shutdown may not
0:02:51 > 0:02:54be such a bad idea.
0:02:54 > 0:03:01If we don't change it, let's have a shutdown.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03It is worth it for our country.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06I'd love to see a shutdown if we don't get this
0:03:06 > 0:03:11stuff taken care of.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Let's get more on this from Republican Congressman Francis
0:03:13 > 0:03:17Rooney who joins us live from Capitol Hill.
0:03:17 > 0:03:24Is the American government about to keep the US Government open and do
0:03:24 > 0:03:30its job?That is the rumour at least for six weeks!Not for two years as
0:03:30 > 0:03:35the Senate has just said?Well we know they're talking about a
0:03:35 > 0:03:39two-year deal but will take some time to get papered up and maybe
0:03:39 > 0:03:44have a six weeks continuing resolution until they figure it out.
0:03:44 > 0:03:49Around here it is not closed until it is closed.So we will be back
0:03:49 > 0:03:54here in six weeks' time negotiating yet again? Do you realise what this
0:03:54 > 0:04:02looks like around the world?I have got two words for that, banana
0:04:02 > 0:04:10Republic.So why not just say look they have done it in the Senate and
0:04:10 > 0:04:13got this wonderful bipartisan agreement, we will agree to it to do
0:04:13 > 0:04:18the responsible thing and keep government open.The house has its
0:04:18 > 0:04:22constitutional duty to evaluate it and the members must vote in the way
0:04:22 > 0:04:27they feel appropriate. But I hope we can continue that spirit of
0:04:27 > 0:04:30bipartisanship that seems to have arisen in the Senate this morning
0:04:30 > 0:04:35and come up with this two-year deal. And stop worrying about this monthly
0:04:35 > 0:04:39funding of the government.I thought the most surprising thing about
0:04:39 > 0:04:44today was Senate leader Mitch McConnell describing Chuck Schumer
0:04:44 > 0:04:49as my good friend! And of course what has happened is the majority
0:04:49 > 0:04:54have sweeten the pill and that is how deals get done. The question is
0:04:54 > 0:04:58can you get past the fiscal conservatives in the house?I do not
0:04:58 > 0:05:07know. I think there will be a lot of momentum to continue the bipartisan
0:05:07 > 0:05:11spirit and fund the government long time. And to get more money for
0:05:11 > 0:05:14defence on our side of things because we feel the fence has been
0:05:14 > 0:05:18crippled. A large number of aeroplanes do not allow flight
0:05:18 > 0:05:24because of a lack of parts. We have the smallest Navy since before the
0:05:24 > 0:05:30First World War.So the Republicans in your party, some of them do not
0:05:30 > 0:05:33want to lift the debt ceiling and then the president comes along
0:05:33 > 0:05:36suggesting a military parade.Here is the Defence Secretary speaking
0:05:36 > 0:05:41earlier. I think we're all aware in this country of the affection and
0:05:41 > 0:05:45respect the president has for the military. And putting together some
0:05:45 > 0:05:50options, we will send them to the White House for a decision.So what
0:05:50 > 0:05:56to think, parade is a good idea?I have never thought much about the
0:05:56 > 0:05:59military parade in the United States. In the first place it struck
0:05:59 > 0:06:03me as something that is not such a great idea because it is a waste of
0:06:03 > 0:06:09money. These little countries do that to look big. But we do not need
0:06:09 > 0:06:22to do that.Thank you very much for joining us. Of course plenty of
0:06:22 > 0:06:30other countries do celebrate their armed forces. It is not something
0:06:30 > 0:06:35that is traditionally done here in America. The last one was in 1993 at
0:06:35 > 0:06:40the end of the Gulf War.But here in the UK of course we have the
0:06:40 > 0:06:45Trooping of the Colour. Mr Trump, his fascination with parades was
0:06:45 > 0:06:52spurred perhaps by the invitation to Paris on Bastille Day as the guest
0:06:52 > 0:06:55of Emmanuel Macron.Russia has victory Day celebrating the soviet
0:06:55 > 0:06:59union and their victory over Nazi Germany. Something like 10,000
0:06:59 > 0:07:03troops taking part. And then of course North Korea which holds
0:07:03 > 0:07:09several parades every year and are no not so subtle display of military
0:07:09 > 0:07:14might.Well I was watching Lindsay Graham the Republican senator who
0:07:14 > 0:07:19was asked about this and he said honouring the service and sacrifice
0:07:19 > 0:07:23of American service personnel, I'm all for that but I do not what kind
0:07:23 > 0:07:29of Soviet hardware display. But if I kids marching past the White House
0:07:29 > 0:07:35and we have people and celebrate the veterans then why not.It is
0:07:35 > 0:07:39interesting because it has raised some eyebrows. In other countries as
0:07:39 > 0:07:43well as here in Washington with people saying is this about
0:07:43 > 0:07:47honouring the veterans or about Donald Trump wanting to show that he
0:07:47 > 0:07:51has a big powerful military. We know this president has surrounded
0:07:51 > 0:07:55himself by generals in his cabinet in a way that is fairly
0:07:55 > 0:08:00unprecedented in US politics. He seems to have some kind of fondness
0:08:00 > 0:08:03for its strong men around the world who have similar military displays.
0:08:03 > 0:08:08I think that is the question, is it about the president and him wanting
0:08:08 > 0:08:15to have some display of his power or is it about service and honouring
0:08:15 > 0:08:18the service of US veterans and in that case they could be a lot more
0:08:18 > 0:08:22support for it in the country I would say.You might be right. He
0:08:22 > 0:08:25wants to do it in November.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28When the UK leaves the European Union in March 2019
0:08:28 > 0:08:30the two sides hope to enter into a transition period, to allow
0:08:31 > 0:08:32more time to agree a final deal.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Today the EU published its draft Withdrawal Agreement.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37Brussels says that during that transition the UK must abide
0:08:37 > 0:08:39by all the rules of the single market - without any say
0:08:39 > 0:08:42in making those rules - and it wants the power to impose
0:08:42 > 0:08:46penalties, if the UK breaks aspects of the agreement.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49That could mean they would have the power to ground UK flights,
0:08:49 > 0:08:51or to impose tarrifs on British goods.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55Or to suspend access to the single market.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57The Brexiteers are up in arms.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00It is just one more problem for the Prime Minister,
0:09:00 > 0:09:02who today was chairing the first of two meetings this week
0:09:02 > 0:09:04with her Brexit war cabinet.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08Ellie Price has the details.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11The European Union Exit and Trades Strategy
0:09:11 > 0:09:13and Negotiation Subcommittee, or to give it it's more exciting
0:09:13 > 0:09:15name, the War Cabinet, is chaired by the Prime Minister
0:09:15 > 0:09:18and consists of ten senior ministers.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21Today they will discuss Northern Ireland and immigration
0:09:21 > 0:09:23in the first of two crunch meetings.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26And tomorrow they will move on to trade and the future partnership.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29So will we get any firm decisions on the UK position?
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Probably not.
0:09:31 > 0:09:32Today the British Chamber of Commerce has written
0:09:32 > 0:09:35to the Prime Minister calling for more clarity, urging
0:09:35 > 0:09:36ministers to deliver a clear, unequivocal statement
0:09:36 > 0:09:40of intent on Brexit.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43And this morning the EU has published a draft section
0:09:43 > 0:09:46of the final withdrawal agreement, saying they should be a mechanism
0:09:46 > 0:09:49for allowing the EU to suspend certain benefits of single market
0:09:49 > 0:09:53membership during the transition period.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56The UK Government has sought to play that down,
0:09:56 > 0:09:58this is a draft document, they say, produced by the EU
0:09:58 > 0:10:01that simply reflects the stated directives.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04Both sides are hoping to be able to reach agreement on the terms
0:10:04 > 0:10:07of the implementation or transition period by the time they meet at the
0:10:07 > 0:10:11European Council summit in March.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14We're joined now from Westminster by the Head of Trade Policy
0:10:14 > 0:10:23at the British Chamber of Commerce Anastassia Beliakova.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27They have written a letter to the Prime Minister to say that patience
0:10:27 > 0:10:31is wearing thin and businesses want to know what is going on. What
0:10:31 > 0:10:38impact is this having, this lack of certainty in practical terms on your
0:10:38 > 0:10:43members?This is impacting business confidence which in turn is
0:10:43 > 0:10:47impacting investment decisions. We know there will be a transition
0:10:47 > 0:10:51period until at least the end of 2020. That gives some short-term
0:10:51 > 0:10:55certainty but the question is what happens later. When businesses are
0:10:55 > 0:11:01looking at three or five year cycle they're not able to make investment
0:11:01 > 0:11:04decisions. And unless the government starts to outline its vision they
0:11:04 > 0:11:09will holding off on investment which could have wider economic effects.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12Do you think the government should negotiate with the EU effectively
0:11:12 > 0:11:18with a gun held to its head? Ambiguity is helpful in
0:11:18 > 0:11:23negotiations. It is helpful in the political environment. However
0:11:23 > 0:11:26unless there is more clarity from the UK Government we will see what
0:11:26 > 0:11:32we're seeing now, the EU coming out with documents and statements of
0:11:32 > 0:11:37intent, whilst there is silence from the UK side. So this creates too
0:11:37 > 0:11:41much noise and a lack of balance and businesses have less confidence. So
0:11:41 > 0:11:45we would like to see the UK Government being much more clear
0:11:45 > 0:11:50even if this clarity emerges gradually.Well stay with us.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Tim Martin is the Chairman of J D Wetherspoon -
0:11:52 > 0:11:55which is one of the biggest independent pub chains
0:11:55 > 0:11:58here in the UK - and he joins us now in the studio.
0:11:58 > 0:12:05Do you feel you need more clarity? I do not think so, I think there has
0:12:05 > 0:12:10to be a certain ambiguity as we've just heard in negotiations.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14Sometimes when I have been negotiating I've tried to have the
0:12:14 > 0:12:19inscrutable face of us thinks as the lawyers call it, a poker face. So I
0:12:19 > 0:12:25think no reason for businesses to worry, we can do well outside the
0:12:25 > 0:12:33EU, I do not like confidence. Government VAT receipts were up 15%
0:12:33 > 0:12:39in December compared to a year ago, income tax at 5%. And 300,000 or so
0:12:39 > 0:12:44more jobs. So I do think, I do worry so many business organisations and
0:12:44 > 0:12:51particular the CBI are saying we need this and that. And putting
0:12:51 > 0:12:56power in my opinion into the hands of the EU negotiators. I have some
0:12:56 > 0:12:59sympathy with people who like things ought to be laid out but we are
0:12:59 > 0:13:06business people and we deal with uncertainty.Christian just that the
0:13:06 > 0:13:10British Government is that the risk of negotiating with a gun held to
0:13:10 > 0:13:14its head but the truth is if they want a transition Britain does not
0:13:14 > 0:13:20have a strong negotiating hand.That may be so, I personally do not think
0:13:20 > 0:13:27we need a transition. We've heard all sorts of reasons as to why. It
0:13:27 > 0:13:32is strange because I run a reasonably large business, 37,000
0:13:32 > 0:13:37people and not one person or not one consultant, not one lawyer, not one
0:13:37 > 0:13:42government adviser has said here is what you have to do before you leave
0:13:42 > 0:13:48the EU. I think we could leave Monday and we would have lower food
0:13:48 > 0:13:54prices, abolishing the powers that the EU places on food from non-EU
0:13:54 > 0:14:01countries. And regain control of fishing rights. So not to be horrid
0:14:01 > 0:14:05to people in Europe but if we took a more robust attitude we would get a
0:14:05 > 0:14:12better deal and we have nothing to fear anyway.Anastasia, a more
0:14:12 > 0:14:15robust attitude from British business and we could leave
0:14:15 > 0:14:20tomorrow?Businesses would like to take advantage of the opportunities
0:14:20 > 0:14:23presented by Brexit as well as prepare for the change is the head
0:14:23 > 0:14:27and the potential costs of it. But they are unable to do so if we do
0:14:27 > 0:14:32not even know what some of the practical answer is to the Brexit
0:14:32 > 0:14:38questions will be. For example VAT, we do not know yet if we will
0:14:38 > 0:14:41definitely pay import VAT, whether there will be chances for business
0:14:41 > 0:14:45to despair on this. All of these questions need to be answered by
0:14:45 > 0:14:49government. Some of them will be dependent on the negotiations but
0:14:49 > 0:14:54some are fully in the gift of the government so we would like more
0:14:54 > 0:14:59clarity on the practicalities as soon as possible.I do not think the
0:14:59 > 0:15:02government can give clarity on things like terrorists because I
0:15:02 > 0:15:07think the sensible thing to do if we leave the EU is do what Australia
0:15:07 > 0:15:11and New Zealand and Singapore have done and abolish almost all import
0:15:11 > 0:15:16tariffs on food. The government cannot say that in negotiations
0:15:16 > 0:15:21because it is trying to convince the EU to have mutual terror free trade.
0:15:21 > 0:15:29A tricky situation. -- tariff free trade.One theory doing the rounds
0:15:29 > 0:15:34is that the Prime Minister should have set out clearly, she has set
0:15:34 > 0:15:41out clearly what she wants, that you want to leave the single market and
0:15:41 > 0:15:45had no customs union of any kind but perhaps she could have set up more
0:15:45 > 0:15:49detail when of course she first became leader. Because there was not
0:15:49 > 0:15:54this traditional leadership contest where everyone had to set out their
0:15:54 > 0:15:57stall, no one knew really where she stood and maybe at that point it was
0:15:57 > 0:16:00the moment where she could have found a path between the Remainer is
0:16:00 > 0:16:05an Brexiteers in the Cabinet. Well the devil in the detail.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07A coalition deal has been struck in Germany,
0:16:07 > 0:16:09between the centre-left Social Democrats and Angela
0:16:09 > 0:16:10Merkel's conservatives.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12The agreement looks set to end four months of deadlock
0:16:12 > 0:16:14following an inconclusive general election last September.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17The deal will still need to be approved by Social Democrat party
0:16:17 > 0:16:19members, many of whom fear that re-entering a Grand Coalition
0:16:19 > 0:16:21would damage the party.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23A British-based monitoring group says the latest Syrian government
0:16:23 > 0:16:25air strikes have killed more than twenty civilians
0:16:25 > 0:16:27in the rebel-held region of Eastern Ghouta, near Damascus.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30It said a total of eighty people had died since the attacks
0:16:30 > 0:16:31began earlier this week.
0:16:31 > 0:16:36The UN has appealed for an immediate ceasefire.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39British supermarket Tesco is facing the country's largest ever equal pay
0:16:39 > 0:16:41law suit which could affect up to 200,000 mostly
0:16:41 > 0:16:43female shop workers.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46The women who work on the shop floor say they earn considerably
0:16:46 > 0:16:48less than men who work in the company's
0:16:48 > 0:16:49distribution centres.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Lawyers estimate the supermarket could be liable for up
0:16:51 > 0:16:54to four billion pounds - around five and a half billion
0:16:54 > 0:17:02dollars - in back pay if it loses.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04Since the revolution in 1979, the Iranian government has made
0:17:04 > 0:17:07the hijab, the black head scarf, an emblem of its religious
0:17:07 > 0:17:08and political identity.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10But now Iranian women are taking a stand -
0:17:10 > 0:17:11increasing numbers of them are protesting, demanding
0:17:11 > 0:17:14their right to wear whatever they want in public.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Some have been posting images on social media
0:17:16 > 0:17:18- here's a woman standing in public, bareheaded -
0:17:18 > 0:17:23and it has led to dozens of arrests.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26Religious leaders have called for 'strong action' in the courts,
0:17:26 > 0:17:28Iran's president Hassan Rouhani has said that the voices of protesters
0:17:29 > 0:17:33need to be listened to.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini who is the co-founder
0:17:35 > 0:17:36and executive director of the International Civil Society
0:17:37 > 0:17:47Action Network is here with me now.
0:17:47 > 0:17:54Thank you for coming in. Your mother protested in 1979 when this law was
0:17:54 > 0:18:01first implemented.When they first announced the imposition she was
0:18:01 > 0:18:04amongst 100,000 women who went out onto the streets but my grandmother
0:18:04 > 0:18:11also protested back in the early 20th century when the hijab was
0:18:11 > 0:18:15banned so in my own family we've seen it being banned and in my
0:18:15 > 0:18:20grandmother 's generation and then my mother 's generation but for my
0:18:20 > 0:18:23generation...These social media posts are getting a lot of
0:18:23 > 0:18:26attention, the Iranian government has said this is all an outside
0:18:26 > 0:18:31conspiracy and these women have been deceived.In taking off the hijab.
0:18:31 > 0:18:36That is not true, it has been since the 1980s when the hijab was first
0:18:36 > 0:18:43imposed it was very much a black shroud, very wide legged pants, your
0:18:43 > 0:18:48wrists and neck are to be covered. Women have been pushing back the
0:18:48 > 0:18:54headscarf since the 1980s, I've been going back regularly and I remember
0:18:54 > 0:18:58in the 1990s seeing pedicured toes which was a big issue at the time.
0:18:58 > 0:19:02You see the colour and shape, it has been a consistent struggle by
0:19:02 > 0:19:09Iranian women of all ages and generations, rural and urban, years.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13And to suggest all of a sudden because it is social media and
0:19:13 > 0:19:18Western media picking it up, that is doing a huge disservice to women and
0:19:18 > 0:19:22especially those who for years have paid the price, they have been
0:19:22 > 0:19:27beaten and find, it has been an ongoing issue for 39 years.29
0:19:27 > 0:19:31arrested this time around. Of course it plays into the power struggle
0:19:31 > 0:19:35within Iran, president Rouhani, saying young people should be
0:19:35 > 0:19:42listened to. The conservative theologians in Iran, to the CBS
0:19:42 > 0:19:48hijab is sort of an emblem of the Islamic State?It certainly has
0:19:48 > 0:19:52symbolic value, absolutely. And I think people have understood from
0:19:52 > 0:19:56the beginning that when you impose the hijab you're always going to
0:19:56 > 0:20:00have resistance. The contrast between Iran and the region in the
0:20:00 > 0:20:05last 30 years, Iran the social trajectory has been to push back the
0:20:05 > 0:20:10hijab. Egypt or Jordan where it has not been mandatory you have walked
0:20:10 > 0:20:18women wearing it.If this is an existential issue for the Iranian
0:20:18 > 0:20:21regime then how far will they go to make sure that women carry on
0:20:21 > 0:20:28wearing it, if they see it as emblematic of the state of Islam?
0:20:28 > 0:20:33Well what we see in Iran is that there is a transformation that has
0:20:33 > 0:20:36been taking place again through the years. And this issue precisely
0:20:36 > 0:20:43because they allowed women to shorten their codes and make the
0:20:43 > 0:20:47scarves just literally a thin veil, has already been something we've
0:20:47 > 0:20:52seen changes with. I do not think that if the hijab is removed
0:20:52 > 0:20:55tomorrow that we will see sudden change because the substantive
0:20:55 > 0:21:00issues for women on the ground, that is the inequality enshrined in the
0:21:00 > 0:21:05law. So I think this is symbolic and important but the substance is
0:21:05 > 0:21:10somewhere else.Thank you very much. Interesting that these women are
0:21:10 > 0:21:17facing arrest just by removing the headscarf in public and it is
0:21:17 > 0:21:21something that has been on popular ever since the Iranian revolution
0:21:21 > 0:21:24amongst women and to defy the authorities does mean they know the
0:21:24 > 0:21:28risk the prospect of arrest.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Scientists say they now know what the first modern Briton looked
0:21:31 > 0:21:33like ten thousand years ago - and it's something of a surprise.
0:21:33 > 0:21:38They believe that so-called Cheddar Man - who lived
0:21:38 > 0:21:41in south west England - had skin that was dark
0:21:41 > 0:21:42to black, and blue eyes.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44Researchers have used ground breaking DNA analysis techniques
0:21:44 > 0:21:46to examine his skeleton which was discovered
0:21:46 > 0:21:49in Somerset in 1903.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52Jon Kay reports.
0:21:52 > 0:21:53One, two, three.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Putting flesh on his bones.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00The face of Cheddar Man finally revealed.
0:22:00 > 0:22:05By extracting his DNA and scanning his skull,
0:22:05 > 0:22:08experts say they have created him in unprecedented detail.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12And he looks very different from what they were expecting.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15The hair, the eyes, the face.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18That combination of blue eyes and dark skin, really very striking.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21Something we would not have imagined.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24And to also get from the DNA details of his biology.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27The fact that he couldn't digest milk as an adult.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30That is something that came really with the advent of farming.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34And 10,000 years ago people didn't have that.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Look how he's changed.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39This is what scientists used to think he looked like.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41A reconstruction from 20 years ago when DNA analysis
0:22:41 > 0:22:45was nowhere near as developed.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49Cheddar Man and I share a common female relative.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52This is modern-day Cheddar Man.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54Adrian Targett lives in the same village and shares DNA
0:22:54 > 0:22:58with the skeleton found in the gorge.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01So, time to meet his ancestor.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Do you want to see your great, great, great, great,
0:23:03 > 0:23:05great, great, great grandfather?
0:23:05 > 0:23:06OK, here he comes.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09And...
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Oh, my.
0:23:11 > 0:23:12What do you think?
0:23:12 > 0:23:15It is remarkable, isn't it?
0:23:15 > 0:23:18I think there is probably some resemblance.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21Yes, I think there are certainly other members in my family
0:23:21 > 0:23:24who he bears a resemblance to.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26Yes, some of my cousins.
0:23:26 > 0:23:27You can see that in there?
0:23:27 > 0:23:28Yes.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32I think my eyes are blue!
0:23:32 > 0:23:33Lets have a look.
0:23:33 > 0:23:34They are blue!
0:23:34 > 0:23:36They are blue.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39His hair is not quite as grey as mine is.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43Or my beard!
0:23:43 > 0:23:46So 10,000 years after he died, 100 years after he was found,
0:23:46 > 0:23:48finally a face to fit the name of Adrian's ancestor.
0:23:48 > 0:23:58Jon Kay, BBC News, Cheddar in Somerset.
0:24:01 > 0:24:09I am disappointed by this. Because it was initially assumed Cheddar man
0:24:09 > 0:24:14had pale skin and fair hair and I thought maybe I am a direct
0:24:14 > 0:24:18descendant but apparently not. They say 10% of white British ancestry
0:24:18 > 0:24:23can be linked to this ancient population. So I thought maybe I'm
0:24:23 > 0:24:27not one of them and then in the newspaper today it said the 10% link
0:24:27 > 0:24:32to this ancestry, their ancestors would have performed grisly
0:24:32 > 0:24:38cannibalistic rituals including gnawing on human toes and fingers
0:24:38 > 0:24:42and drinking from polished skullcaps. Maybe it is a good thing
0:24:42 > 0:24:49I'm not directly linked!I feel an existential crisis coming on,
0:24:49 > 0:24:55Christian. Do you want to talk about it? Are you OK?I think they could
0:24:55 > 0:25:02come up with a better name them Cheddar man.Well almost all of our
0:25:02 > 0:25:06crew here in Washington thought that Cheddar came from was confident so I
0:25:06 > 0:25:11had to educate people. But I look at Cheddar man and think he looks
0:25:11 > 0:25:16suspiciously like someone who came from another continent, what we
0:25:16 > 0:25:23might today call an immigrant in fact.Maybe all countries were
0:25:23 > 0:25:27linked together, who knows.Not that kind of blonde Anglo-Saxon bloke you
0:25:27 > 0:25:32might have expected.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34This is Beyond 100 Days from the BBC.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36Coming up for viewers on the BBC News Channel
0:25:36 > 0:25:38and BBC World News - Space oddity - What does
0:25:38 > 0:25:40Elon Musk's car in orbit really mean for exploration
0:25:41 > 0:25:43of the final frontier?
0:25:43 > 0:25:46And the return of the milkman as the backlash on plastics continues.
0:25:46 > 0:25:51That's still to come.
0:26:09 > 0:26:15Good evening. After a cold start to win state many of us had a
0:26:15 > 0:26:23reasonably pleasant winter day. -- Wednesday. Further north the crowd
0:26:23 > 0:26:28increased and it was a grey afternoon but with that cloud comes
0:26:28 > 0:26:33a lift in temperatures. The milder air has been out in the Atlantic so
0:26:33 > 0:26:46far today. That is moving south and east in the form of cloud. Already
0:26:46 > 0:26:52temperatures dropping across the South and east. Further north and
0:26:52 > 0:26:58west we have cloudy conditions and outbreaks of rain and hills though.
0:26:58 > 0:27:05Looking at the temperature charts, frost free night for the majority.
0:27:05 > 0:27:11Further south and east is where we see the frost. So cold start
0:27:11 > 0:27:16Thursday morning but this is where we see the slice of milder air
0:27:16 > 0:27:22moving across England and Wales before colder air moving in later
0:27:22 > 0:27:26on. In between the two we have a weather front for the morning
0:27:26 > 0:27:38rush-hour. Not much in the way of rain in the far south. But along
0:27:38 > 0:27:42this area we stay cloudy all day long and there will be some further
0:27:42 > 0:27:49bursts of rain. Turning heavier into the afternoon. Lost of that in
0:27:49 > 0:27:53Scotland and Northern Ireland some wintry showers and hazy sunshine
0:27:53 > 0:28:00elsewhere. East Anglia and the south-east we start with some hazy
0:28:00 > 0:28:04sunshine but temperatures are up on recent days. Into the evening rush
0:28:04 > 0:28:09hour we have heavy rain in the evening spreading across many parts
0:28:09 > 0:28:14of Wales and Western and northern England. Clearer conditions in its
0:28:14 > 0:28:19wake so after some wintry showers on Friday morning becoming a little
0:28:19 > 0:28:24less abundant. Although still a covering of snow possible on
0:28:24 > 0:28:28Scottish mountains. But turning colder even with sunshine around.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32The weekend set to turn windy especially on Saturday night with
0:28:32 > 0:28:37rain at times. Brighter and colder on Sunday.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13This is Beyond 100 Days with me, Katty Kay, in Washington -
0:30:13 > 0:30:20Christian Fraser's in London.
0:30:20 > 0:30:21Our top stories:
0:30:21 > 0:30:23There's a deal to avoid a US government shutdown,
0:30:23 > 0:30:25but Senators must sell it to the House before
0:30:25 > 0:30:26the money runs out on Friday.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29The US vice-president Mike Pence says the US will not allow
0:30:29 > 0:30:31North Korea to hijack the Winter Olympic
0:30:31 > 0:30:32Games in South Korea.
0:30:32 > 0:30:33Coming up in the next half hour:
0:30:33 > 0:30:36Is it fair for President Trump to claim credit for falling
0:30:36 > 0:30:39unemployment among black Americans?
0:30:39 > 0:30:42Driving the future of scientific discovery, Elon Musk's
0:30:42 > 0:30:44red convertible heads towards deep space.
0:30:44 > 0:30:54Let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag
0:30:59 > 0:31:00Beyond100Days.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02Former vice-president Joe Biden has been sharing his thoughts
0:31:02 > 0:31:03on President Trump.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06Speaking to CNN he called the President "a joke".
0:31:06 > 0:31:09Mr Biden said the President's attacks on the FBI are doing
0:31:09 > 0:31:10everything Russian president Vladimir Putin had ever wanted,
0:31:10 > 0:31:17sowing doubt in the US legal system.
0:31:17 > 0:31:33This is the court. --this is the cloud. -- quote.
0:31:33 > 0:31:34What indeed.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36Is it accurate to suggest the dialogue here in Washington
0:31:36 > 0:31:38is really doing Moscow's bidding?
0:31:38 > 0:31:40Let's put that to former US defense secretary William Cohen
0:31:40 > 0:31:41who joins me now in the studio.
0:31:41 > 0:31:42who joins me now in the studio.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44Do you agree with Joe Biden? You also spent a lot of time travelling
0:31:44 > 0:31:49around the world.Yes, I moderated, or participated in a discussion,
0:31:49 > 0:31:53with Joe Biden, 300,000 people in Washington, so I do share his view.
0:31:53 > 0:31:59I think the president is doing President Putin's work, sewing
0:31:59 > 0:32:03distrust in our institutions, the FBI, the Justice Department, the
0:32:03 > 0:32:06rule of law. This is something that is only working to the benefit of
0:32:06 > 0:32:10President Putin, to see people no longer have a sense of confidence in
0:32:10 > 0:32:15the institutions which are designed to promote the rule of law. If there
0:32:15 > 0:32:18is one thing the United States stands for it is the rule of law. No
0:32:18 > 0:32:21man or woman is above that, including the President of the
0:32:21 > 0:32:26United States. He happens to feel that he is, because his supervisors
0:32:26 > 0:32:31are in charge of the Justice Department. That is totally
0:32:31 > 0:32:33antithetical to everything we believe in this country, that anyone
0:32:33 > 0:32:38can be above or break the law and not be held accountable, so I think
0:32:38 > 0:32:42attacking the FBI, the Justice Department, sowing confusion and
0:32:42 > 0:32:47distrust with the American people, you can't trust what Mr Mueller's
0:32:47 > 0:32:51doing, what the Justice Department is doing, and therefore any report
0:32:51 > 0:32:56must be trustworthy, I think that is undermining the rule of law in this
0:32:56 > 0:33:08country.Speaking about something not traditional, this idea
0:33:16 > 0:33:18of a military parade, and we just heard General Mattis in the last
0:33:18 > 0:33:21hour say, yes, the Pentagon is drawing up plans, the duty of the
0:33:21 > 0:33:24Pentagon of course to draw up plans that is what the White House once.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26Some people think it is a great idea to celebrate America's military
0:33:26 > 0:33:28whereas others think it is a rather autocratic celebration of America's
0:33:28 > 0:33:31military power. We do you come down as former Defence Secretary?I think
0:33:31 > 0:33:33it is an unnecessary expenditure of resources. Your witnessing the
0:33:33 > 0:33:36shutdown of the government day after day and this is a parade celebrating
0:33:36 > 0:33:38President Trump?He would say it is to celebrate the men and women of
0:33:38 > 0:33:45the Armed Forces.We have the 4th of July, we have Veteran's Day. Frankly
0:33:45 > 0:33:49I would like to see him pay tribute to our military by giving the medal
0:33:49 > 0:33:52of Freedom to John McCain, a great patriot of this country who
0:33:52 > 0:33:58symbolised what sacrifices really are all about. I would have him put
0:33:58 > 0:34:01money into training. We have had a number of accidents with our
0:34:01 > 0:34:04submarine force. We need more training, more readiness, more
0:34:04 > 0:34:09capability. I think that is an unnecessary display of American
0:34:09 > 0:34:13patriotism. The American people unpatriotic and we celebrate that on
0:34:13 > 0:34:18veterans Day and the 4th of July. I think it is unnecessary.Can I just
0:34:18 > 0:34:25circle back to the memo and allegations against the FBI. The
0:34:25 > 0:34:28chair of Oversight, putting justice above the political process, he says
0:34:28 > 0:34:32this has nothing to do with the Russia investigation. He says it is
0:34:32 > 0:34:35an investigation into bias within the FBI. Isn't it right that the
0:34:35 > 0:34:41clean-up that concern?I served for ten years on the intelligence
0:34:41 > 0:34:44committee in the Senate, and format of those years I was vice-chair of
0:34:44 > 0:34:48the committee. I have never seen a situation in which you had this kind
0:34:48 > 0:34:53of a break in terms of the integrity of the committee, in terms of
0:34:53 > 0:34:56releasing information on a partisan basis. To me that is just another
0:34:56 > 0:35:02aspect that this is something that been going on to diminish the
0:35:02 > 0:35:05credibility of our institutions, and I think to have the Republicans put
0:35:05 > 0:35:09out one version, a sanitised version, and now have their
0:35:09 > 0:35:13Democrats try to come up with theirs, it is simply undermining the
0:35:13 > 0:35:16institution itself and frankly I am appalled by what is taking place on
0:35:16 > 0:35:20Capitol Hill. I think this is working to the disadvantage of the
0:35:20 > 0:35:27American people.William Cohen, former Defence Secretary and
0:35:27 > 0:35:32senator, of course, thank you for coming in to join us.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35Right now there's a dummy astronaut, sitting in an electric car,
0:35:35 > 0:35:37listening to David Bowie, orbiting around the Earth.
0:35:37 > 0:35:38This is true.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41Yes, it all began as a bit of fun, the crowning glory
0:35:41 > 0:35:44of an ambitious space project - but it has actually worked!
0:35:44 > 0:35:54Take a look at this.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59It's Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster that has been up there
0:35:59 > 0:36:00for nearly 24 hours.
0:36:00 > 0:36:06On the dashboard a note to the fake astronaut sitting in the drivers
0:36:06 > 0:36:09seat reads, "don't panic."
0:36:09 > 0:36:12And in the car there is also a note for any aliens that might
0:36:12 > 0:36:14intercept it: "made on Earth, by humans."
0:36:14 > 0:36:16The tesla travelled to space aboard the world's most powerful rocket
0:36:16 > 0:36:19the SpaceX Falcon Heavy - and even Elon Musk, the man behind
0:36:19 > 0:36:21it, seems surprised that it has actually worked.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23Here's the tweet: "apparently there's a car
0:36:23 > 0:36:24in orbit around Earth."
0:36:24 > 0:36:26It is currently heading towards an asteroid belt
0:36:26 > 0:36:27between Mars and Jupiter.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29Which presumably won't be good for the paintwork.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31But what does all this mean for the future
0:36:31 > 0:36:35of space exploration?
0:36:35 > 0:36:37Joining us live from Houston is Leroy Chiao, former commander
0:36:37 > 0:36:41of the International Space Station.
0:36:41 > 0:36:46It is great to see you. I mean, I was just dumbstruck by these rockets
0:36:46 > 0:36:51coming back to earth yesterday and landing on their iPods. Orrey, the
0:36:51 > 0:36:55third one went somewhere into the sea, but extraordinary achievement,
0:36:55 > 0:36:58but then I looked today again and thought, we have gone no further
0:36:58 > 0:37:10forward than the Apollo missions -- landing on their pods. OK, the third
0:37:10 > 0:37:13one when somewhere into the sea.I would not say we have gone
0:37:13 > 0:37:18backwards. The third one, it is a very different rockets than the
0:37:18 > 0:37:22Apollo rockets. Similar to the Saturn five in that the first burn
0:37:22 > 0:37:26kerosene and liquid oxygen, but what you are seeing is a modern version
0:37:26 > 0:37:35of a rocket, heavy-lift rocket, that can go into orbits of this is the
0:37:35 > 0:37:39first step of the commercial ventures towards actually doing an
0:37:39 > 0:37:44exploration programme which is extraordinary. This was not created
0:37:44 > 0:37:50using Government funds but was done entirely using SpaceX funds.But of
0:37:50 > 0:37:54course it will be there for commercial reasons, to take heavier
0:37:54 > 0:37:57payloads, perhaps by satellite, so the Russians and Chinese will be
0:37:57 > 0:38:03watching. What do you think it will do to the space race?Well, you
0:38:03 > 0:38:07know, it actually has excess capacity sold to take the heavy
0:38:07 > 0:38:11satellites or space probes, we can launch laws on rockets that are half
0:38:11 > 0:38:15the payload size of this rocket. The fact he has built this to lift so
0:38:15 > 0:38:19much more than necessary, just to want a heavy satellite, you know,
0:38:19 > 0:38:23that is really what distinguishes it and makes it into that step I was
0:38:23 > 0:38:28talking about towards commercial exploration of space. So it is
0:38:28 > 0:38:36really an exciting development.And, Leroy, you are also saying it could
0:38:36 > 0:38:39get us considerably significantly closer to the prospect of putting a
0:38:39 > 0:38:46man or woman on Mars?That's right. With the current rockets that we
0:38:46 > 0:38:51were flying before the Falcon Heavy we were not able to get any
0:38:51 > 0:38:56significant payload out of law orbit without using multiple launches,
0:38:56 > 0:38:59assembly in orbit, then refuelling in orbit probably in order to build
0:38:59 > 0:39:03a spacecraft that could propel itself away. Using more powerful
0:39:03 > 0:39:06rockets like the Falcon Heavy, you can lift heavier payloads and put
0:39:06 > 0:39:14them into, you know, directly into orbit around the sun, as Elon is
0:39:14 > 0:39:24doing with his Roadster, or with people on the way to Mars. Now and
0:39:24 > 0:39:33he is developing an even bigger rocket which he, tongue in cheek,
0:39:33 > 0:39:38calls the BFR, big Falcon rocket, and is moving towards that getting
0:39:38 > 0:39:42people to Mars.Thank you. Can we dip into the live shots of this car?
0:39:42 > 0:39:45There it is. They were saying it might go behind the moon in which
0:39:45 > 0:39:51case it would go dark, but it hasn't, so I think it is on its way
0:39:51 > 0:39:55to the asteroid belt, some way towards Mars. It just doesn't look
0:39:55 > 0:39:58real, does it? LAUGHTER
0:39:58 > 0:40:03There was a little story there. I don't know... You sent me an e-mail
0:40:03 > 0:40:07today. You are kind of getting into this, I'm impressed, but you sent me
0:40:07 > 0:40:12this story about... I'm trying to stay on the team! Yes, beyond the
0:40:12 > 0:40:15Milky Way, the first planet found outside the galaxy, and then I
0:40:15 > 0:40:18thought about how long it would take to get there so I did some research.
0:40:18 > 0:40:223.8 billion years, and this is the problem. The rocket has lots of
0:40:22 > 0:40:33power but it doesn't have speeds up as we find someone... There they
0:40:33 > 0:40:35are, the new planets outside our galaxy, which are revolving around a
0:40:35 > 0:40:38star and some of them are made of rock, apparently, but 3.8 billion
0:40:38 > 0:40:41years. We will not live that long. Can I just see your research did
0:40:41 > 0:40:43come from my daughter who is studying astrophysics. I wouldn't
0:40:43 > 0:40:46like people to suddenly think you are a professor of this as well,
0:40:46 > 0:40:53among all the other things you know about. Yes, she did give me all the
0:40:53 > 0:40:55details, sorry, Maya. Thank you, Maya, for that!
0:40:55 > 0:40:58President Trump has persistently taken credit for falling black
0:40:58 > 0:41:00unemployment, claiming his policies mean that African Americans have
0:41:00 > 0:41:01never had it so good.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04While it's true that black unemployment did fall in the first
0:41:04 > 0:41:06year of the Trump administration, last month it actually went up,
0:41:06 > 0:41:07from 6.8% to 7.7%.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09African American unemployment rates started falling in 2010
0:41:09 > 0:41:12under President Obama - so how much of the decline
0:41:12 > 0:41:21is due to the policies of this administration?
0:41:21 > 0:41:22Laura Trevelyan reports from Delaware, where
0:41:22 > 0:41:25African American joblessness is at almost 10%, more than twice
0:41:25 > 0:41:26the national average.
0:41:26 > 0:41:27This is no ordinary bus.
0:41:27 > 0:41:28It's a mobile job centre.
0:41:28 > 0:41:33It goes around areas of high unemployment
0:41:33 > 0:41:35in the state of Delaware, and today the bus is in
0:41:35 > 0:41:37Northeast Wilmington.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39We have different jobs available on a daily basis.
0:41:39 > 0:41:42Staff help people looking for work, offering advice on everything
0:41:42 > 0:41:43from resumes to interviews.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45Delaware's economy isn't seeing as much growth as other states,
0:41:45 > 0:41:47and almost 10% of African-Americans here are unemployed.
0:41:47 > 0:41:57Stressful.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05Tiaonna has a job - she's looking for a better paid position.
0:42:05 > 0:42:06Which isn't easy.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09What difference would it make to your life getting the next job?
0:42:09 > 0:42:11Ameen, it will make a difference for my future.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14It will make a difference for my income, for everything, really.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17Karryl McManus is an official with Delaware's Department of Labor.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19She says the long-term impact of being without work
0:42:19 > 0:42:20cannot be underestimated.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22Work means stronger and more stable families and,
0:42:22 > 0:42:32you know, ultimately leads to stronger communities.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40Alan Beecham is filling out forms at the Kingswood community Centre.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43He's about to start a new job as a youth counsellor.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46Being unemployed was a strain on him and his family, and he's thrilled
0:42:46 > 0:42:47to be working again.
0:42:47 > 0:42:48So excited about it.
0:42:48 > 0:42:56I have a Social Security now.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59I don't really have to worry about where my next money will come
0:42:59 > 0:43:05from, if we have enough money at the end of the month to pay
0:43:05 > 0:43:07our rent, our car or anything like that.
0:43:07 > 0:43:09President Trump is saying that it's his policies that
0:43:09 > 0:43:12are the reason unemployment is falling among African Americans.
0:43:12 > 0:43:13What do you make of that?
0:43:13 > 0:43:14Something incredible...
0:43:14 > 0:43:15It is somebody else's work.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17He has been in office for a year.
0:43:17 > 0:43:18Just stop it.
0:43:18 > 0:43:20Behind President Trump's desire to claim credit
0:43:20 > 0:43:22for following black unemployment lies a stubborn problem.
0:43:22 > 0:43:24Here in Delaware, for example, black unemployment rates are three
0:43:24 > 0:43:27times that of white unemployment rates, so even with an improving
0:43:27 > 0:43:32economy it's much harder for African-Americans to find a job.
0:43:32 > 0:43:38Those who study rates of black unemployment say the decline in
0:43:38 > 0:43:42African American joblessness is something that began under President
0:43:42 > 0:43:49Obama.This has been a longer downward trend, since about 2013,
0:43:49 > 0:43:542014, and so what we are seeing is just the tail end of that longer
0:43:54 > 0:43:58trend. I think it is more important we focus on why there is a
0:43:58 > 0:44:01persistent disparity between black and white unemployment, and if we
0:44:01 > 0:44:04are able to tackle that problem then I would say that is an
0:44:04 > 0:44:09accomplishment and that is something we should celebrate.Donald Trump's
0:44:09 > 0:44:13plan for rebuilding America's crumbling infrastructure succeeds,
0:44:13 > 0:44:16economists say it has the potential to bring down African-American
0:44:16 > 0:44:19unemployment, something the president could rightly claim credit
0:44:19 > 0:44:22for. Laura Trevelyan, BBC News, Delaware.
0:44:22 > 0:44:25Delighted to say I am joined once again here in the London studio
0:44:25 > 0:44:30by former advisor to George W Bush, Ron Christie.
0:44:30 > 0:44:34He is on a bus and holiday but not allowed to enjoy it because I am
0:44:34 > 0:44:38making him coming to speak about things like this! Hello. Good to see
0:44:38 > 0:44:42you. The percentage of African Americans unemployed has fallen, as
0:44:42 > 0:44:46we are all saying, but there is the stopper and disparity. Why do you
0:44:46 > 0:44:51think it is still there?Part of it could be systemic racism, part could
0:44:51 > 0:44:54be lack of educational opportunities. If you don't have a
0:44:54 > 0:44:57college diploma in America your options are severely limited so if
0:44:57 > 0:45:01you look at the number of African Americans, Christian, the gap
0:45:01 > 0:45:04divot-mac graduated from college with a format your degree in America
0:45:04 > 0:45:09it is a very small percentage compared to the number of the
0:45:09 > 0:45:15publishing -- those who graduated from college with a four year
0:45:15 > 0:45:19degree.I suppose the other part of this, does tax reform help black
0:45:19 > 0:45:23people into employment?I think every president likes to take a
0:45:23 > 0:45:27victory lap, but in this case I think the president should be a bit
0:45:27 > 0:45:30more nuanced. If you're talking about a one-month changed where it
0:45:30 > 0:45:33has gone down to under 7% for the first time in 45 years, then you
0:45:33 > 0:45:37have an update and it goes back up, I think a three-year average is more
0:45:37 > 0:45:48realistic. If you
0:45:55 > 0:45:57look at the three-year black unemployment average it is 7.1%,
0:45:57 > 0:46:00but, yes, I do believe part of the bonuses and tax cuts will help
0:46:00 > 0:46:02people of colour, get those tailored care vouchers taken care of,
0:46:02 > 0:46:05transportation, those types of things, so I think that is a good
0:46:05 > 0:46:07thing for all Americans and people of colour in particular.Ron, I will
0:46:07 > 0:46:10go out on a limb and say the President Trump is not a president
0:46:10 > 0:46:13who does Nuance particularly but you will remember back in 2008 President
0:46:13 > 0:46:16Obama came into office and there was a lot of optimism in this country
0:46:16 > 0:46:17that that would mean significant progress for black Americans, and
0:46:17 > 0:46:20the narrowing of the gap between black and white Americans and it did
0:46:20 > 0:46:22not pan out as many African-Americans thought it would.
0:46:22 > 0:46:29That gets to the persistent nature of the problem, doesn't it?It does.
0:46:29 > 0:46:32Good to see you, Katty. I am encouraged by these numbers. If you
0:46:32 > 0:46:34look at when President Obama first came into office the
0:46:34 > 0:46:36African-American appointment rate was nearly 30% so it has been cut by
0:46:36 > 0:46:41nearly half and going to Christian's questions I do believe tax reforms,
0:46:41 > 0:46:44the regulatory reform, will make it more attractive for businesses to
0:46:44 > 0:46:50hire people in general and people of colour in particular. At ever the
0:46:50 > 0:46:54optimist, i think they are heading in the right direction.when are you
0:46:54 > 0:46:59getting back to washington?katty, i am coming home tomorrow, coming on!
0:46:59 > 0:47:02we miss you! Get away from Christian!
0:47:02 > 0:47:03This is Beyond 100 Days.
0:47:03 > 0:47:04Still to come:
0:47:04 > 0:47:05Remember this?
0:47:05 > 0:47:08Korea analyst Professor Kelly went viral after his young children
0:47:08 > 0:47:12interrupted a BBC interview.
0:47:12 > 0:47:22It's now up for an award - we'll hear what he makes of that shortly.
0:47:22 > 0:47:25Two of the victims of the black cab rapist John Worboys
0:47:25 > 0:47:28and the London Mayor Sadiq Khan, have been given the go-ahead
0:47:28 > 0:47:30to challenge the decision to release him from prison.
0:47:30 > 0:47:35Daniel Sandford reports.
0:47:35 > 0:47:40Driven into the Royal Courts of Justice in a high security van the
0:47:40 > 0:47:45black cab rate this John Worboys was led in handcuffs by four prison
0:47:45 > 0:47:49officers, as his victim started their legal battle to prevent his
0:47:49 > 0:47:54release from prison. Worboys was convicted in 2009 of one rate, four
0:47:54 > 0:47:58sexual assaults, one attempted sexual assault, one assault by
0:47:58 > 0:48:09penetration and 12 offences of drugging his victims.
0:48:13 > 0:48:16The judge apologised as he sat in the doctor any victims who were
0:48:16 > 0:48:20upset by him being there in person. One victim said this morning she had
0:48:20 > 0:48:26never expected him to be released. When we were told it an indefinite
0:48:26 > 0:48:31sentence...
0:48:31 > 0:48:33it was just, well, justice has been served,
0:48:33 > 0:48:34he has been dealt with.
0:48:34 > 0:48:36He is serving a life sentence now.
0:48:36 > 0:48:39Because that is the way it was put across to us.
0:48:39 > 0:48:41So we never thought for one second that
0:48:41 > 0:48:48he would be eligible for parole.
0:48:48 > 0:48:52In court the QC condemned what she called the blanketsecrecy, and the
0:48:52 > 0:48:57failure to produce any kind of reasons was unlawful, she said.We
0:48:57 > 0:49:01can't challenge the decision until we know the reasons for it. We have
0:49:01 > 0:49:04to know whether that reasoning is within the bounds of reasonable
0:49:04 > 0:49:09parole board or whether it is really so unreasonable or has failed to
0:49:09 > 0:49:14take into account relevant considerations.John Worboys, who
0:49:14 > 0:49:17devised a kit for drugging and assaulting his victims in his taxi,
0:49:17 > 0:49:21didn't have a lawyer at the start of the hearing but was able to talk to
0:49:21 > 0:49:31one halfway through.
0:49:31 > 0:49:33The US vice-president, Mike Pence, has delivered
0:49:33 > 0:49:35a warning to North Korea - saying Washington won't allow it
0:49:35 > 0:49:41to hijack the Winter Olympics with propaganda.
0:49:41 > 0:49:44We now know the younger sister of North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un,
0:49:44 > 0:49:45will attend the opening ceremony.
0:49:45 > 0:49:47Kim Yo-jong will be the first immediate Kim family member
0:49:47 > 0:49:48to cross the border.
0:49:48 > 0:49:51She was promoted in the North Korean government last year and works in
0:49:51 > 0:49:52the party's propaganda department.
0:49:52 > 0:49:55She's blacklisted by the US over alleged links to
0:49:55 > 0:49:56human rights abuses.
0:49:56 > 0:49:59Speaking in Japan, ahead of Friday's opening of the Games in South Korea,
0:49:59 > 0:50:02Mr Pence said the North would not be allowed to use the Olympic banner
0:50:02 > 0:50:04to hide the reality that it enslaves its own people
0:50:04 > 0:50:07and threatens the region.
0:50:07 > 0:50:09This is what North and South Korean specialist,
0:50:09 > 0:50:14Professor Robert Kelly, thinks of it all.
0:50:14 > 0:50:16There has been a lot of overreaction to the Olympic participation.
0:50:16 > 0:50:18I mean, it's good, right?
0:50:18 > 0:50:21North Korea is such a dangerous place and with nuclear weapons it
0:50:21 > 0:50:27even more dangerous.
0:50:27 > 0:50:30So it's always good when we can reach out to them, so their
0:50:30 > 0:50:32coming is a good thing, that we're having negotiations
0:50:32 > 0:50:35is a good thing, but ultimately what really matters is what kind
0:50:35 > 0:50:38of concessions will they give us and what do they want
0:50:38 > 0:50:39in exchange for that?
0:50:39 > 0:50:40The rest of it is of atmospheric.
0:50:40 > 0:50:44The noise and the sound and the Fury and the rest of it, and it doesn't
0:50:44 > 0:50:46really change anything. I don't think the vice president really
0:50:46 > 0:50:47needs to worry about North Korea capturing the Olympic
0:50:47 > 0:50:50what matters ultimately is the two site at the table, what will they
0:50:50 > 0:50:53really exchange, and it is a month away.I am almost loathe to say this
0:50:53 > 0:50:57because Professor Kelly is an eminent expert on career, but you
0:50:57 > 0:51:01might recognise him, because of course he gave an interview to the
0:51:01 > 0:51:05BBC about North and South Korea, and then this happened...I would argue
0:51:05 > 0:51:09this is a triumph of democracy, scandals happen all the time and the
0:51:09 > 0:51:15important thing is how we respond to those scandals.What will it mean
0:51:15 > 0:51:18for the wider region? I think one of your children has just what then?
0:51:18 > 0:51:23Shifting sands in the region? Do you think relations with the North will
0:51:23 > 0:51:31change.I would be surprised if they do. Pardon me. My apologies!
0:51:31 > 0:51:37LAUGHTER STUDIO: I love it!
0:51:37 > 0:51:45LAUGHTER One of my kids will come in soon.
0:51:45 > 0:51:48Now Professor Kelly is up for an award for viral video moment of 2017
0:51:48 > 0:51:58and we will find out soon if he were actually win. -- if he will win.
0:51:58 > 0:52:01That video has been viewed more than 8 million times on the BBC's
0:52:02 > 0:52:03YouTube channel alone.
0:52:03 > 0:52:05His kids even inspired a cartoon series.
0:52:05 > 0:52:07Here he is talking about the fame side of things.
0:52:07 > 0:52:09People take photographs of me getting out of my car and buying
0:52:09 > 0:52:11milk at Costco, you know, and when it came to immigration and
0:52:11 > 0:52:15emigration of the Serbs recognise me. It is weird. You're that guy,
0:52:15 > 0:52:18right? Yes, and that guy, then they ask for a picture. It is sort of
0:52:18 > 0:52:22bizarre. I don't know anything about being a celebrity.He is a good
0:52:22 > 0:52:26sport!
0:52:26 > 0:52:30OK, he definitely has to win. There was no other moment in 2017 that
0:52:30 > 0:52:34captured the kind of viral nature of how information spreads, the
0:52:34 > 0:52:43inadvertent nature of television and video... And nannies. I love it! OK.
0:52:43 > 0:52:48The effect of plastic waste on the environment and seas
0:52:48 > 0:52:51for plastic is only 23% and in the UK only around half
0:52:51 > 0:52:52of all plastic bottles get recycled.
0:52:52 > 0:52:54But Norway easily surpasses America and the UK -
0:52:54 > 0:53:0498% of their bottles get recycled.
0:53:08 > 0:53:10That's thanks to an ingenious system where people pay
0:53:10 > 0:53:13a deposit on every bottle - and get the money back once
0:53:13 > 0:53:16the empty bottles are returned and posted into a machine.
0:53:16 > 0:53:21There's talk of a similar scheme being adopted in the UK.
0:53:21 > 0:53:23I have already got a head start on this.
0:53:23 > 0:53:26Anyone who follows me on twitter will know that in my house
0:53:26 > 0:53:29we are reducing our use of plastics - we are now getting
0:53:29 > 0:53:30delivered in bottles.
0:53:30 > 0:53:36This was my doorstep the other day. A big shout out to my milkman, Andy
0:53:36 > 0:53:41Nicholson. I get the milk bottles a week and it is better! You remember
0:53:41 > 0:53:46this, incidentally? This is how they used to go round in Britain
0:53:46 > 0:53:50delivering milk, back in the 1960s, some pictures of these electric milk
0:53:50 > 0:53:56floats that used to go around, so I did some research today, and in
0:53:56 > 0:54:021975, 90 4% of UK milk was delivered in glass bottles, and that had
0:54:02 > 0:54:08dropped to 3% in 2014. But you're on your destroying again -- in 1875 94%
0:54:08 > 0:54:17of you cannot. -- in 1975, 90 4%. I don't get milk delivered and I don't
0:54:17 > 0:54:23even know if it is possible here to get milk delivered in glass bottles.
0:54:23 > 0:54:28We do compost, but I once hitched a ride on a milk float. It took me an
0:54:28 > 0:54:31awful long time to get from Cambridge to a town about five miles
0:54:31 > 0:54:37away. First of all, they are not very fast, not like Elon Musk's red
0:54:37 > 0:54:41car, now going round space and heading to an asteroid. They were
0:54:41 > 0:54:44pretty slow, and you do stop and deliver milk at every other house,
0:54:44 > 0:54:49or you did back when I was hitching in the 1980s. My dad was a milkman.
0:54:49 > 0:54:57Was he? Yes, in 1975 he used to deliver 260 litres a day and around
0:54:57 > 0:55:00700 eggs a week and he would go out at four o'clock in the morning and
0:55:00 > 0:55:04come back at seven, then go to his second job, and he told me today, I
0:55:04 > 0:55:08was talking about this with him, he said he went to night school on
0:55:08 > 0:55:13Thursday to get his A-level. A quick question. How is your milk actually
0:55:13 > 0:55:18delivered? By somebody in one of those very slow carts like your dad
0:55:18 > 0:55:22used to drive? No he comes in so early that I don't see. Like Father
0:55:22 > 0:55:26Christmas? But the milk is there, and it is called, and honestly, it
0:55:26 > 0:55:32is better. The milk tastes better? Yes, it really is. Calder, fresher,
0:55:32 > 0:55:35it just works and you're doing your bit for the environment so that is
0:55:35 > 0:55:39my push for the milkmen around the country. What about summer when it
0:55:39 > 0:55:43is very hot? You have to get up early so it doesn't get warm, and
0:55:43 > 0:55:48get there before the bluetits start eating the foil on the top and
0:55:48 > 0:55:51eating the melt... You will be the do on your doorstep at about four
0:55:51 > 0:55:54o'clock in the morning in July, having just watched American
0:55:54 > 0:56:01football on it! Absolutely. That is it from us. We will be back same
0:56:01 > 0:56:01time